From aweber@tum.de Sun Jul 09 21:41:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!aweber From: aweber@tum.de (Andrei Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul09.214128.4568@tum.de> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 21:41:28 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Andrei Weber -- Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From srodriguez@inria.fr Mon Jul 10 14:54:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!srodriguez From: srodriguez@inria.fr (Seo-yeon Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul10.145428.5951@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 14:54:28 GMT References: <1995Jul09.214128.4568@tum.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.214128.4568@tum.de>, aweber@tum.de (Andrei Weber) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Seo-yeon Rodríguez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From bsokolov@clari.net Tue Jul 11 15:18:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!bsokolov From: bsokolov@clari.net (Bastien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul11.151828.4458@clari.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 15:18:28 GMT References: <1995Jul09.214128.4568@tum.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.214128.4568@tum.de>, aweber@tum.de (Andrei Weber) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Bastien Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0