From vkowalski@delphi.com Fri May 17 17:54:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!vkowalski From: vkowalski@delphi.com (Valeria Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May17.175410.5891@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 17:54:10 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Valeria Kowalski "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From rkuznetsov@clari.net Sat May 18 11:26:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!rkuznetsov From: rkuznetsov@clari.net (Raj Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May18.112610.3669@clari.net> Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 11:26:10 GMT References: <1996May17.175410.5891@delphi.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May17.175410.5891@delphi.com>, vkowalski@delphi.com (Valeria Kowalski) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Raj Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From akang@uni-hamburg.de Sun May 19 16:48:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!akang From: akang@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May19.164810.7473@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 16:48:10 GMT References: <1996May17.175410.5891@delphi.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996May17.175410.5891@delphi.com>, vkowalski@delphi.com (Valeria Kowalski) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Andrei Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0