From ehughes@utexas.edu Mon May 09 02:57:53 1994
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From: ehughes@utexas.edu (Élodie Hughes)
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Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.
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'?

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Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994May09.025753.2151@utexas.edu>, ehughes@utexas.edu (Élodie Hughes) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).
> Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

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Marisol Nilsson
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