From apopov@demon.co.uk Tue Oct 15 20:24:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!apopov From: apopov@demon.co.uk (Anja Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:24:09 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Anja Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From thernandez@cern.ch Tue Oct 15 21:31:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!thernandez From: thernandez@cern.ch (Thiago Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct15.213109.1181@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 21:31:09 GMT References: <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk>, apopov@demon.co.uk (Anja Popov) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Thiago Hernández "We don't sign stars. We build them." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From msuzuki@uni-hamburg.de Wed Oct 16 12:54:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!msuzuki From: msuzuki@uni-hamburg.de (Morag Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct16.125409.2983@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:54:09 GMT References: <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk>, apopov@demon.co.uk (Anja Popov) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Morag Suzuki "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From alaurent@cam.ac.uk Wed Oct 16 21:31:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!alaurent From: alaurent@cam.ac.uk (Andrei Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Oct16.213109.9883@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 21:31:09 GMT References: <1996Oct15.202409.7281@demon.co.uk> <1996Oct15.213109.1181@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct15.213109.1181@cern.ch>, thernandez@cern.ch (Thiago Hernández) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Andrei Laurent Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."