From heriksson@pipeline.com Tue May 16 10:41:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!heriksson From: heriksson@pipeline.com (Hana Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 10:41:10 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Hana Eriksson "Do not worship the copy." Acorn RiscPC 600 / System 7.5.1 From gandersson@pipeline.com Wed May 17 02:30:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!gandersson From: gandersson@pipeline.com (Graham Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May17.023010.7544@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 02:30:10 GMT References: <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com>, heriksson@pipeline.com (Hana Eriksson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Graham Andersson | gandersson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: E89C 5336 956A B81B "Keep the channels open." From jeriksson@pipeline.com Fri May 19 06:03:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!jeriksson From: jeriksson@pipeline.com (Ji-woo Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May19.060310.3459@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:03:10 GMT References: <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com> <1995May17.023010.7544@pipeline.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May17.023010.7544@pipeline.com>, gandersson@pipeline.com (Graham Andersson) 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. -- Ji-woo Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From slee@clari.net Fri May 19 10:40:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!slee From: slee@clari.net (Seo-yeon Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May19.104010.3711@clari.net> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 10:40:10 GMT References: <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com>, heriksson@pipeline.com (Hana Eriksson) 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Seo-yeon Lee Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From lkuznetsov@cern.ch Fri May 19 15:00:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!lkuznetsov From: lkuznetsov@cern.ch (Lucia Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May19.150010.9879@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 15:00:10 GMT References: <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995May16.104110.9431@pipeline.com>, heriksson@pipeline.com (Hana Eriksson) 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Lucia Kuznetsov | lkuznetsov@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 9BD9 31D0 A4D8 80BC "Keep the channels open."