From nchoi@titech.ac.jp Mon Apr 04 14:02:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!nchoi From: nchoi@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr04.140216.8137@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 14:02:16 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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. -- Natalia Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From operez@cam.ac.uk Tue Apr 05 14:52:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!operez From: operez@cam.ac.uk (Olga Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr05.145216.2033@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 14:52:16 GMT References: <1994Apr04.140216.8137@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr04.140216.8137@titech.ac.jp>, nchoi@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Choi) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Olga Pérez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place."