From tlarsson@titech.ac.jp Mon Oct 17 13:11:36 1994
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From: tlarsson@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Larsson)
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Subject: Observation: 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'.

Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.
Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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Tomas Larsson
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From dreyes@delphi.com Tue Oct 18 10:15:36 1994
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From: dreyes@delphi.com (Dmitri Reyes)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Oct17.131136.8607@titech.ac.jp>, tlarsson@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Larsson) writes:
> Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'.

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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