From gpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jun 25 07:33:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!gpetrov From: gpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 07:33:21 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Göran Petrov -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk Tue Jun 27 02:00:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun27.020021.5602@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 02:00:21 GMT References: <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Petrov) writes: > 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. 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. -- Takeshi MacDonald US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From lmuller@earthlink.net Wed Jun 28 15:35:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!lmuller From: lmuller@earthlink.net (Lars Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun28.153521.1706@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 15:35:21 GMT References: <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Petrov) writes: > 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. 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. -- Lars Müller "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1 From anakamura@pipeline.com Fri Jun 30 06:54:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!anakamura From: anakamura@pipeline.com (Andrei Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun30.065421.8452@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 06:54:21 GMT References: <1995Jun25.073321.9322@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Jun27.020021.5602@ox.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.020021.5602@ox.ac.uk>, tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi MacDonald) 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 Nakamura Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."