From rvasiliev@utexas.edu Tue Nov 14 01:25:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!rvasiliev From: rvasiliev@utexas.edu (Renata Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov14.012536.8947@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 01:25:36 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Renata Vasiliev Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From afischer@inria.fr Wed Nov 15 12:26:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!afischer From: afischer@inria.fr (Astrid Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov15.122636.6401@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 12:26:36 GMT References: <1995Nov14.012536.8947@utexas.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov14.012536.8947@utexas.edu>, rvasiliev@utexas.edu (Renata Vasiliev) writes: > 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. 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. -- Astrid Fischer Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From phughes@mindspring.com Thu Nov 16 20:04:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!phughes From: phughes@mindspring.com (Pavel Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov16.200436.6598@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 20:04:36 GMT References: <1995Nov14.012536.8947@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov14.012536.8947@utexas.edu>, rvasiliev@utexas.edu (Renata Vasiliev) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Pavel Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"