From hmacdonald@uu.net Tue Oct 24 20:42:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@uu.net (Hana MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 20:42:52 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Hana MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aito@kiae.su Wed Oct 25 19:47:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!aito From: aito@kiae.su (Andrei Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct25.194752.3509@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:47:52 GMT References: <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net>, hmacdonald@uu.net (Hana MacDonald) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Andrei Ito | aito@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 50BB A721 80D3 F289 "Keep the channels open." From dfischer@titech.ac.jp Fri Oct 27 18:23:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!dfischer From: dfischer@titech.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct27.182352.4737@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 18:23:52 GMT References: <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net> <1995Oct25.194752.3509@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct25.194752.3509@kiae.su>, aito@kiae.su (Andrei Ito) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Dong-hyun Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mlaurent@titech.ac.jp Sun Oct 29 01:54:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!mlaurent From: mlaurent@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct29.015452.4977@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 01:54:52 GMT References: <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct24.204252.6972@uu.net>, hmacdonald@uu.net (Hana MacDonald) 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. -- Mikhail Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0