From nivanov@cern.ch Tue Feb 13 23:43:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!nivanov From: nivanov@cern.ch (Natalia Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb13.234341.5390@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 23:43:41 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Natalia Ivanov -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Do not worship the copy." From tjohansson@earthlink.net Thu Feb 15 01:44:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!tjohansson From: tjohansson@earthlink.net (Thiago Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb15.014441.2368@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 01:44:41 GMT References: <1996Feb13.234341.5390@cern.ch> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb13.234341.5390@cern.ch>, nivanov@cern.ch (Natalia Ivanov) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Thiago Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From ejohansson@berkeley.edu Thu Feb 15 19:48:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!ejohansson From: ejohansson@berkeley.edu (Élodie Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb15.194841.8523@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 19:48:41 GMT References: <1996Feb13.234341.5390@cern.ch> <1996Feb15.014441.2368@earthlink.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb15.014441.2368@earthlink.net>, tjohansson@earthlink.net (Thiago Johansson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Élodie Johansson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke." From tandersson@hanse.de Sat Feb 17 01:33:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!tandersson From: tandersson@hanse.de (Thiago Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb17.013341.6679@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 01:33:41 GMT References: <1996Feb13.234341.5390@cern.ch> <1996Feb15.014441.2368@earthlink.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb15.014441.2368@earthlink.net>, tjohansson@earthlink.net (Thiago Johansson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Thiago Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------