From gmuller@demon.co.uk Sat Aug 19 18:02:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!gmuller From: gmuller@demon.co.uk (Graham Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug19.180216.3877@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 18:02:16 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Graham Müller -- Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man." From dkarlsson@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 21 15:32:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!dkarlsson From: dkarlsson@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug21.153216.2405@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:32:16 GMT References: <1995Aug19.180216.3877@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.180216.3877@demon.co.uk>, gmuller@demon.co.uk (Graham Müller) 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. -- Dmitri Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From dgarcia@cern.ch Tue Aug 22 20:26:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!dgarcia From: dgarcia@cern.ch (Dave García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug22.202616.5424@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:26:16 GMT References: <1995Aug19.180216.3877@demon.co.uk> <1995Aug21.153216.2405@cam.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug21.153216.2405@cam.ac.uk>, dkarlsson@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Karlsson) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Dave García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From ksato@rwth-aachen.de Tue Aug 22 23:10:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!ksato From: ksato@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug22.231016.2379@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 23:10:16 GMT References: <1995Aug19.180216.3877@demon.co.uk> <1995Aug21.153216.2405@cam.ac.uk> <1995Aug22.202616.5424@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug22.202616.5424@cern.ch>, dgarcia@cern.ch (Dave García) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Karen Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------