From hdubois@berkeley.edu Tue Feb 21 21:48:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!hdubois From: hdubois@berkeley.edu (Hana Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb21.214811.2014@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:48:11 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Hana Dubois -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "They will send a copy in my place." From rperez@hanse.de Wed Feb 22 16:27:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!rperez From: rperez@hanse.de (Rodrigo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb22.162711.2411@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:27:11 GMT References: <1995Feb21.214811.2014@berkeley.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.214811.2014@berkeley.edu>, hdubois@berkeley.edu (Hana Dubois) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Rodrigo Pérez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From jchoi@cern.ch Wed Feb 22 22:13:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!jchoi From: jchoi@cern.ch (Jen Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb22.221311.2615@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 22:13:11 GMT References: <1995Feb21.214811.2014@berkeley.edu> <1995Feb22.162711.2411@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb22.162711.2411@hanse.de>, rperez@hanse.de (Rodrigo Pérez) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Jen Choi Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."