From nfournier@panix.com Sat Mar 04 12:47:32 1995
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From: nfournier@panix.com (Natalia Fournier)
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Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'.

Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.
Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'?

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From ipopov@ox.ac.uk Sun Mar 05 05:16:32 1995
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From: ipopov@ox.ac.uk (Ines Popov)
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Mar04.124732.8866@panix.com>, nfournier@panix.com (Natalia Fournier) writes:
> Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'.
> Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.

Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques.

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Ines Popov
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory.
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