From ykang@tum.de Sun Sep 10 10:39:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!ykang From: ykang@tum.de (Yuki Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 10:39:27 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Yuki Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From fvasiliev@utexas.edu Sun Sep 10 21:43:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!fvasiliev From: fvasiliev@utexas.edu (Fiona Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 21:43:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de>, ykang@tum.de (Yuki Kang) writes: > 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. 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. -- Fiona Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From sstewart@inria.fr Mon Sep 11 02:55:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!sstewart From: sstewart@inria.fr (Steve Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep11.025527.3018@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 02:55:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de> <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu>, fvasiliev@utexas.edu (Fiona Vasiliev) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Steve Stewart Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From rivanov@uu.net Mon Sep 11 07:15:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!rivanov From: rivanov@uu.net (Renata Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep11.071527.6408@uu.net> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 07:15:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de> <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu> <1995Sep11.025527.3018@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.025527.3018@inria.fr>, sstewart@inria.fr (Steve Stewart) 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Renata Ivanov | rivanov@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 5D08 275C AB0E 91C2 "Keep the channels open." From lrobertson@clari.net Tue Sep 12 05:18:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!lrobertson From: lrobertson@clari.net (Lars Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep12.051827.1891@clari.net> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 05:18:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.103927.6563@tum.de> <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep10.214327.1259@utexas.edu>, fvasiliev@utexas.edu (Fiona Vasiliev) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Lars Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0