From nkuznetsov@illinois.edu Tue Jul 18 16:34:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!nkuznetsov From: nkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Natalia Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul18.163428.1798@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:34:28 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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. -- Natalia Kuznetsov -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hold for relay." From hkuznetsov@purdue.edu Tue Jul 18 21:57:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!hkuznetsov From: hkuznetsov@purdue.edu (Hana Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul18.215728.7202@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 21:57:28 GMT References: <1995Jul18.163428.1798@illinois.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul18.163428.1798@illinois.edu>, nkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Natalia Kuznetsov) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- === Hana Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jmoreau@tum.de Thu Jul 20 20:02:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!jmoreau From: jmoreau@tum.de (Julien Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul20.200228.5914@tum.de> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 20:02:28 GMT References: <1995Jul18.163428.1798@illinois.edu> <1995Jul18.215728.7202@purdue.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul18.215728.7202@purdue.edu>, hkuznetsov@purdue.edu (Hana Kuznetsov) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. 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. -- Julien Moreau Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From osilva@cam.ac.uk Fri Jul 21 20:14:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!osilva From: osilva@cam.ac.uk (Olga Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul21.201428.9141@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 20:14:28 GMT References: <1995Jul18.163428.1798@illinois.edu> <1995Jul18.215728.7202@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul18.215728.7202@purdue.edu>, hkuznetsov@purdue.edu (Hana Kuznetsov) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Olga Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.