From lnakamura@mindspring.com Sat Sep 03 17:23:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!lnakamura From: lnakamura@mindspring.com (Lisa Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1994 17:23:03 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Lisa Nakamura "We don't sign stars. We build them." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From trodriguez@kiae.su Sun Sep 04 14:53:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!trodriguez From: trodriguez@kiae.su (Takeshi Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep04.145303.2767@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1994 14:53:03 GMT References: <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com>, lnakamura@mindspring.com (Lisa Nakamura) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Takeshi Rodríguez "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun SparcStation 20 / System 7.5.1 From lkowalski@earthlink.net Mon Sep 05 13:56:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!lkowalski From: lkowalski@earthlink.net (Liam Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep05.135603.2173@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 13:56:03 GMT References: <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com> <1994Sep04.145303.2767@kiae.su> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep04.145303.2767@kiae.su>, trodriguez@kiae.su (Takeshi Rodríguez) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Liam Kowalski -- EarthLink Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From nlaurent@illinois.edu Tue Sep 06 23:34:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!nlaurent From: nlaurent@illinois.edu (Nadine Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep06.233403.9655@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1994 23:34:03 GMT References: <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep03.172303.5902@mindspring.com>, lnakamura@mindspring.com (Lisa Nakamura) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Nadine Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.