From mkuznetsov@unam.mx Fri Jun 02 20:22:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@unam.mx (Mei Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 20:22:30 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Mei Kuznetsov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From ihughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jun 04 12:41:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!ihughes From: ihughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun04.124130.8256@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 12:41:30 GMT References: <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx>, mkuznetsov@unam.mx (Mei Kuznetsov) 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. -- Ines Hughes | ihughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: B5B4 2AD0 8216 63E6 "Keep the channels open." From hokonkwo@cmu.edu Tue Jun 06 16:34:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!hokonkwo From: hokonkwo@cmu.edu (Hana Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun06.163430.6799@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 16:34:30 GMT References: <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx>, mkuznetsov@unam.mx (Mei Kuznetsov) 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. -- Hana Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From jmuller@cern.ch Wed Jun 07 08:38:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!jmuller From: jmuller@cern.ch (Jen Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun07.083830.9973@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 08:38:30 GMT References: <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun02.202230.5722@unam.mx>, mkuznetsov@unam.mx (Mei Kuznetsov) 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. -- Jen Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.