From okowalski@ox.ac.uk Fri Sep 22 02:43:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!okowalski From: okowalski@ox.ac.uk (Olga Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep22.024345.6528@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 02:43:45 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Olga Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lmuller@pacbell.net Sat Sep 23 04:41:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!lmuller From: lmuller@pacbell.net (Liam Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep23.044145.5127@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 04:41:45 GMT References: <1995Sep22.024345.6528@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.024345.6528@ox.ac.uk>, okowalski@ox.ac.uk (Olga Kowalski) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Liam Müller *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From tmacdonald@hanse.de Sat Sep 23 22:44:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@hanse.de (Thiago MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep23.224445.1581@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 22:44:45 GMT References: <1995Sep22.024345.6528@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.024345.6528@ox.ac.uk>, okowalski@ox.ac.uk (Olga Kowalski) 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. -- Thiago MacDonald | tmacdonald@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: F05E 5D72 A55A C5A6 "Keep the channels open."