From tmacdonald@berkeley.edu Sun May 14 01:44:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May14.014424.9569@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 01:44:24 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. -- Takeshi MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From seriksson@kiae.su Mon May 15 11:56:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!seriksson From: seriksson@kiae.su (Steve Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May15.115624.3978@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 11:56:24 GMT References: <1995May14.014424.9569@berkeley.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May14.014424.9569@berkeley.edu>, tmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Takeshi MacDonald) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Steve Eriksson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1