From sfournier@pipeline.com Tue Apr 25 04:47:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!sfournier From: sfournier@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr25.044700.3825@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 04:47:00 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Seo-yeon Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From mpopov@pacbell.net Wed Apr 26 18:01:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!mpopov From: mpopov@pacbell.net (Mikhail Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr26.180100.9615@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:01:00 GMT References: <1995Apr25.044700.3825@pipeline.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr25.044700.3825@pipeline.com>, sfournier@pipeline.com (Seo-yeon Fournier) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mikhail Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------