Electronic History - Synergy at 50: The Echoes Podcast
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In the Echoes Podcast we go back 50 years to a turning point in electronic music history. That’s when the album, Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy was released. It was a project by Larry Fast, and there were no guitars or drums on the album, just synthesizers creating epic, orchestral tracks that still resonate today. Fast worked with Peter Gabriel extensively in the 1970s and 80s and was responsible for much of the innovative sound of the singer’s seminal 3rd and 4th albums. John Diliberto takes a trip in electronic time with Larry Fast of Synergy, as well as Marty Scott, founder of Jem and Passport Records and veteran electronic artist Jonn Serrie, on Echoes from PRX.
I miss your collaborations with PG. Sequencer is a favorite of my wife and mine. Thank you, Mr. Fast!
My introduction to Synergy was Varl Sagan’s Cosmos. That soundtrack turned me on to so many electronic artists.
That was an experience of a lot of people back then! Carl turned a generation onto space and electronic music.
1975, Sam the Record Man Store on Young St. Toronto Ont. What this record? for 3.99 I’ll buy it. The rest is History went on to do Contact List of Electronic Music CLEM.
You were CLEM!!! Thank you!
Fantastic interview! Electronic Realizations, along with all his works, is just timeless. It and Audion, remain personal favorites. In today’s rapidly changing world with AI generated music, the Synergy album Computer Experiments, Volume One is an almost forgotten, but completely groundbreaking upon reflection.
Happy Golden Anniversary Larry. Classic Electronic Prog