From ltanaka@tum.de Wed Aug 28 14:45:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!ltanaka From: ltanaka@tum.de (Lars Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug28.144539.2592@tum.de> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:45:39 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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. -- Lars Tanaka Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From mhughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Aug 29 08:50:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!mhughes From: mhughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Min-jun Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug29.085039.1831@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:50:39 GMT References: <1996Aug28.144539.2592@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug28.144539.2592@tum.de>, ltanaka@tum.de (Lars Tanaka) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Min-jun Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From kreyes@uu.net Sat Aug 31 10:55:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!kreyes From: kreyes@uu.net (Katrin Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug31.105539.3776@uu.net> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 10:55:39 GMT References: <1996Aug28.144539.2592@tum.de> <1996Aug29.085039.1831@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug29.085039.1831@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mhughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Min-jun Hughes) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Katrin Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kito@pipeline.com Sat Aug 31 15:18:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!kito From: kito@pipeline.com (Katrin Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug31.151839.4165@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 15:18:39 GMT References: <1996Aug28.144539.2592@tum.de> <1996Aug29.085039.1831@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Aug31.105539.3776@uu.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug31.105539.3776@uu.net>, kreyes@uu.net (Katrin Reyes) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- === Katrin Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."