From ceriksson@panix.com Sat Nov 12 09:47:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!ceriksson From: ceriksson@panix.com (Camila Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 09:47:12 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Camila Eriksson "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From dfischer@uni-hamburg.de Sat Nov 12 14:48:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!dfischer From: dfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Dave Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov12.144812.5179@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 14:48:12 GMT References: <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com>, ceriksson@panix.com (Camila Eriksson) 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. -- Dave Fischer -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Marcus is not one man." From jpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Nov 13 15:29:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!jpetrov From: jpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Julien Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov13.152912.6017@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 15:29:12 GMT References: <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com>, ceriksson@panix.com (Camila Eriksson) 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 actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Julien Petrov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1 From jsmirnov@kth.se Tue Nov 15 06:45:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@kth.se (Jens Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov15.064512.7638@kth.se> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 06:45:12 GMT References: <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com> <1994Nov12.144812.5179@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Nov12.144812.5179@uni-hamburg.de>, dfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Dave Fischer) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Jens Smirnov -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Do not worship the copy." From ydubois@inria.fr Thu Nov 17 03:05:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!ydubois From: ydubois@inria.fr (Yuki Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov17.030512.4601@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 03:05:12 GMT References: <1994Nov12.094712.7454@panix.com> <1994Nov13.152912.6017@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov13.152912.6017@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, jpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Julien Petrov) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Yuki Dubois "Row 14. No joke." NeXTstation Turbo Color / NEXTSTEP 3.3