From cgonzalez@cam.ac.uk Sat Apr 08 01:40:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!cgonzalez From: cgonzalez@cam.ac.uk (Callum González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 1995 01:40:25 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Callum González -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From nwatanabe@pipeline.com Sun Apr 09 16:32:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!nwatanabe From: nwatanabe@pipeline.com (Nadine Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr09.163225.9526@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 16:32:25 GMT References: <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk>, cgonzalez@cam.ac.uk (Callum González) 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Nadine Watanabe "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1 From hgirard@mindspring.com Tue Apr 11 11:50:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!hgirard From: hgirard@mindspring.com (Heather Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr11.115025.2214@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 11:50:25 GMT References: <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk> <1995Apr09.163225.9526@pipeline.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr09.163225.9526@pipeline.com>, nwatanabe@pipeline.com (Nadine Watanabe) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > 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. -- Heather Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tgarcia@earthlink.net Thu Apr 13 06:28:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!tgarcia From: tgarcia@earthlink.net (Takeshi García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr13.062825.5323@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 06:28:25 GMT References: <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk>, cgonzalez@cam.ac.uk (Callum González) 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Takeshi García "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1 From dlindqvist@stanford.edu Fri Apr 14 20:00:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@stanford.edu (Diego Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Apr14.200025.8981@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 20:00:25 GMT References: <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr08.014025.5105@cam.ac.uk>, cgonzalez@cam.ac.uk (Callum González) 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. -- Diego Lindqvist | dlindqvist@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 42ED 5905 E0B2 4A2A "Keep the channels open."