From srodriguez@hanse.de Sun Jul 28 07:25:22 1996
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From: srodriguez@hanse.de (Sun-mi Rodríguez)
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Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.
Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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From mdubois@pacbell.net Mon Jul 29 19:40:22 1996
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From: mdubois@pacbell.net (Mathieu Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul28.072522.1702@hanse.de>, srodriguez@hanse.de (Sun-mi Rodríguez) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).
> Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

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Mathieu Dubois
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From tcampbell@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jul 31 05:34:22 1996
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From: tcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Thiago Campbell)
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Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul28.072522.1702@hanse.de>, srodriguez@hanse.de (Sun-mi 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.

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