From bsantos@rwth-aachen.de Tue Mar 07 12:22:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!bsantos From: bsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar07.122246.9320@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 12:22:46 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. 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'? -- Brian Santos SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From apetrov@kiae.su Thu Mar 09 16:00:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!apetrov From: apetrov@kiae.su (Amy Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar09.160046.9974@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 16:00:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.122246.9320@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar07.122246.9320@rwth-aachen.de>, bsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Santos) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Amy Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Do not worship the copy." From skowalski@mindspring.com Fri Mar 10 05:43:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!skowalski From: skowalski@mindspring.com (Seo-yeon Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar10.054346.5946@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 05:43:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.122246.9320@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar07.122246.9320@rwth-aachen.de>, bsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Santos) 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. -- Seo-yeon Kowalski -- MindSpring Enterprises "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."