From vchoi@kth.se Tue Oct 15 03:14:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!vchoi From: vchoi@kth.se (Valeria Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 03:14:48 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Valeria Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From imoreno@netcom.com Wed Oct 16 17:43:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!imoreno From: imoreno@netcom.com (Ines Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 17:43:48 GMT References: <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se>, vchoi@kth.se (Valeria Choi) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Ines Moreno | imoreno@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: C519 15AB 9F89 E80B "Keep the channels open." From mduarte@mit.edu Thu Oct 17 20:29:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!mduarte From: mduarte@mit.edu (Mei Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct17.202948.2296@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:29:48 GMT References: <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se> <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com>, imoreno@netcom.com (Ines Moreno) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Mei Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From htakahashi@ox.ac.uk Sat Oct 19 09:12:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!htakahashi From: htakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct19.091248.3756@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 09:12:48 GMT References: <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se> <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com>, imoreno@netcom.com (Ines Moreno) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. 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. -- Hugo Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sjohansson@netcom.com Mon Oct 21 10:27:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!sjohansson From: sjohansson@netcom.com (Sven Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct21.102748.6016@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:27:48 GMT References: <1996Oct15.031448.8892@kth.se> <1996Oct16.174348.9081@netcom.com> <1996Oct19.091248.3756@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct19.091248.3756@ox.ac.uk>, htakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Takahashi) 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Sven Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------