From glarsson@netcom.com Sat Sep 09 08:14:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!glarsson From: glarsson@netcom.com (Göran Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 08:14:03 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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. -- Göran Larsson "We don't sign stars. We build them." Acorn RiscPC 600 / System 7.5.1 From rvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Sep 09 15:25:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep09.152503.3933@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 15:25:03 GMT References: <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com>, glarsson@netcom.com (Göran Larsson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Rodrigo Vasiliev "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / FreeBSD 2.1 From nlopez@ox.ac.uk Sat Sep 09 17:57:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!nlopez From: nlopez@ox.ac.uk (Nadia López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep09.175703.7117@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 17:57:03 GMT References: <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com> <1995Sep09.152503.3933@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep09.152503.3933@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Vasiliev) 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. -- Nadia López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lpopov@panix.com Mon Sep 11 03:20:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!lpopov From: lpopov@panix.com (Lucia Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep11.032003.9094@panix.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 03:20:03 GMT References: <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com> <1995Sep09.152503.3933@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Sep09.175703.7117@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep09.175703.7117@ox.ac.uk>, nlopez@ox.ac.uk (Nadia López) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Lucia Popov -- Public Access Unix of New York "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From chughes@pacbell.net Tue Sep 12 16:53:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!chughes From: chughes@pacbell.net (Camila Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep12.165303.2712@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 16:53:03 GMT References: <1995Sep09.081403.8654@netcom.com> <1995Sep09.152503.3933@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Sep09.175703.7117@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep11.032003.9094@panix.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.032003.9094@panix.com>, lpopov@panix.com (Lucia Popov) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Camila Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."