From nkowalski@rwth-aachen.de Fri Jun 28 19:50:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!nkowalski From: nkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 19:50:50 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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). Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Nadia Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mkim@uni-hamburg.de Sun Jun 30 12:05:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!mkim From: mkim@uni-hamburg.de (Morag Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun30.120550.5449@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 12:05:50 GMT References: <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de>, nkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Kowalski) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Morag Kim -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From lbrennan@titech.ac.jp Tue Jul 02 07:12:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!lbrennan From: lbrennan@titech.ac.jp (Lisa Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul02.071250.9497@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 07:12:50 GMT References: <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de>, nkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Kowalski) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. -- Lisa Brennan "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From vlarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jul 03 01:44:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!vlarsson From: vlarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Valeria Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul03.014450.1368@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 01:44:50 GMT References: <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de>, nkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Nadia Kowalski) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Valeria Larsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jlarsson@cam.ac.uk Thu Jul 04 03:33:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!jlarsson From: jlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Jen Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul04.033350.1933@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 03:33:50 GMT References: <1996Jun28.195050.5701@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Jul02.071250.9497@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul02.071250.9497@titech.ac.jp>, lbrennan@titech.ac.jp (Lisa Brennan) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Jen Larsson | jlarsson@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 448A 8EA2 9A82 B8C9 "Keep the channels open."