From snakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Mar 03 12:50:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!snakamura From: snakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar03.125055.9913@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 12:50:55 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Seo-yeon Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nstewart@earthlink.net Fri Mar 04 17:22:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!nstewart From: nstewart@earthlink.net (Nadine Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Mar04.172255.7063@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 17:22:55 GMT References: <1994Mar03.125055.9913@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar03.125055.9913@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, snakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Nakamura) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Nadine Stewart "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3