From mgirard@rwth-aachen.de Sat Dec 09 00:27:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!mgirard From: mgirard@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 00:27:32 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Matthias Girard "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From mivanov@titech.ac.jp Sun Dec 10 16:50:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!mivanov From: mivanov@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec10.165032.5244@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 16:50:32 GMT References: <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de>, mgirard@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Girard) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mikhail Ivanov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jhernandez@clari.net Tue Dec 12 14:52:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!jhernandez From: jhernandez@clari.net (Jens Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec12.145232.1827@clari.net> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:52:32 GMT References: <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de>, mgirard@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Girard) 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. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Jens Hernández | jhernandez@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 62B7 94A0 1155 04D9 "Keep the channels open." From hmoreno@earthlink.net Tue Dec 12 16:22:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!hmoreno From: hmoreno@earthlink.net (Hana Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec12.162232.5174@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 16:22:32 GMT References: <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Dec10.165032.5244@titech.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec10.165032.5244@titech.ac.jp>, mivanov@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Ivanov) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Hana Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hvasiliev@berkeley.edu Thu Dec 14 15:05:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!hvasiliev From: hvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Hugo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec14.150532.4818@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:05:32 GMT References: <1995Dec09.002732.3749@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Dec12.145232.1827@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.145232.1827@clari.net>, jhernandez@clari.net (Jens Hernández) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Hugo Vasiliev | hvasiliev@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7BBA 28F7 0D61 70F4 "Keep the channels open."