From trodriguez@pipeline.com Mon Jan 15 19:35:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!trodriguez From: trodriguez@pipeline.com (Tyler Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan15.193522.7072@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 19:35:22 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Tyler Rodríguez Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From knilsson@kth.se Wed Jan 17 15:27:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!knilsson From: knilsson@kth.se (Katrin Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan17.152722.7579@kth.se> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:27:22 GMT References: <1996Jan15.193522.7072@pipeline.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan15.193522.7072@pipeline.com>, trodriguez@pipeline.com (Tyler Rodríguez) 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. -- Katrin Nilsson -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke." From bmoreau@cern.ch Wed Jan 17 22:59:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!bmoreau From: bmoreau@cern.ch (Bruno Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jan17.225922.4186@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:59:22 GMT References: <1996Jan15.193522.7072@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jan15.193522.7072@pipeline.com>, trodriguez@pipeline.com (Tyler Rodríguez) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Bruno Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Marcus is not one man."