From mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 21 00:04:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec21.000446.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 00:04:46 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. -- Mikhail Takahashi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From slindqvist@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 23 02:24:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!slindqvist From: slindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec23.022446.6297@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 02:24:46 GMT References: <1994Dec21.000446.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec21.000446.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Takahashi) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Sergei Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsantos@berkeley.edu Sun Dec 25 02:40:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!bsantos From: bsantos@berkeley.edu (Bastien Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec25.024046.2179@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1994 02:40:46 GMT References: <1994Dec21.000446.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec21.000446.5235@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Takahashi) writes: > 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Bastien Santos -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"