From mcampbell@purdue.edu Sun Nov 27 04:00:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!mcampbell From: mcampbell@purdue.edu (Mateo Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 04:00:41 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Mateo Campbell -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mpark@titech.ac.jp Mon Nov 28 09:17:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!mpark From: mpark@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov28.091741.2397@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 09:17:41 GMT References: <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu>, mcampbell@purdue.edu (Mateo Campbell) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Mikhail Park -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy." From dlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Tue Nov 29 08:13:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Dong-hyun Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Nov29.081341.6279@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 08:13:41 GMT References: <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu>, mcampbell@purdue.edu (Mateo Campbell) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Dong-hyun Lindqvist "They will send a copy in my place." Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1 From pgonzalez@berkeley.edu Thu Dec 01 10:03:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!pgonzalez From: pgonzalez@berkeley.edu (Pavel González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec01.100341.6977@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 10:03:41 GMT References: <1994Nov27.040041.8169@purdue.edu> <1994Nov28.091741.2397@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov28.091741.2397@titech.ac.jp>, mpark@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Park) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Pavel González | pgonzalez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: DF7B 885E E31C F187 "Keep the channels open."