From mfournier@berkeley.edu Mon Jun 03 03:36:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!mfournier From: mfournier@berkeley.edu (Matthias Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 03:36:44 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Matthias Fournier Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From cjohansson@cern.ch Mon Jun 03 06:35:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!cjohansson From: cjohansson@cern.ch (Camila Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun03.063544.5105@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 06:35:44 GMT References: <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu>, mfournier@berkeley.edu (Matthias Fournier) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Camila Johansson -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hold for relay." From sschneider@berkeley.edu Mon Jun 03 14:14:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!sschneider From: sschneider@berkeley.edu (Sergei Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun03.141444.3018@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 14:14:44 GMT References: <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu>, mfournier@berkeley.edu (Matthias Fournier) 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. -- Sergei Schneider US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From jsouza@demon.co.uk Mon Jun 03 20:41:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!jsouza From: jsouza@demon.co.uk (Jens Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun03.204144.4619@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 20:41:44 GMT References: <1996Jun03.033644.1064@berkeley.edu> <1996Jun03.141444.3018@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun03.141444.3018@berkeley.edu>, sschneider@berkeley.edu (Sergei Schneider) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jens Souza "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3