From ewatanabe@purdue.edu Thu Sep 07 02:02:20 1995
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From: ewatanabe@purdue.edu (Elaine Watanabe)
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Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

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.

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Elaine Watanabe
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From lstewart@uu.net Thu Sep 07 20:27:20 1995
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From: lstewart@uu.net (Lucia Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Sep07.020220.6792@purdue.edu>, ewatanabe@purdue.edu (Elaine Watanabe) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

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