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From: moliveira@ox.ac.uk (Marta Oliveira)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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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.

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From tvasiliev@tum.de Mon Jul 08 23:58:09 1996
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From: tvasiliev@tum.de (Tyler Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul07.132309.8204@ox.ac.uk>, moliveira@ox.ac.uk (Marta Oliveira) writes:
> Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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