From jsouza@panix.com Thu Feb 23 08:23:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!jsouza From: jsouza@panix.com (Jen Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:23:22 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Jen Souza | jsouza@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 1CEB 63BA 39D6 9B7A "Keep the channels open." From mbrennan@panix.com Fri Feb 24 10:25:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!mbrennan From: mbrennan@panix.com (Mei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb24.102522.2024@panix.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 10:25:22 GMT References: <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com>, jsouza@panix.com (Jen Souza) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Mei Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lsmirnov@uni-hamburg.de Sat Feb 25 19:20:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@uni-hamburg.de (Lars Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb25.192022.7953@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 19:20:22 GMT References: <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com> <1995Feb24.102522.2024@panix.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb24.102522.2024@panix.com>, mbrennan@panix.com (Mei Brennan) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Lars Smirnov Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From smoreau@ox.ac.uk Mon Feb 27 10:49:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!smoreau From: smoreau@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb27.104922.3018@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:49:22 GMT References: <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com>, jsouza@panix.com (Jen Souza) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Sun-mi Moreau | smoreau@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: DC4B BDD8 367F 86D2 "Keep the channels open." From lramirez@demon.co.uk Tue Feb 28 15:02:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!lramirez From: lramirez@demon.co.uk (Liam Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb28.150222.4656@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 15:02:22 GMT References: <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb23.082322.6923@panix.com>, jsouza@panix.com (Jen Souza) 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. -- Liam Ramírez | lramirez@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1404 3E8B 0329 9D70 "Keep the channels open."