From blee@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jul 20 01:56:47 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!blee From: blee@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 01:56:47 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Bruno Lee Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From randersson@pipeline.com Wed Jul 20 03:02:47 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!randersson From: randersson@pipeline.com (Raj Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul20.030247.2275@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 03:02:47 GMT References: <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de>, blee@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Lee) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Raj Andersson -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay." From kokonkwo@mit.edu Thu Jul 21 20:39:47 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!kokonkwo From: kokonkwo@mit.edu (Katrin Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul21.203947.9942@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 20:39:47 GMT References: <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Jul20.030247.2275@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul20.030247.2275@pipeline.com>, randersson@pipeline.com (Raj Andersson) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Katrin Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From nstewart@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jul 22 10:27:47 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!nstewart From: nstewart@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul22.102747.2324@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 10:27:47 GMT References: <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul20.015647.6700@uni-hamburg.de>, blee@uni-hamburg.de (Bruno Lee) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Nadine Stewart -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Row 14. No joke."