From eandersson@purdue.edu Sat Apr 22 12:17:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!eandersson From: eandersson@purdue.edu (Élodie Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr22.121720.1184@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 12:17:20 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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 used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Élodie Andersson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From abrennan@berkeley.edu Sun Apr 23 05:38:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!abrennan From: abrennan@berkeley.edu (Amy Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr23.053820.9311@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 05:38:20 GMT References: <1995Apr22.121720.1184@purdue.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr22.121720.1184@purdue.edu>, eandersson@purdue.edu (Élodie Andersson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Amy Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From abrennan@pacbell.net Mon Apr 24 01:49:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!abrennan From: abrennan@pacbell.net (Andrei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr24.014920.8344@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 01:49:20 GMT References: <1995Apr22.121720.1184@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr22.121720.1184@purdue.edu>, eandersson@purdue.edu (Élodie Andersson) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Andrei Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0