From akim@panix.com Sat Feb 10 13:11:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!akim From: akim@panix.com (Astrid Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb10.131132.2066@panix.com> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 13:11:32 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Astrid Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkowalski@kiae.su Sat Feb 10 19:40:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!kkowalski From: kkowalski@kiae.su (Karen Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb10.194032.8299@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 19:40:32 GMT References: <1996Feb10.131132.2066@panix.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Feb10.131132.2066@panix.com>, akim@panix.com (Astrid Kim) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Karen Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Do not worship the copy." From nhernandez@titech.ac.jp Sun Feb 11 14:18:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!nhernandez From: nhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb11.141832.8450@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 14:18:32 GMT References: <1996Feb10.131132.2066@panix.com> <1996Feb10.194032.8299@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb10.194032.8299@kiae.su>, kkowalski@kiae.su (Karen Kowalski) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Natalia Hernández "Row 14. No joke." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1