From ntakahashi@tum.de Tue Mar 22 07:55:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!ntakahashi From: ntakahashi@tum.de (Nadia Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 07:55:50 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Nadia Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fjohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 23 23:26:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!fjohansson From: fjohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Freya Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar23.232650.2606@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 23:26:50 GMT References: <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de>, ntakahashi@tum.de (Nadia Takahashi) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Freya Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From emuller@clari.net Thu Mar 24 18:45:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!emuller From: emuller@clari.net (Élodie Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar24.184550.8201@clari.net> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 18:45:50 GMT References: <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de>, ntakahashi@tum.de (Nadia Takahashi) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Élodie Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From schoi@clari.net Thu Mar 24 21:01:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!schoi From: schoi@clari.net (Sven Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar24.210150.2133@clari.net> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 21:01:50 GMT References: <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar22.075550.2580@tum.de>, ntakahashi@tum.de (Nadia Takahashi) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Sven Choi -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."