From bsantos@kth.se Thu Oct 19 22:06:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!bsantos From: bsantos@kth.se (Bruno Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct19.220616.1541@kth.se> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 22:06:16 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Bruno Santos -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rgirard@unam.mx Fri Oct 20 13:55:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!rgirard From: rgirard@unam.mx (Rodrigo Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct20.135516.2868@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 13:55:16 GMT References: <1995Oct19.220616.1541@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct19.220616.1541@kth.se>, bsantos@kth.se (Bruno Santos) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Rodrigo Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Marcus is not one man." From alindqvist@utexas.edu Sun Oct 22 13:04:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!alindqvist From: alindqvist@utexas.edu (Andrei Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct22.130416.4815@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 13:04:16 GMT References: <1995Oct19.220616.1541@kth.se> <1995Oct20.135516.2868@unam.mx> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct20.135516.2868@unam.mx>, rgirard@unam.mx (Rodrigo Girard) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Andrei Lindqvist Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Hold for relay."