From reriksson@earthlink.net Wed Feb 01 18:26:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!reriksson From: reriksson@earthlink.net (Renata Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 18:26:22 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Renata Eriksson | reriksson@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 8021 6203 03C7 4AA9 "Keep the channels open." From ipetrov@panix.com Fri Feb 03 02:41:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!ipetrov From: ipetrov@panix.com (Ines Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb03.024122.7513@panix.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 02:41:22 GMT References: <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net>, reriksson@earthlink.net (Renata Eriksson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Ines Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From eduarte@utexas.edu Sat Feb 04 21:54:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!eduarte From: eduarte@utexas.edu (Elaine Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb04.215422.9844@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 21:54:22 GMT References: <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net>, reriksson@earthlink.net (Renata Eriksson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Elaine Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mivanov@kiae.su Sun Feb 05 06:39:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!mivanov From: mivanov@kiae.su (Morag Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb05.063922.3612@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 06:39:22 GMT References: <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net> <1995Feb03.024122.7513@panix.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb03.024122.7513@panix.com>, ipetrov@panix.com (Ines Petrov) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Morag Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From boliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Feb 06 05:42:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!boliveira From: boliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bruno Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb06.054222.6553@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 05:42:22 GMT References: <1995Feb01.182622.9528@earthlink.net> <1995Feb03.024122.7513@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb03.024122.7513@panix.com>, ipetrov@panix.com (Ines Petrov) 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. -- Bruno Oliveira | boliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 2EA7 B692 C391 C44A "Keep the channels open."