From akim@netcom.com Wed Feb 09 18:25:49 1994
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From: akim@netcom.com (Andrei Kim)
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Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.

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

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Andrei Kim -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services
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From jhernandez@stanford.edu Fri Feb 11 10:07:49 1994
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From: jhernandez@stanford.edu (Julien Hernández)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Feb09.182549.6907@netcom.com>, akim@netcom.com (Andrei Kim) 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.

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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=== Julien Hernández ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
"They will send a copy in my place."

From mweber@uni-hamburg.de Fri Feb 11 15:58:49 1994
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From: mweber@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Weber)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994Feb11.100749.8655@stanford.edu>, jhernandez@stanford.edu (Julien Hernández) writes:
> Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference.

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Mike Weber
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik.
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