From ajohansson@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 04 21:43:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!ajohansson From: ajohansson@demon.co.uk (Astrid Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec04.214357.5731@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 21:43:57 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Astrid Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cgarcia@kiae.su Tue Dec 05 02:31:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!cgarcia From: cgarcia@kiae.su (Camila García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec05.023157.3944@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 02:31:57 GMT References: <1995Dec04.214357.5731@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec04.214357.5731@demon.co.uk>, ajohansson@demon.co.uk (Astrid Johansson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. 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. -- Camila García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From hnovak@berkeley.edu Tue Dec 05 08:05:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!hnovak From: hnovak@berkeley.edu (Hugo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec05.080557.8564@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 08:05:57 GMT References: <1995Dec04.214357.5731@demon.co.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec04.214357.5731@demon.co.uk>, ajohansson@demon.co.uk (Astrid Johansson) 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. -- Hugo Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.