From phughes@demon.co.uk Thu Sep 07 05:20:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!phughes From: phughes@demon.co.uk (Pavel Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 05:20:51 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Pavel Hughes SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke." From dnovak@purdue.edu Thu Sep 07 09:18:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!dnovak From: dnovak@purdue.edu (Dave Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep07.091851.7574@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:18:51 GMT References: <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk>, phughes@demon.co.uk (Pavel Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dave Novak -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From tjohansson@cam.ac.uk Sat Sep 09 04:53:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!tjohansson From: tjohansson@cam.ac.uk (Tomas Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep09.045351.9638@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 04:53:51 GMT References: <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk>, phughes@demon.co.uk (Pavel Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Tomas Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From epark@purdue.edu Sat Sep 09 15:15:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!epark From: epark@purdue.edu (Élodie Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep09.151551.3498@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 15:15:51 GMT References: <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep07.052051.4194@demon.co.uk>, phughes@demon.co.uk (Pavel Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Élodie Park | epark@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: DE97 77A1 35EC F52F "Keep the channels open."