From lhernandez@purdue.edu Thu Jul 11 01:55:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!lhernandez From: lhernandez@purdue.edu (Liam Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul11.015545.9484@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:55:45 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Liam Hernández "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / FreeBSD 2.1 From pkuznetsov@netcom.com Thu Jul 11 19:58:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!pkuznetsov From: pkuznetsov@netcom.com (Pavel Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul11.195845.1952@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:58:45 GMT References: <1996Jul11.015545.9484@purdue.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul11.015545.9484@purdue.edu>, lhernandez@purdue.edu (Liam Hernández) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Pavel Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From ajohansson@kiae.su Fri Jul 12 22:32:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!ajohansson From: ajohansson@kiae.su (Anja Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul12.223245.5012@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 22:32:45 GMT References: <1996Jul11.015545.9484@purdue.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul11.015545.9484@purdue.edu>, lhernandez@purdue.edu (Liam Hernández) 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. -- Anja Johansson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."