From kivanov@pipeline.com Wed Jul 10 11:39:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!kivanov From: kivanov@pipeline.com (Kirsty Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:39:00 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Kirsty Ivanov | kivanov@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: AD1E 961E 619B 1E98 "Keep the channels open." From sreyes@ox.ac.uk Fri Jul 12 14:01:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!sreyes From: sreyes@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul12.140100.1029@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 14:01:00 GMT References: <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com>, kivanov@pipeline.com (Kirsty Ivanov) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Sun-mi Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kmacdonald@demon.co.uk Sat Jul 13 16:45:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@demon.co.uk (Kenji MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul13.164500.7000@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 16:45:00 GMT References: <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com>, kivanov@pipeline.com (Kirsty Ivanov) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Kenji MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lgonzalez@stanford.edu Sun Jul 14 08:40:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!lgonzalez From: lgonzalez@stanford.edu (Lisa González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul14.084000.5512@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 08:40:00 GMT References: <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com> <1996Jul12.140100.1029@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul12.140100.1029@ox.ac.uk>, sreyes@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Reyes) 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. -- Lisa González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dramirez@kth.se Sun Jul 14 12:26:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!dramirez From: dramirez@kth.se (Diego Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul14.122600.4916@kth.se> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:26:00 GMT References: <1996Jul10.113900.5882@pipeline.com> <1996Jul12.140100.1029@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul12.140100.1029@ox.ac.uk>, sreyes@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Reyes) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Diego Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------