From dtakahashi@mit.edu Thu Dec 28 00:04:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!dtakahashi From: dtakahashi@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 00:04:18 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Dong-hyun Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From dpetrov@panix.com Fri Dec 29 16:42:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!dpetrov From: dpetrov@panix.com (Dong-hyun Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:42:18 GMT References: <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu>, dtakahashi@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Takahashi) 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Dong-hyun Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From rreyes@cern.ch Sun Dec 31 05:38:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!rreyes From: rreyes@cern.ch (Raj Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec31.053818.6184@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 05:38:18 GMT References: <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu> <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com>, dpetrov@panix.com (Dong-hyun Petrov) 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. -- === Raj Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From jsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 01 20:27:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jen Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan01.202718.6466@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 20:27:18 GMT References: <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu> <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com>, dpetrov@panix.com (Dong-hyun Petrov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Jen Smirnov Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From fstewart@delphi.com Wed Jan 03 17:45:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!fstewart From: fstewart@delphi.com (Freya Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan03.174518.5109@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 17:45:18 GMT References: <1995Dec28.000418.2625@mit.edu> <1995Dec29.164218.6102@panix.com> <1995Dec31.053818.6184@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec31.053818.6184@cern.ch>, rreyes@cern.ch (Raj Reyes) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. 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. -- Freya Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 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