From mkim@pipeline.com Wed Dec 20 02:28:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!mkim From: mkim@pipeline.com (Mathieu Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:28:52 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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'? -- Mathieu Kim "Row 14. No joke." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From dsuzuki@cern.ch Thu Dec 21 00:29:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!dsuzuki From: dsuzuki@cern.ch (Dmitri Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec21.002952.9991@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:29:52 GMT References: <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com>, mkim@pipeline.com (Mathieu Kim) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Dmitri Suzuki | dsuzuki@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: C305 F3A3 F096 A24E "Keep the channels open." From goliveira@cern.ch Sat Dec 23 00:01:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!goliveira From: goliveira@cern.ch (Göran Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec23.000152.7107@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 00:01:52 GMT References: <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com>, mkim@pipeline.com (Mathieu Kim) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Göran Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hold for relay." From ddubois@mindspring.com Sat Dec 23 19:43:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!ddubois From: ddubois@mindspring.com (Dmitri Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec23.194352.8031@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 19:43:52 GMT References: <1995Dec20.022852.2349@pipeline.com> <1995Dec23.000152.7107@cern.ch> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec23.000152.7107@cern.ch>, goliveira@cern.ch (Göran Oliveira) 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. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Dmitri Dubois -- MindSpring Enterprises "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."