From mgarcia@hanse.de Thu Jun 20 17:16:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!mgarcia From: mgarcia@hanse.de (Morag García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:16:42 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Morag García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mkarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jun 22 11:05:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun22.110542.4238@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:05:42 GMT References: <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de>, mgarcia@hanse.de (Morag García) 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. -- Mike Karlsson "Row 14. No joke." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From jsokolov@utexas.edu Mon Jun 24 01:54:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!jsokolov From: jsokolov@utexas.edu (Joachim Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun24.015442.7853@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 01:54:42 GMT References: <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de>, mgarcia@hanse.de (Morag García) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Joachim Sokolov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From tfournier@cern.ch Wed Jun 26 02:03:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!tfournier From: tfournier@cern.ch (Tomas Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun26.020342.7352@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 02:03:42 GMT References: <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de>, mgarcia@hanse.de (Morag García) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Tomas Fournier | tfournier@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 73E6 468B AC0E C011 "Keep the channels open." From ffournier@pacbell.net Fri Jun 28 04:28:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!ffournier From: ffournier@pacbell.net (Freya Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun28.042842.2587@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 04:28:42 GMT References: <1996Jun20.171642.6909@hanse.de> <1996Jun22.110542.4238@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jun22.110542.4238@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mkarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike Karlsson) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Freya Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.