From nandersson@delphi.com Fri Aug 18 02:22:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!nandersson From: nandersson@delphi.com (Natalia Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 02:22:38 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com 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. 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. -- Natalia Andersson -- Delphi Internet Services "Marcus is not one man." From alaurent@mindspring.com Fri Aug 18 04:25:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!alaurent From: alaurent@mindspring.com (Anton Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug18.042538.6321@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:25:38 GMT References: <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com>, nandersson@delphi.com (Natalia Andersson) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Anton Laurent "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From schoi@mindspring.com Sat Aug 19 02:06:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!schoi From: schoi@mindspring.com (Sun-mi Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug19.020638.5716@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 02:06:38 GMT References: <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com>, nandersson@delphi.com (Natalia Andersson) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Sun-mi Choi | schoi@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 53D8 002B A1CE 57BE "Keep the channels open." From shughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 20 19:25:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!shughes From: shughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Steve Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug20.192538.2695@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 19:25:38 GMT References: <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug18.022238.3475@delphi.com>, nandersson@delphi.com (Natalia Andersson) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Steve Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0