From ymartinez@pacbell.net Thu Nov 23 02:22:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!ymartinez From: ymartinez@pacbell.net (Yuki Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov23.022221.8382@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 02:22:21 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. 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. -- Yuki Martínez "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / Linux 1.2.13 From bfournier@inria.fr Fri Nov 24 21:23:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!bfournier From: bfournier@inria.fr (Bruno Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov24.212321.8158@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 21:23:21 GMT References: <1995Nov23.022221.8382@pacbell.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov23.022221.8382@pacbell.net>, ymartinez@pacbell.net (Yuki Martínez) writes: > 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Bruno Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bduarte@panix.com Fri Nov 24 23:54:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!bduarte From: bduarte@panix.com (Bill Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov24.235421.5408@panix.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 23:54:21 GMT References: <1995Nov23.022221.8382@pacbell.net> <1995Nov24.212321.8158@inria.fr> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov24.212321.8158@inria.fr>, bfournier@inria.fr (Bruno Fournier) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Bill Duarte -- Public Access Unix of New York "Row 14. No joke."