From jlee@utexas.edu Tue Oct 10 14:22:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!jlee From: jlee@utexas.edu (Jens Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct10.142248.8460@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 14:22:48 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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'? -- Jens Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dlaurent@uu.net Wed Oct 11 11:29:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!dlaurent From: dlaurent@uu.net (Dong-hyun Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct11.112948.8401@uu.net> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:29:48 GMT References: <1995Oct10.142248.8460@utexas.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.142248.8460@utexas.edu>, jlee@utexas.edu (Jens Lee) 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. -- Dong-hyun Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0