From tkim@purdue.edu Fri Sep 08 17:24:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!tkim From: tkim@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 17:24:05 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Takeshi Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msuzuki@illinois.edu Fri Sep 08 20:22:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!msuzuki From: msuzuki@illinois.edu (Mathieu Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep08.202205.6907@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 20:22:05 GMT References: <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu>, tkim@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kim) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Mathieu Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From smoreno@tum.de Sun Sep 10 16:15:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!smoreno From: smoreno@tum.de (Sven Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep10.161505.1194@tum.de> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 16:15:05 GMT References: <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu>, tkim@purdue.edu (Takeshi Kim) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Sven Moreno | smoreno@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: C8AC FA00 D4E1 0F93 "Keep the channels open." From skuznetsov@cmu.edu Tue Sep 12 01:30:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@cmu.edu (Seo-yeon Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep12.013005.1816@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:30:05 GMT References: <1995Sep08.172405.5664@purdue.edu> <1995Sep10.161505.1194@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep10.161505.1194@tum.de>, smoreno@tum.de (Sven Moreno) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Seo-yeon Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "We don't sign stars. We build them."