From lchoi@kiae.su Wed Aug 09 05:15:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!lchoi From: lchoi@kiae.su (Lars Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 05:15:58 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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). Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Lars Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de Wed Aug 09 10:09:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Jen Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug09.100958.6369@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 10:09:58 GMT References: <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su>, lchoi@kiae.su (Lars Choi) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Jen Vasiliev Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mweber@cam.ac.uk Fri Aug 11 06:32:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!mweber From: mweber@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug11.063258.8396@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 06:32:58 GMT References: <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su>, lchoi@kiae.su (Lars Choi) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Matthias Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From smoreau@rwth-aachen.de Sat Aug 12 14:08:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!smoreau From: smoreau@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug12.140858.2521@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:08:58 GMT References: <1995Aug09.051558.7785@kiae.su> <1995Aug11.063258.8396@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug11.063258.8396@cam.ac.uk>, mweber@cam.ac.uk (Matthias Weber) 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Sun-mi Moreau Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."