From mlarsson@cern.ch Sat Apr 23 09:04:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!mlarsson From: mlarsson@cern.ch (Morag Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 09:04:37 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. 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. -- === Morag Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Marcus is not one man." From jsilva@illinois.edu Sun Apr 24 11:38:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!jsilva From: jsilva@illinois.edu (Joachim Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 11:38:37 GMT References: <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch>, mlarsson@cern.ch (Morag Larsson) writes: > 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Joachim Silva -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jmacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 26 07:49:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jens MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr26.074937.8374@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 07:49:37 GMT References: <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch> <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu>, jsilva@illinois.edu (Joachim Silva) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Jens MacDonald -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mmuller@clari.net Thu Apr 28 10:03:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!mmuller From: mmuller@clari.net (Mei Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr28.100337.5690@clari.net> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 10:03:37 GMT References: <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch> <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu>, jsilva@illinois.edu (Joachim Silva) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Mei Müller "Hold for relay." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From ymuller@delphi.com Fri Apr 29 17:45:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!ymuller From: ymuller@delphi.com (Yuki Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr29.174537.3912@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 17:45:37 GMT References: <1994Apr23.090437.3345@cern.ch> <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr24.113837.2480@illinois.edu>, jsilva@illinois.edu (Joachim Silva) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. 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. -- Yuki Müller | ymuller@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 90F6 9189 2CFD 7C34 "Keep the channels open."