From ckim@unam.mx Thu May 04 02:41:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!ckim From: ckim@unam.mx (Callum Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May04.024148.5135@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 02:41:48 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Callum Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmartinez@utexas.edu Fri May 05 06:23:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!mmartinez From: mmartinez@utexas.edu (Min-jun Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May05.062348.4232@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 06:23:48 GMT References: <1995May04.024148.5135@unam.mx> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May04.024148.5135@unam.mx>, ckim@unam.mx (Callum Kim) 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. -- Min-jun Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jstewart@inria.fr Sun May 07 06:35:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!jstewart From: jstewart@inria.fr (Jens Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May07.063548.4533@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 06:35:48 GMT References: <1995May04.024148.5135@unam.mx> <1995May05.062348.4232@utexas.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May05.062348.4232@utexas.edu>, mmartinez@utexas.edu (Min-jun Martínez) 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. -- Jens Stewart Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."