From tmacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat May 07 18:58:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tomas MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May07.185852.2087@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 18:58:52 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Tomas MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gnilsson@cmu.edu Sun May 08 03:13:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!gnilsson From: gnilsson@cmu.edu (Göran Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May08.031352.4704@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 03:13:52 GMT References: <1994May07.185852.2087@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994May07.185852.2087@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tmacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tomas MacDonald) 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 actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Göran Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From fkuznetsov@netcom.com Sun May 08 15:04:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!fkuznetsov From: fkuznetsov@netcom.com (Freya Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May08.150452.9177@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 15:04:52 GMT References: <1994May07.185852.2087@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994May08.031352.4704@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994May08.031352.4704@cmu.edu>, gnilsson@cmu.edu (Göran Nilsson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Freya Kuznetsov "Do not worship the copy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From gperez@hanse.de Sun May 08 23:45:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!gperez From: gperez@hanse.de (Göran Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May08.234552.9182@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 23:45:52 GMT References: <1994May07.185852.2087@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994May08.031352.4704@cmu.edu> <1994May08.150452.9177@netcom.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994May08.150452.9177@netcom.com>, fkuznetsov@netcom.com (Freya Kuznetsov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Göran Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."