From nfournier@netcom.com Mon Aug 28 19:09:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!nfournier From: nfournier@netcom.com (Nadine Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 19:09:58 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Nadine Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From cbrennan@cern.ch Tue Aug 29 18:08:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!cbrennan From: cbrennan@cern.ch (Callum Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug29.180858.2664@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:08:58 GMT References: <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com>, nfournier@netcom.com (Nadine Fournier) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Callum Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From gokonkwo@panix.com Wed Aug 30 04:31:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!gokonkwo From: gokonkwo@panix.com (Göran Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug30.043158.3711@panix.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 04:31:58 GMT References: <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com>, nfournier@netcom.com (Nadine Fournier) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. -- Göran Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From otakahashi@rwth-aachen.de Thu Aug 31 02:43:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!otakahashi From: otakahashi@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug31.024358.7449@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 02:43:58 GMT References: <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com> <1995Aug29.180858.2664@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug29.180858.2664@cern.ch>, cbrennan@cern.ch (Callum Brennan) 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. -- === Olga Takahashi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From sbrennan@cmu.edu Sat Sep 02 03:53:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!sbrennan From: sbrennan@cmu.edu (Seo-yeon Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep02.035358.3058@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 03:53:58 GMT References: <1995Aug28.190958.5627@netcom.com> <1995Aug29.180858.2664@cern.ch> <1995Aug31.024358.7449@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug31.024358.7449@rwth-aachen.de>, otakahashi@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Takahashi) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Seo-yeon Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.