From sramirez@mit.edu Wed May 17 13:03:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!sramirez From: sramirez@mit.edu (Sergei Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May17.130337.2188@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 13:03:37 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Sergei Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From nkarlsson@mindspring.com Fri May 19 03:27:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!nkarlsson From: nkarlsson@mindspring.com (Natalia Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May19.032737.5101@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 03:27:37 GMT References: <1995May17.130337.2188@mit.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May17.130337.2188@mit.edu>, sramirez@mit.edu (Sergei Ramírez) 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. -- Natalia Karlsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From lpark@clari.net Sat May 20 12:56:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!lpark From: lpark@clari.net (Lars Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May20.125637.3025@clari.net> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 12:56:37 GMT References: <1995May17.130337.2188@mit.edu> <1995May19.032737.5101@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May19.032737.5101@mindspring.com>, nkarlsson@mindspring.com (Natalia Karlsson) 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. -- Lars Park SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."