From pperez@demon.co.uk Tue Nov 14 18:36:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!pperez From: pperez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov14.183633.5952@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 18:36:33 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Pavel Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From kpetrov@pipeline.com Wed Nov 15 04:13:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!kpetrov From: kpetrov@pipeline.com (Katrin Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov15.041333.3772@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 04:13:33 GMT References: <1995Nov14.183633.5952@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov14.183633.5952@demon.co.uk>, pperez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Pérez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > 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. -- Katrin Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From asmirnov@clari.net Fri Nov 17 04:16:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!asmirnov From: asmirnov@clari.net (Amy Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov17.041633.7659@clari.net> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 04:16:33 GMT References: <1995Nov14.183633.5952@demon.co.uk> <1995Nov15.041333.3772@pipeline.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov15.041333.3772@pipeline.com>, kpetrov@pipeline.com (Katrin Petrov) 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Amy Smirnov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."