From hkowalski@tum.de Sat Aug 20 02:33:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!hkowalski From: hkowalski@tum.de (Heather Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 02:33:37 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- === Heather Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From alaurent@clari.net Sun Aug 21 03:31:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!alaurent From: alaurent@clari.net (Andrei Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug21.033137.4579@clari.net> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 03:31:37 GMT References: <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de>, hkowalski@tum.de (Heather Kowalski) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Andrei Laurent Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From msantos@netcom.com Mon Aug 22 07:44:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!msantos From: msantos@netcom.com (Mikhail Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug22.074437.3694@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 07:44:37 GMT References: <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de>, hkowalski@tum.de (Heather Kowalski) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Mikhail Santos -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mandersson@rwth-aachen.de Tue Aug 23 21:27:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!mandersson From: mandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Marisol Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug23.212737.6994@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 21:27:37 GMT References: <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de> <1994Aug21.033137.4579@clari.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug21.033137.4579@clari.net>, alaurent@clari.net (Andrei Laurent) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Marisol Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Marcus is not one man." From mfournier@cern.ch Wed Aug 24 02:22:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!mfournier From: mfournier@cern.ch (Mathieu Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug24.022237.6810@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 02:22:37 GMT References: <1994Aug20.023337.4126@tum.de> <1994Aug22.074437.3694@netcom.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug22.074437.3694@netcom.com>, msantos@netcom.com (Mikhail Santos) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Mathieu Fournier "When every node is whole, the channel opens." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1