From irobertson@ox.ac.uk Fri Sep 01 22:37:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!irobertson From: irobertson@ox.ac.uk (Ines Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 22:37:34 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Ines Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From jmuller@tum.de Sat Sep 02 19:06:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!jmuller From: jmuller@tum.de (Joachim Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep02.190634.9127@tum.de> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 19:06:34 GMT References: <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk>, irobertson@ox.ac.uk (Ines Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Joachim Müller Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy." From dlaurent@cam.ac.uk Mon Sep 04 15:57:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!dlaurent From: dlaurent@cam.ac.uk (Diego Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep04.155734.2646@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 15:57:34 GMT References: <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep02.190634.9127@tum.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep02.190634.9127@tum.de>, jmuller@tum.de (Joachim Müller) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Diego Laurent -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From asuzuki@delphi.com Tue Sep 05 20:55:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!asuzuki From: asuzuki@delphi.com (Astrid Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep05.205534.2080@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 20:55:34 GMT References: <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk>, irobertson@ox.ac.uk (Ines Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Astrid Suzuki -- Delphi Internet Services "Hold for relay." From ttanaka@clari.net Tue Sep 05 22:17:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!ttanaka From: ttanaka@clari.net (Tyler Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep05.221734.6926@clari.net> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 22:17:34 GMT References: <1995Sep01.223734.4043@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep02.190634.9127@tum.de> <1995Sep04.155734.2646@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep04.155734.2646@cam.ac.uk>, dlaurent@cam.ac.uk (Diego Laurent) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Tyler Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------