From dsilva@ox.ac.uk Wed Aug 10 00:47:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!dsilva From: dsilva@ox.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug10.004727.5058@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 00:47:27 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Dong-hyun Silva US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ntakahashi@delphi.com Thu Aug 11 02:17:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!ntakahashi From: ntakahashi@delphi.com (Nadine Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug11.021727.8288@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 02:17:27 GMT References: <1994Aug10.004727.5058@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug10.004727.5058@ox.ac.uk>, dsilva@ox.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Silva) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Nadine Takahashi Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jsokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Aug 12 20:02:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!jsokolov From: jsokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ji-woo Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug12.200227.1712@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 20:02:27 GMT References: <1994Aug10.004727.5058@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug10.004727.5058@ox.ac.uk>, dsilva@ox.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Silva) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Ji-woo Sokolov -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Row 14. No joke."