From kkuznetsov@netcom.com Tue Mar 22 19:48:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@netcom.com (Kenji Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 19:48:08 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Kenji Kuznetsov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1 From msuzuki@cam.ac.uk Wed Mar 23 16:58:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!msuzuki From: msuzuki@cam.ac.uk (Morag Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar23.165808.7488@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:58:08 GMT References: <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com>, kkuznetsov@netcom.com (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Morag Suzuki SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From bbrennan@mit.edu Fri Mar 25 12:16:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!bbrennan From: bbrennan@mit.edu (Bastien Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar25.121608.3061@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 12:16:08 GMT References: <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com>, kkuznetsov@netcom.com (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Bastien Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fnilsson@clari.net Sat Mar 26 05:17:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!fnilsson From: fnilsson@clari.net (Freya Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar26.051708.7460@clari.net> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 05:17:08 GMT References: <1994Mar22.194808.4733@netcom.com> <1994Mar25.121608.3061@mit.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar25.121608.3061@mit.edu>, bbrennan@mit.edu (Bastien Brennan) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Freya Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0