From dchoi@pacbell.net Sat Feb 11 11:05:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!dchoi From: dchoi@pacbell.net (Diego Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb11.110552.7294@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 11:05:52 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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. -- Diego Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sgonzalez@stanford.edu Sun Feb 12 00:41:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!sgonzalez From: sgonzalez@stanford.edu (Sun-mi González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb12.004152.6033@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 00:41:52 GMT References: <1995Feb11.110552.7294@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb11.110552.7294@pacbell.net>, dchoi@pacbell.net (Diego Choi) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Sun-mi González "Row 14. No joke." NeXTstation Turbo Color / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From nramirez@stanford.edu Sun Feb 12 13:49:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!nramirez From: nramirez@stanford.edu (Nadia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb12.134952.2794@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 13:49:52 GMT References: <1995Feb11.110552.7294@pacbell.net> <1995Feb12.004152.6033@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb12.004152.6033@stanford.edu>, sgonzalez@stanford.edu (Sun-mi González) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Nadia Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."