From jsokolov@tum.de Fri Aug 25 10:08:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!jsokolov From: jsokolov@tum.de (Joachim Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:08:47 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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). Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Joachim Sokolov -- Technische Universität München "Do not worship the copy." From ngirard@demon.co.uk Sat Aug 26 13:19:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!ngirard From: ngirard@demon.co.uk (Nadia Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug26.131947.8141@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 13:19:47 GMT References: <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de>, jsokolov@tum.de (Joachim Sokolov) 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. -- Nadia Girard Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From dmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 27 04:18:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!dmoreno From: dmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug27.041847.1306@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 04:18:47 GMT References: <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de>, jsokolov@tum.de (Joachim Sokolov) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Dmitri Moreno "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4 From klaurent@purdue.edu Sun Aug 27 19:49:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!klaurent From: klaurent@purdue.edu (Katrin Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug27.194947.8891@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 19:49:47 GMT References: <1995Aug25.100847.8622@tum.de> <1995Aug27.041847.1306@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug27.041847.1306@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Moreno) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Katrin Laurent | klaurent@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4348 1C45 26A6 8DE5 "Keep the channels open."