From sfournier@cmu.edu Wed Aug 16 18:09:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!sfournier From: sfournier@cmu.edu (Sergei Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug16.180927.6108@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 18:09:27 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu 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'? -- === Sergei Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Aug 18 15:56:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!bsilva From: bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug18.155627.6012@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 15:56:27 GMT References: <1995Aug16.180927.6108@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug16.180927.6108@cmu.edu>, sfournier@cmu.edu (Sergei Fournier) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Bastien Silva -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From apark@berkeley.edu Sun Aug 20 07:27:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!apark From: apark@berkeley.edu (Andrei Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug20.072727.8858@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 07:27:27 GMT References: <1995Aug16.180927.6108@cmu.edu> <1995Aug18.155627.6012@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug18.155627.6012@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Silva) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Andrei Park | apark@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: AF0E 42E7 663A 7127 "Keep the channels open." From dsato@panix.com Mon Aug 21 00:09:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!dsato From: dsato@panix.com (Dmitri Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug21.000927.1871@panix.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 00:09:27 GMT References: <1995Aug16.180927.6108@cmu.edu> <1995Aug18.155627.6012@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug18.155627.6012@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bsilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Silva) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Dmitri Sato "Marcus is not one man." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4