From hdubois@clari.net Tue Jul 16 11:32:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!hdubois From: hdubois@clari.net (Hugo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:32:14 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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'? -- Hugo Dubois -- ClariNet Communications Corp "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bgarcia@cmu.edu Wed Jul 17 15:23:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!bgarcia From: bgarcia@cmu.edu (Bastien García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul17.152314.9787@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:23:14 GMT References: <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net>, hdubois@clari.net (Hugo Dubois) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Bastien García US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mkuznetsov@utexas.edu Fri Jul 19 15:51:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@utexas.edu (Marisol Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul19.155114.5498@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:51:14 GMT References: <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net>, hdubois@clari.net (Hugo Dubois) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Marisol Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jpark@titech.ac.jp Sat Jul 20 09:30:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!jpark From: jpark@titech.ac.jp (Ji-woo Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul20.093014.1786@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 09:30:14 GMT References: <1996Jul16.113214.8270@clari.net> <1996Jul17.152314.9787@cmu.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul17.152314.9787@cmu.edu>, bgarcia@cmu.edu (Bastien García) 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. -- Ji-woo Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.