From lmuller@rwth-aachen.de Tue Feb 21 19:18:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!lmuller From: lmuller@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb21.191849.9172@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:18:49 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Liam Müller SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kweber@unam.mx Wed Feb 22 04:56:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!kweber From: kweber@unam.mx (Karen Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb22.045649.6141@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 04:56:49 GMT References: <1995Feb21.191849.9172@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.191849.9172@rwth-aachen.de>, lmuller@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Müller) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Karen Weber "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Atari Falcon 030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From hsilva@inria.fr Thu Feb 23 08:18:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!hsilva From: hsilva@inria.fr (Hugo Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb23.081849.4223@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:18:49 GMT References: <1995Feb21.191849.9172@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb21.191849.9172@rwth-aachen.de>, lmuller@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Müller) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hugo Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------