From rmoreno@clari.net Tue Feb 27 14:24:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!rmoreno From: rmoreno@clari.net (Raj Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb27.142444.4866@clari.net> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 14:24:44 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- === Raj Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Marcus is not one man." From jmuller@uni-hamburg.de Thu Feb 29 13:15:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!jmuller From: jmuller@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb29.131544.2858@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 13:15:44 GMT References: <1996Feb27.142444.4866@clari.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb27.142444.4866@clari.net>, rmoreno@clari.net (Raj Moreno) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. -- Julien Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hmuller@cmu.edu Fri Mar 01 20:26:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!hmuller From: hmuller@cmu.edu (Hugo Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Mar01.202644.2587@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 20:26:44 GMT References: <1996Feb27.142444.4866@clari.net> <1996Feb29.131544.2858@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb29.131544.2858@uni-hamburg.de>, jmuller@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Müller) 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 Müller "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / FreeBSD 2.1