From pdubois@purdue.edu Thu Jun 22 10:46:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!pdubois From: pdubois@purdue.edu (Pavel Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun22.104650.9259@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:46:50 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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. -- === Pavel Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Marcus is not one man." From vsilva@titech.ac.jp Fri Jun 23 02:44:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!vsilva From: vsilva@titech.ac.jp (Valeria Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun23.024450.2534@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 02:44:50 GMT References: <1995Jun22.104650.9259@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun22.104650.9259@purdue.edu>, pdubois@purdue.edu (Pavel Dubois) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Valeria Silva Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lmoreau@kth.se Sat Jun 24 03:42:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!lmoreau From: lmoreau@kth.se (Lars Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun24.034250.8049@kth.se> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 03:42:50 GMT References: <1995Jun22.104650.9259@purdue.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun22.104650.9259@purdue.edu>, pdubois@purdue.edu (Pavel Dubois) 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. -- Lars Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0