From alopez@inria.fr Thu Oct 26 02:42:10 1995
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Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.
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.

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=== Anja López ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt
"They will send a copy in my place."

From jnakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Oct 26 14:04:10 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Oct26.024210.8603@inria.fr>, alopez@inria.fr (Anja López) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

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Ji-woo Nakamura -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science
"A soul is not exclusive to biology."