From avasiliev@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 14 05:14:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!avasiliev From: avasiliev@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 05:14:37 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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 used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Astrid Vasiliev -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "They will send a copy in my place." From deriksson@cam.ac.uk Thu Dec 15 00:26:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!deriksson From: deriksson@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec15.002637.8500@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 00:26:37 GMT References: <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp>, avasiliev@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Vasiliev) 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. 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. -- Dong-hyun Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 16 00:06:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec16.000637.3606@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 00:06:37 GMT References: <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp>, avasiliev@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Vasiliev) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Bill Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nschneider@illinois.edu Fri Dec 16 05:21:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!nschneider From: nschneider@illinois.edu (Nadia Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Dec16.052137.9677@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 05:21:37 GMT References: <1994Dec14.051437.8364@titech.ac.jp> <1994Dec16.000637.3606@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec16.000637.3606@uni-hamburg.de>, bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. 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. -- Nadia Schneider "Row 14. No joke." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1