From anovak@cern.ch Fri Jan 05 23:33:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!anovak From: anovak@cern.ch (Anja Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 23:33:09 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. -- Anja Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From agarcia@utexas.edu Sat Jan 06 17:14:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!agarcia From: agarcia@utexas.edu (Anja García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan06.171409.7347@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 17:14:09 GMT References: <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch>, anovak@cern.ch (Anja Novak) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- === Anja García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From aito@pacbell.net Mon Jan 08 01:18:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!aito From: aito@pacbell.net (Anja Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan08.011809.5230@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 01:18:09 GMT References: <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch>, anovak@cern.ch (Anja Novak) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Anja Ito SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From cdubois@titech.ac.jp Mon Jan 08 04:48:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!cdubois From: cdubois@titech.ac.jp (Callum Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan08.044809.7652@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 04:48:09 GMT References: <1996Jan05.233309.5587@cern.ch> <1996Jan08.011809.5230@pacbell.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan08.011809.5230@pacbell.net>, aito@pacbell.net (Anja Ito) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Callum Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------