From ddubois@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue May 16 00:11:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!ddubois From: ddubois@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May16.001148.4609@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 00:11:48 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.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. 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Dmitri Dubois Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de Wed May 17 20:37:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May17.203748.7558@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 20:37:48 GMT References: <1995May16.001148.4609@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May16.001148.4609@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ddubois@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Dubois) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Takeshi MacDonald -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From dnakamura@inria.fr Fri May 19 11:52:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!dnakamura From: dnakamura@inria.fr (Dave Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May19.115248.1302@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 11:52:48 GMT References: <1995May16.001148.4609@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995May17.203748.7558@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May17.203748.7558@rwth-aachen.de>, tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Takeshi MacDonald) 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. 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. -- Dave Nakamura -- INRIA Rocquencourt "Marcus is not one man." From leriksson@delphi.com Sat May 20 14:16:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!leriksson From: leriksson@delphi.com (Lars Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May20.141648.3549@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 14:16:48 GMT References: <1995May16.001148.4609@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995May17.203748.7558@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May17.203748.7558@rwth-aachen.de>, tmacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Takeshi MacDonald) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Lars Eriksson -- Delphi Internet Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."