From hfischer@stanford.edu Tue Jun 27 07:15:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!hfischer From: hfischer@stanford.edu (Heather Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 07:15:58 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Heather Fischer | hfischer@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 732A 7201 5080 AD99 "Keep the channels open." From jpetrov@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jun 28 09:33:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!jpetrov From: jpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Joachim Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun28.093358.6134@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 09:33:58 GMT References: <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu>, hfischer@stanford.edu (Heather Fischer) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Joachim Petrov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From flopez@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jun 29 05:28:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!flopez From: flopez@rwth-aachen.de (Fiona López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun29.052858.2267@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 05:28:58 GMT References: <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu>, hfischer@stanford.edu (Heather Fischer) writes: > 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Fiona López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rsouza@demon.co.uk Thu Jun 29 16:15:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!rsouza From: rsouza@demon.co.uk (Raj Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun29.161558.5689@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:15:58 GMT References: <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.071558.9519@stanford.edu>, hfischer@stanford.edu (Heather Fischer) 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. -- Raj Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------