From ekang@ox.ac.uk Thu Jun 22 20:01:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!ekang From: ekang@ox.ac.uk (Emi Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun22.200134.7159@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 20:01:34 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Emi Kang -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "They will send a copy in my place." From osmirnov@cern.ch Fri Jun 23 10:04:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!osmirnov From: osmirnov@cern.ch (Olga Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun23.100434.6493@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:04:34 GMT References: <1995Jun22.200134.7159@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun22.200134.7159@ox.ac.uk>, ekang@ox.ac.uk (Emi Kang) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Olga Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."