From sramirez@mit.edu Sat Nov 23 13:50:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!sramirez From: sramirez@mit.edu (Sun-mi Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:50:15 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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'? -- Sun-mi Ramírez | sramirez@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B15E 39AC 072E 6BF0 "Keep the channels open." From mschneider@pipeline.com Mon Nov 25 04:42:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!mschneider From: mschneider@pipeline.com (Marisol Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Nov25.044215.7785@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 04:42:15 GMT References: <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu>, sramirez@mit.edu (Sun-mi Ramírez) 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. -- Marisol Schneider Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From skarlsson@pipeline.com Mon Nov 25 15:17:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!skarlsson From: skarlsson@pipeline.com (Steve Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Nov25.151715.2785@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 15:17:15 GMT References: <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu>, sramirez@mit.edu (Sun-mi Ramírez) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Steve Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From bkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk Wed Nov 27 17:59:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Bastien Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Nov27.175915.4973@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:59:15 GMT References: <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu>, sramirez@mit.edu (Sun-mi Ramírez) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Bastien Kuznetsov -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From elopez@uu.net Fri Nov 29 18:10:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!elopez From: elopez@uu.net (Emi López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Nov29.181015.6195@uu.net> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 18:10:15 GMT References: <1996Nov23.135015.7592@mit.edu> <1996Nov25.151715.2785@pipeline.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov25.151715.2785@pipeline.com>, skarlsson@pipeline.com (Steve Karlsson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Emi López -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "We don't sign stars. We build them."