From tlindqvist@uu.net Mon Oct 02 06:51:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!tlindqvist From: tlindqvist@uu.net (Tobias Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 06:51:46 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Tobias Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From arobertson@kiae.su Tue Oct 03 10:03:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!arobertson From: arobertson@kiae.su (Amy Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct03.100346.7595@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 10:03:46 GMT References: <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net>, tlindqvist@uu.net (Tobias Lindqvist) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Amy Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Do not worship the copy." From mkang@mindspring.com Thu Oct 05 06:14:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!mkang From: mkang@mindspring.com (Mikhail Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct05.061446.8548@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 06:14:46 GMT References: <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net>, tlindqvist@uu.net (Tobias Lindqvist) 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. -- Mikhail Kang | mkang@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: B804 DC10 FA90 382B "Keep the channels open." From bstewart@hanse.de Fri Oct 06 19:50:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!bstewart From: bstewart@hanse.de (Bill Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct06.195046.9939@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 19:50:46 GMT References: <1995Oct02.065146.8329@uu.net> <1995Oct03.100346.7595@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct03.100346.7595@kiae.su>, arobertson@kiae.su (Amy Robertson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. 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. -- Bill Stewart "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1