From mtanaka@panix.com Mon Feb 20 16:40:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!mtanaka From: mtanaka@panix.com (Marisol Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:40:00 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- === Marisol Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ahughes@mit.edu Tue Feb 21 11:38:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!ahughes From: ahughes@mit.edu (Anja Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb21.113800.5621@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 11:38:00 GMT References: <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com>, mtanaka@panix.com (Marisol Tanaka) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Anja Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jmuller@cmu.edu Tue Feb 21 18:10:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!jmuller From: jmuller@cmu.edu (Joachim Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb21.181000.5118@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 18:10:00 GMT References: <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com>, mtanaka@panix.com (Marisol Tanaka) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Joachim Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esilva@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 23 04:48:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!esilva From: esilva@demon.co.uk (Élodie Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb23.044800.3303@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 04:48:00 GMT References: <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com>, mtanaka@panix.com (Marisol Tanaka) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Élodie Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hlee@stanford.edu Fri Feb 24 12:46:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!hlee From: hlee@stanford.edu (Hana Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb24.124600.3233@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:46:00 GMT References: <1995Feb20.164000.6871@panix.com> <1995Feb21.113800.5621@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.113800.5621@mit.edu>, ahughes@mit.edu (Anja Hughes) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. 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. -- Hana Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0