From krobertson@kth.se Wed Mar 02 07:50:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!krobertson From: krobertson@kth.se (Kenji Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 1994 07:50:42 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se 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). Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- === Kenji Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From amoreau@cern.ch Fri Mar 04 01:17:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!amoreau From: amoreau@cern.ch (Andrei Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar04.011742.6325@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 01:17:42 GMT References: <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se>, krobertson@kth.se (Kenji Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Andrei Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mrobertson@netcom.com Sun Mar 06 03:24:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!mrobertson From: mrobertson@netcom.com (Mike Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar06.032442.4288@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 03:24:42 GMT References: <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se> <1994Mar04.011742.6325@cern.ch> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar04.011742.6325@cern.ch>, amoreau@cern.ch (Andrei Moreau) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. 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. -- Mike Robertson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1 From llarsson@uni-hamburg.de Mon Mar 07 07:56:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!llarsson From: llarsson@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar07.075642.8278@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 07:56:42 GMT References: <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar02.075042.8895@kth.se>, krobertson@kth.se (Kenji Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Lisa Larsson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1