From tsuzuki@mindspring.com Sat Dec 16 07:42:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@mindspring.com (Tomas Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 07:42:47 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com 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). 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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Tomas Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bduarte@clari.net Sun Dec 17 18:59:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!bduarte From: bduarte@clari.net (Brian Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec17.185947.9682@clari.net> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 18:59:47 GMT References: <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com>, tsuzuki@mindspring.com (Tomas Suzuki) 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. -- Brian Duarte Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From msokolov@clari.net Tue Dec 19 18:40:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!msokolov From: msokolov@clari.net (Min-jun Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec19.184047.7133@clari.net> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:40:47 GMT References: <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com> <1995Dec17.185947.9682@clari.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec17.185947.9682@clari.net>, bduarte@clari.net (Brian Duarte) 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. -- Min-jun Sokolov | msokolov@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 00A9 FA69 FF60 9327 "Keep the channels open." From eduarte@berkeley.edu Thu Dec 21 21:37:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!eduarte From: eduarte@berkeley.edu (Emi Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec21.213747.3528@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 21:37:47 GMT References: <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec16.074247.8641@mindspring.com>, tsuzuki@mindspring.com (Tomas Suzuki) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Emi Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.