From jcampbell@cam.ac.uk Sun Oct 23 23:21:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!jcampbell From: jcampbell@cam.ac.uk (Ji-woo Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct23.232141.7016@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 23:21:41 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Ji-woo Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From gsouza@cern.ch Tue Oct 25 04:37:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!gsouza From: gsouza@cern.ch (Göran Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct25.043741.5659@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 04:37:41 GMT References: <1994Oct23.232141.7016@cam.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct23.232141.7016@cam.ac.uk>, jcampbell@cam.ac.uk (Ji-woo Campbell) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Göran Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Marcus is not one man." From smoreno@netcom.com Tue Oct 25 21:28:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!smoreno From: smoreno@netcom.com (Sven Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct25.212841.8534@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 21:28:41 GMT References: <1994Oct23.232141.7016@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct23.232141.7016@cam.ac.uk>, jcampbell@cam.ac.uk (Ji-woo Campbell) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Sven Moreno "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Atari TT030 / SunOS 4.1.4