From mvasiliev@panix.com Tue Jan 04 20:47:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@panix.com (Morag Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jan04.204731.5182@panix.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 20:47:31 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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). 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Morag Vasiliev "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1 From kkuznetsov@stanford.edu Thu Jan 06 12:11:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@stanford.edu (Karen Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jan06.121131.4160@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 12:11:31 GMT References: <1994Jan04.204731.5182@panix.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan04.204731.5182@panix.com>, mvasiliev@panix.com (Morag Vasiliev) writes: > 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. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Karen Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mkuznetsov@uu.net Sat Jan 08 02:21:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@uu.net (Mathieu Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jan08.022131.6336@uu.net> Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 02:21:31 GMT References: <1994Jan04.204731.5182@panix.com> <1994Jan06.121131.4160@stanford.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan06.121131.4160@stanford.edu>, kkuznetsov@stanford.edu (Karen Kuznetsov) 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 actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Mathieu Kuznetsov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."