From ljohansson@kiae.su Mon Apr 08 17:35:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!ljohansson From: ljohansson@kiae.su (Lars Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Apr08.173536.9008@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 17:35:36 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Lars Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cchoi@mindspring.com Tue Apr 09 19:34:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!cchoi From: cchoi@mindspring.com (Callum Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Apr09.193436.6753@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 19:34:36 GMT References: <1996Apr08.173536.9008@kiae.su> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr08.173536.9008@kiae.su>, ljohansson@kiae.su (Lars Johansson) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Callum Choi "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1