From kramirez@stanford.edu Mon Aug 14 17:30:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!kramirez From: kramirez@stanford.edu (Katrin Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug14.173030.7138@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 17:30:30 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Katrin Ramírez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dmuller@clari.net Wed Aug 16 16:27:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!dmuller From: dmuller@clari.net (Dave Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug16.162730.1330@clari.net> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 16:27:30 GMT References: <1995Aug14.173030.7138@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug14.173030.7138@stanford.edu>, kramirez@stanford.edu (Katrin Ramírez) 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Dave Müller -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Marcus is not one man."