From mlee@cam.ac.uk Sat Sep 10 10:50:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!mlee From: mlee@cam.ac.uk (Marta Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 10:50:56 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Marta Lee "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1 From tmoreau@mit.edu Sun Sep 11 08:36:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!tmoreau From: tmoreau@mit.edu (Tomas Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep11.083656.8041@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 08:36:56 GMT References: <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk>, mlee@cam.ac.uk (Marta Lee) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Tomas Moreau Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From lrodriguez@panix.com Sun Sep 11 14:19:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!lrodriguez From: lrodriguez@panix.com (Lisa Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep11.141956.6299@panix.com> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 14:19:56 GMT References: <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk>, mlee@cam.ac.uk (Marta Lee) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Lisa Rodríguez -- Public Access Unix of New York "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From cfischer@hanse.de Tue Sep 13 01:39:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!cfischer From: cfischer@hanse.de (Callum Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep13.013956.6725@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 01:39:56 GMT References: <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep10.105056.4202@cam.ac.uk>, mlee@cam.ac.uk (Marta Lee) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Callum Fischer "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 3000T / SunOS 4.1.4