From dpark@hanse.de Sat Dec 09 17:42:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!dpark From: dpark@hanse.de (Dong-hyun Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 17:42:02 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Dong-hyun Park "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From osmirnov@hanse.de Mon Dec 11 13:39:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!osmirnov From: osmirnov@hanse.de (Olga Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec11.133902.6162@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:39:02 GMT References: <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de>, dpark@hanse.de (Dong-hyun Park) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Olga Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From rnovak@stanford.edu Tue Dec 12 10:33:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!rnovak From: rnovak@stanford.edu (Raj Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec12.103302.6762@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:33:02 GMT References: <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de>, dpark@hanse.de (Dong-hyun Park) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Raj Novak -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mjohansson@panix.com Wed Dec 13 22:35:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!mjohansson From: mjohansson@panix.com (Min-jun Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec13.223502.3637@panix.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:35:02 GMT References: <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec09.174202.3558@hanse.de>, dpark@hanse.de (Dong-hyun Park) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Min-jun Johansson -- Public Access Unix of New York "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."