From gsouza@earthlink.net Wed Feb 07 08:09:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!gsouza From: gsouza@earthlink.net (Graham Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 08:09:00 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Graham Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From asouza@stanford.edu Thu Feb 08 07:04:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!asouza From: asouza@stanford.edu (Andrei Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb08.070400.6884@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 07:04:00 GMT References: <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net>, gsouza@earthlink.net (Graham Souza) 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. -- Andrei Souza Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From dmacdonald@titech.ac.jp Sat Feb 10 05:28:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Dave MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb10.052800.1345@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 05:28:00 GMT References: <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net>, gsouza@earthlink.net (Graham Souza) 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. -- Dave MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From kcampbell@uni-hamburg.de Sun Feb 11 16:17:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!kcampbell From: kcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb11.161700.1351@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 16:17:00 GMT References: <1996Feb07.080900.6198@earthlink.net> <1996Feb08.070400.6884@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb08.070400.6884@stanford.edu>, asouza@stanford.edu (Andrei Souza) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Katrin Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0