From kramirez@rwth-aachen.de Sat May 04 20:52:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!kramirez From: kramirez@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 20:52:03 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Katrin Ramírez -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Row 14. No joke." From afischer@berkeley.edu Mon May 06 19:16:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!afischer From: afischer@berkeley.edu (Astrid Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May06.191603.4098@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 19:16:03 GMT References: <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de>, kramirez@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Ramírez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Astrid Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From lsmirnov@berkeley.edu Wed May 08 05:30:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Lucia Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May08.053003.6981@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 05:30:03 GMT References: <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de>, kramirez@rwth-aachen.de (Katrin Ramírez) 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. 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. -- Lucia Smirnov Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mandersson@kth.se Thu May 09 04:57:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!mandersson From: mandersson@kth.se (Marisol Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996May09.045703.5447@kth.se> Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 04:57:03 GMT References: <1996May04.205203.3685@rwth-aachen.de> <1996May08.053003.6981@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996May08.053003.6981@berkeley.edu>, lsmirnov@berkeley.edu (Lucia Smirnov) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Marisol Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------