From meriksson@cmu.edu Mon Jul 24 18:52:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!meriksson From: meriksson@cmu.edu (Mikhail Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 18:52:04 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Mikhail Eriksson -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From sito@demon.co.uk Wed Jul 26 05:22:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!sito From: sito@demon.co.uk (Sven Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul26.052204.8551@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 05:22:04 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu>, meriksson@cmu.edu (Mikhail Eriksson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Sven Ito "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1 From nweber@pacbell.net Thu Jul 27 23:21:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!nweber From: nweber@pacbell.net (Nadine Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul27.232104.4112@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 23:21:04 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu> <1995Jul26.052204.8551@demon.co.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul26.052204.8551@demon.co.uk>, sito@demon.co.uk (Sven Ito) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Nadine Weber "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From ssanchez@netcom.com Sat Jul 29 23:15:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!ssanchez From: ssanchez@netcom.com (Sven Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul29.231504.3599@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:15:04 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul24.185204.5193@cmu.edu>, meriksson@cmu.edu (Mikhail Eriksson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Sven Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."