From fsilva@clari.net Thu Sep 01 08:00:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!fsilva From: fsilva@clari.net (Fiona Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 08:00:45 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Fiona Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nkang@demon.co.uk Fri Sep 02 20:33:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!nkang From: nkang@demon.co.uk (Nadia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep02.203345.4154@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 20:33:45 GMT References: <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net>, fsilva@clari.net (Fiona Silva) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Nadia Kang === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From swatanabe@mindspring.com Sat Sep 03 00:03:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!swatanabe From: swatanabe@mindspring.com (Seo-yeon Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep03.000345.9967@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1994 00:03:45 GMT References: <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net>, fsilva@clari.net (Fiona Silva) 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Seo-yeon Watanabe "We don't sign stars. We build them." Decstation 5000/200 / TOS 4.04 From holiveira@uu.net Sun Sep 04 21:40:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!holiveira From: holiveira@uu.net (Heather Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep04.214045.4376@uu.net> Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1994 21:40:45 GMT References: <1994Sep01.080045.3322@clari.net> <1994Sep03.000345.9967@mindspring.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep03.000345.9967@mindspring.com>, swatanabe@mindspring.com (Seo-yeon Watanabe) 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. -- Heather Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0