From cmartinez@demon.co.uk Wed Jan 11 13:12:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!cmartinez From: cmartinez@demon.co.uk (Camila Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan11.131248.6904@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 13:12:48 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Camila Martínez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From rlaurent@delphi.com Fri Jan 13 14:42:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!rlaurent From: rlaurent@delphi.com (Rodrigo Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan13.144248.9449@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:42:48 GMT References: <1995Jan11.131248.6904@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan11.131248.6904@demon.co.uk>, cmartinez@demon.co.uk (Camila Martínez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Rodrigo Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gduarte@mindspring.com Fri Jan 13 22:40:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!gduarte From: gduarte@mindspring.com (Graham Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan13.224048.3056@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:40:48 GMT References: <1995Jan11.131248.6904@demon.co.uk> <1995Jan13.144248.9449@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan13.144248.9449@delphi.com>, rlaurent@delphi.com (Rodrigo Laurent) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. 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. -- Graham Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------