From rkarlsson@inria.fr Fri Jul 15 10:47:26 1994
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From: rkarlsson@inria.fr (Rodrigo Karlsson)
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Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.
Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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Rodrigo Karlsson -- INRIA Rocquencourt
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."

From ksanchez@demon.co.uk Sat Jul 16 08:03:26 1994
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From: ksanchez@demon.co.uk (Katrin Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Jul15.104726.5586@inria.fr>, rkarlsson@inria.fr (Rodrigo Karlsson) 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.

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=== Katrin Sánchez ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."

From mrodriguez@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jul 17 17:22:26 1994
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From: mrodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Morag Rodríguez)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Jul15.104726.5586@inria.fr>, rkarlsson@inria.fr (Rodrigo Karlsson) 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.

-- 
Morag Rodríguez
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik.
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