From hgonzalez@pacbell.net Mon Sep 25 22:26:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!hgonzalez From: hgonzalez@pacbell.net (Heather González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep25.222654.8402@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:26:54 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Heather González US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jrobertson@unam.mx Wed Sep 27 06:14:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!jrobertson From: jrobertson@unam.mx (Jen Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep27.061454.3610@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:14:54 GMT References: <1995Sep25.222654.8402@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.222654.8402@pacbell.net>, hgonzalez@pacbell.net (Heather González) 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. -- Jen Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0