From tmoreau@pacbell.net Tue Jan 10 21:09:48 1995
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From: tmoreau@pacbell.net (Tobias Moreau)
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Subject: [INFO] 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).

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.

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

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From ngonzalez@mindspring.com Wed Jan 11 23:37:48 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Jan10.210948.2159@pacbell.net>, tmoreau@pacbell.net (Tobias Moreau) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

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.

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Nadia González -- MindSpring Enterprises
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From bkim@clari.net Thu Jan 12 10:43:48 1995
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From: bkim@clari.net (Bruno Kim)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Jan11.233748.4937@mindspring.com>, ngonzalez@mindspring.com (Nadia González) writes:
> 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.

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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