From nramirez@pacbell.net Sat Aug 24 09:33:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!nramirez From: nramirez@pacbell.net (Nadia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 09:33:38 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'. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Nadia Ramírez | nramirez@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 30C6 8F87 3CB8 05A2 "Keep the channels open." From livanov@clari.net Mon Aug 26 05:09:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!livanov From: livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug26.050938.7896@clari.net> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 05:09:38 GMT References: <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net>, nramirez@pacbell.net (Nadia Ramírez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Liam Ivanov "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From rhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Aug 27 11:05:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!rhernandez From: rhernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug27.110538.5545@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 11:05:38 GMT References: <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net> <1996Aug26.050938.7896@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug26.050938.7896@clari.net>, livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. 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. -- Rodrigo Hernández Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From tcampbell@inria.fr Wed Aug 28 12:12:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!tcampbell From: tcampbell@inria.fr (Tyler Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug28.121238.3011@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:12:38 GMT References: <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net>, nramirez@pacbell.net (Nadia Ramírez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Tyler Campbell Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From kchoi@pacbell.net Fri Aug 30 06:49:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!kchoi From: kchoi@pacbell.net (Katrin Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug30.064938.9983@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:49:38 GMT References: <1996Aug24.093338.1074@pacbell.net> <1996Aug26.050938.7896@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug26.050938.7896@clari.net>, livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Katrin Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------