From lsato@cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 03 15:54:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!lsato From: lsato@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul03.155412.7746@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 15:54:12 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Lisa Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From dlarsson@kiae.su Tue Jul 04 09:00:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!dlarsson From: dlarsson@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul04.090012.6947@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 09:00:12 GMT References: <1995Jul03.155412.7746@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul03.155412.7746@cam.ac.uk>, lsato@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dong-hyun Larsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From dsato@kiae.su Wed Jul 05 10:52:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!dsato From: dsato@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul05.105212.2049@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 10:52:12 GMT References: <1995Jul03.155412.7746@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jul04.090012.6947@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul04.090012.6947@kiae.su>, dlarsson@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Larsson) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Dong-hyun Sato | dsato@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: F780 8B17 3788 47B5 "Keep the channels open." From njohansson@pacbell.net Fri Jul 07 07:06:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!njohansson From: njohansson@pacbell.net (Nadia Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul07.070612.2730@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 07:06:12 GMT References: <1995Jul03.155412.7746@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jul04.090012.6947@kiae.su> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul04.090012.6947@kiae.su>, dlarsson@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Larsson) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). 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. -- Nadia Johansson -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens."