From jcampbell@kth.se Fri Sep 02 01:51:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!jcampbell From: jcampbell@kth.se (Jens Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep02.015118.6705@kth.se> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 01:51:18 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Jens Campbell | jcampbell@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 0343 A17A C955 C4C8 "Keep the channels open." From treyes@panix.com Sat Sep 03 22:15:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!treyes From: treyes@panix.com (Tobias Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep03.221518.7055@panix.com> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1994 22:15:18 GMT References: <1994Sep02.015118.6705@kth.se> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep02.015118.6705@kth.se>, jcampbell@kth.se (Jens Campbell) writes: > 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Tobias Reyes "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From anakamura@cern.ch Mon Sep 05 00:39:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!anakamura From: anakamura@cern.ch (Amy Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Sep05.003918.1776@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 00:39:18 GMT References: <1994Sep02.015118.6705@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep02.015118.6705@kth.se>, jcampbell@kth.se (Jens Campbell) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Amy Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.