From akarlsson@stanford.edu Fri Sep 13 05:30:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!akarlsson From: akarlsson@stanford.edu (Anja Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 05:30:16 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Anja Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From skarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Sep 15 05:37:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!skarlsson From: skarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sergei Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep15.053716.2997@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 05:37:16 GMT References: <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu>, akarlsson@stanford.edu (Anja Karlsson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Sergei Karlsson -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "We don't sign stars. We build them." From dpetrov@uu.net Mon Sep 16 12:38:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!dpetrov From: dpetrov@uu.net (Dong-hyun Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep16.123816.1116@uu.net> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:38:16 GMT References: <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu>, akarlsson@stanford.edu (Anja Karlsson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- === Dong-hyun Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Marcus is not one man." From mkim@uni-hamburg.de Mon Sep 16 20:25:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!mkim From: mkim@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep16.202516.7270@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:25:16 GMT References: <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep13.053016.4229@stanford.edu>, akarlsson@stanford.edu (Anja Karlsson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Mathieu Kim "A soul is not exclusive to biology." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13