From asato@unam.mx Thu Jun 08 21:06:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!asato From: asato@unam.mx (Astrid Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 21:06:03 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- === Astrid Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Marcus is not one man." From claurent@purdue.edu Sat Jun 10 16:18:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!claurent From: claurent@purdue.edu (Camila Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun10.161803.1434@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 16:18:03 GMT References: <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx>, asato@unam.mx (Astrid Sato) 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. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Camila Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "They will send a copy in my place." From rweber@inria.fr Mon Jun 12 18:26:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!rweber From: rweber@inria.fr (Raj Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun12.182603.8095@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 18:26:03 GMT References: <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx>, asato@unam.mx (Astrid Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Raj Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jpopov@inria.fr Tue Jun 13 03:53:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!jpopov From: jpopov@inria.fr (Jen Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun13.035303.3739@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 03:53:03 GMT References: <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx> <1995Jun10.161803.1434@purdue.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun10.161803.1434@purdue.edu>, claurent@purdue.edu (Camila Laurent) writes: > 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. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Jen Popov -- INRIA Rocquencourt "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From kvasiliev@illinois.edu Wed Jun 14 06:12:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!kvasiliev From: kvasiliev@illinois.edu (Kenji Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun14.061203.3597@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 06:12:03 GMT References: <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.210603.6080@unam.mx>, asato@unam.mx (Astrid Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Kenji Vasiliev "When every node is whole, the channel opens." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13