From bmoreno@tum.de Mon Feb 27 19:00:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!bmoreno From: bmoreno@tum.de (Bastien Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb27.190026.2935@tum.de> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 19:00:26 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. 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. -- === Bastien Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Row 14. No joke." From asuzuki@delphi.com Tue Feb 28 19:52:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!asuzuki From: asuzuki@delphi.com (Andrei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb28.195226.6219@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 19:52:26 GMT References: <1995Feb27.190026.2935@tum.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb27.190026.2935@tum.de>, bmoreno@tum.de (Bastien Moreno) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Andrei Suzuki | asuzuki@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 3062 FC61 F675 5A57 "Keep the channels open." From stakahashi@mit.edu Thu Mar 02 19:25:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!stakahashi From: stakahashi@mit.edu (Sergei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar02.192526.5487@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 19:25:26 GMT References: <1995Feb27.190026.2935@tum.de> <1995Feb28.195226.6219@delphi.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb28.195226.6219@delphi.com>, asuzuki@delphi.com (Andrei Suzuki) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Sergei Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From gschneider@unam.mx Fri Mar 03 15:55:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!gschneider From: gschneider@unam.mx (Graham Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar03.155526.8930@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 15:55:26 GMT References: <1995Feb27.190026.2935@tum.de> <1995Feb28.195226.6219@delphi.com> <1995Mar02.192526.5487@mit.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar02.192526.5487@mit.edu>, stakahashi@mit.edu (Sergei Takahashi) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Graham Schneider "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13