From ssato@cmu.edu Tue Jul 23 11:37:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!ssato From: ssato@cmu.edu (Seo-yeon Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 11:37:23 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Seo-yeon Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From dsouza@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jul 24 05:26:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!dsouza From: dsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Dave Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul24.052623.3192@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 05:26:23 GMT References: <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu>, ssato@cmu.edu (Seo-yeon Sato) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Dave Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From iandersson@illinois.edu Thu Jul 25 23:19:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!iandersson From: iandersson@illinois.edu (Ines Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul25.231923.2548@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:19:23 GMT References: <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu> <1996Jul24.052623.3192@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul24.052623.3192@rwth-aachen.de>, dsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Dave Souza) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Ines Andersson "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From fsmirnov@utexas.edu Fri Jul 26 01:37:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!fsmirnov From: fsmirnov@utexas.edu (Fiona Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul26.013723.2739@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:37:23 GMT References: <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu> <1996Jul24.052623.3192@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Jul25.231923.2548@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul25.231923.2548@illinois.edu>, iandersson@illinois.edu (Ines Andersson) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Fiona Smirnov Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From htanaka@utexas.edu Sat Jul 27 20:52:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!htanaka From: htanaka@utexas.edu (Hugo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul27.205223.3616@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 20:52:23 GMT References: <1996Jul23.113723.9664@cmu.edu> <1996Jul24.052623.3192@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Jul25.231923.2548@illinois.edu> <1996Jul26.013723.2739@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul26.013723.2739@utexas.edu>, fsmirnov@utexas.edu (Fiona Smirnov) 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 actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Hugo Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.