From elee@inria.fr Sat May 11 06:18:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!elee From: elee@inria.fr (Élodie Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 06:18:53 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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. -- Élodie Lee US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From fsmirnov@berkeley.edu Mon May 13 07:19:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!fsmirnov From: fsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Fiona Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 07:19:53 GMT References: <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr>, elee@inria.fr (Élodie Lee) 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. -- === Fiona Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From olindqvist@stanford.edu Mon May 13 12:26:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!olindqvist From: olindqvist@stanford.edu (Olga Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May13.122653.5434@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 12:26:53 GMT References: <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr> <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu>, fsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Olga Lindqvist | olindqvist@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4D3E 21D4 51F0 7690 "Keep the channels open." From dlarsson@delphi.com Tue May 14 13:44:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!dlarsson From: dlarsson@delphi.com (Dong-hyun Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May14.134453.4874@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:44:53 GMT References: <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr> <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu>, fsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Dong-hyun Larsson "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From jito@clari.net Wed May 15 09:33:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!jito From: jito@clari.net (Jen Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May15.093353.6586@clari.net> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 09:33:53 GMT References: <1996May11.061853.2265@inria.fr> <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May13.071953.1734@berkeley.edu>, fsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. 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. -- Jen Ito "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1