From mito@cam.ac.uk Tue Aug 27 20:48:52 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!mito From: mito@cam.ac.uk (Mathieu Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug27.204852.9100@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:48:52 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Mathieu Ito "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From ttanaka@pacbell.net Thu Aug 29 23:01:52 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!ttanaka From: ttanaka@pacbell.net (Tyler Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug29.230152.5063@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 23:01:52 GMT References: <1996Aug27.204852.9100@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug27.204852.9100@cam.ac.uk>, mito@cam.ac.uk (Mathieu Ito) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Tyler Tanaka SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From aschneider@clari.net Sat Aug 31 00:09:52 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!aschneider From: aschneider@clari.net (Andrei Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug31.000952.9054@clari.net> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:09:52 GMT References: <1996Aug27.204852.9100@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug27.204852.9100@cam.ac.uk>, mito@cam.ac.uk (Mathieu Ito) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Andrei Schneider Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.