From snilsson@mit.edu Mon May 06 17:41:50 1996
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From: snilsson@mit.edu (Sun-mi Nilsson)
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Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.

Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983.

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From: nwatanabe@panix.com (Nadia Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996May06.174150.5115@mit.edu>, snilsson@mit.edu (Sun-mi Nilsson) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

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.

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