From dandersson@stanford.edu Thu Jan 18 20:30:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!dandersson From: dandersson@stanford.edu (Diego Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan18.203015.1859@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:30:15 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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'? -- Diego Andersson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From fweber@mit.edu Fri Jan 19 16:37:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!fweber From: fweber@mit.edu (Fiona Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan19.163715.5964@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:37:15 GMT References: <1996Jan18.203015.1859@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan18.203015.1859@stanford.edu>, dandersson@stanford.edu (Diego Andersson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Fiona Weber | fweber@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 5305 4C20 8E71 501D "Keep the channels open." From jwatanabe@tum.de Sat Jan 20 05:45:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@tum.de (Joachim Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan20.054515.8038@tum.de> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 05:45:15 GMT References: <1996Jan18.203015.1859@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan18.203015.1859@stanford.edu>, dandersson@stanford.edu (Diego Andersson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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). -- Joachim Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.