From klee@uu.net Tue Jun 13 01:37:56 1995
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From: klee@uu.net (Karen Lee)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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).

Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment.
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 mkang@kiae.su Tue Jun 13 13:52:56 1995
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From: mkang@kiae.su (Marta Kang)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Jun13.013756.4152@uu.net>, klee@uu.net (Karen Lee) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).
> Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment.

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

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

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From gkarlsson@utexas.edu Wed Jun 14 21:19:56 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Jun13.013756.4152@uu.net>, klee@uu.net (Karen Lee) 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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