From hpark@pacbell.net Tue May 21 11:33:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!hpark From: hpark@pacbell.net (Hugo Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:33:21 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Hugo Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aokonkwo@unam.mx Wed May 22 12:49:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@unam.mx (Anja Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May22.124921.3495@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 12:49:21 GMT References: <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net>, hpark@pacbell.net (Hugo Park) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Anja Okonkwo US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mmoreau@kiae.su Thu May 23 02:00:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!mmoreau From: mmoreau@kiae.su (Mikhail Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May23.020021.2587@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 02:00:21 GMT References: <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net>, hpark@pacbell.net (Hugo Park) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Mikhail Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dokonkwo@hanse.de Fri May 24 07:07:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@hanse.de (Dmitri Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May24.070721.6028@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 07:07:21 GMT References: <1996May21.113321.7036@pacbell.net> <1996May23.020021.2587@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996May23.020021.2587@kiae.su>, mmoreau@kiae.su (Mikhail Moreau) writes: > Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Dmitri Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0