From bnovak@stanford.edu Sat Feb 11 12:09:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!bnovak From: bnovak@stanford.edu (Bill Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 12:09:26 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Bill Novak -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From kbrennan@berkeley.edu Mon Feb 13 09:29:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!kbrennan From: kbrennan@berkeley.edu (Kirsty Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb13.092926.7872@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:29:26 GMT References: <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu>, bnovak@stanford.edu (Bill Novak) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Kirsty Brennan "Hold for relay." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From nlarsson@utexas.edu Wed Feb 15 12:12:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!nlarsson From: nlarsson@utexas.edu (Nadine Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb15.121226.4526@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:12:26 GMT References: <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu>, bnovak@stanford.edu (Bill Novak) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Nadine Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From tcampbell@panix.com Wed Feb 15 21:46:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!tcampbell From: tcampbell@panix.com (Takeshi Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb15.214626.4518@panix.com> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 21:46:26 GMT References: <1995Feb11.120926.8089@stanford.edu> <1995Feb15.121226.4526@utexas.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb15.121226.4526@utexas.edu>, nlarsson@utexas.edu (Nadine Larsson) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Takeshi Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------