From bkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Mar 26 06:42:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bill Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar26.064224.7244@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 06:42:24 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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). Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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. -- Bill Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cmoreno@pacbell.net Sun Mar 26 14:00:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!cmoreno From: cmoreno@pacbell.net (Camila Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar26.140024.6070@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 14:00:24 GMT References: <1995Mar26.064224.7244@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar26.064224.7244@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bill Kuznetsov) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Camila Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rlopez@cmu.edu Tue Mar 28 07:39:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!rlopez From: rlopez@cmu.edu (Renata López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar28.073924.8811@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 07:39:24 GMT References: <1995Mar26.064224.7244@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Mar26.140024.6070@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar26.140024.6070@pacbell.net>, cmoreno@pacbell.net (Camila Moreno) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Renata López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From dkim@unam.mx Thu Mar 30 00:17:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!dkim From: dkim@unam.mx (Dmitri Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar30.001724.6912@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 00:17:24 GMT References: <1995Mar26.064224.7244@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Mar26.140024.6070@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar26.140024.6070@pacbell.net>, cmoreno@pacbell.net (Camila Moreno) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Dmitri Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------