From bsato@clari.net Fri Jun 10 01:02:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!bsato From: bsato@clari.net (Bastien Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun10.010243.9739@clari.net> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 01:02:43 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Bastien Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From mreyes@berkeley.edu Fri Jun 10 23:42:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!mreyes From: mreyes@berkeley.edu (Marisol Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun10.234243.3059@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 23:42:43 GMT References: <1994Jun10.010243.9739@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun10.010243.9739@clari.net>, bsato@clari.net (Bastien Sato) 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. -- Marisol Reyes | mreyes@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E237 15B8 4CEE E543 "Keep the channels open." From moliveira@utexas.edu Sat Jun 11 14:49:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!moliveira From: moliveira@utexas.edu (Mei Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun11.144943.7986@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 14:49:43 GMT References: <1994Jun10.010243.9739@clari.net> <1994Jun10.234243.3059@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun10.234243.3059@berkeley.edu>, mreyes@berkeley.edu (Marisol Reyes) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Mei Oliveira "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mmacdonald@demon.co.uk Mon Jun 13 07:41:43 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@demon.co.uk (Mei MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun13.074143.1537@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 07:41:43 GMT References: <1994Jun10.010243.9739@clari.net> <1994Jun10.234243.3059@berkeley.edu> <1994Jun11.144943.7986@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun11.144943.7986@utexas.edu>, moliveira@utexas.edu (Mei Oliveira) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. 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. -- Mei MacDonald -- Demon Internet Services UK "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."