From jfischer@earthlink.net Wed Dec 27 05:23:57 1995
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From: jfischer@earthlink.net (Jens Fischer)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.

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=== Jens Fischer ===
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From cperez@unam.mx Thu Dec 28 16:12:57 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Dec27.052357.7095@earthlink.net>, jfischer@earthlink.net (Jens Fischer) writes:
> 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.

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

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Callum Pérez
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From agarcia@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 29 02:09:57 1995
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From: agarcia@demon.co.uk (Andrei García)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Dec28.161257.5806@unam.mx>, cperez@unam.mx (Callum Pérez) writes:
> Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

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