From mreyes@earthlink.net Sun Jun 02 14:02:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!mreyes From: mreyes@earthlink.net (Mei Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 14:02:23 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Mei Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sandersson@rwth-aachen.de Tue Jun 04 15:06:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!sandersson From: sandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun04.150623.1405@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 15:06:23 GMT References: <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net>, mreyes@earthlink.net (Mei Reyes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Sun-mi Andersson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From osokolov@uu.net Thu Jun 06 09:58:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!osokolov From: osokolov@uu.net (Olga Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun06.095823.1002@uu.net> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 09:58:23 GMT References: <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net>, mreyes@earthlink.net (Mei Reyes) 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. -- Olga Sokolov Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tmartinez@inria.fr Fri Jun 07 01:57:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!tmartinez From: tmartinez@inria.fr (Tobias Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jun07.015723.3719@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 01:57:23 GMT References: <1996Jun02.140223.7289@earthlink.net> <1996Jun04.150623.1405@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun04.150623.1405@rwth-aachen.de>, sandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Andersson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Tobias Martínez Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man."