Electronic History - Synergy at 50: The Echoes Interview
It was 50 years ago that 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. His Audion label, named for one of his albums brought a lot of great electronic music to the fore. 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.
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Weekend, May 3-4, 2025 – Echoes Program 2517A |
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Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Synergy (featuring Larry Fast) | Ancestors | Audion |
| 0:06:00 | Colin Rayment | Nothing But the Umbra | Penumbra |
| 0:11:20 | Sun’s Signature | Bluedusk | Sun’s Signature (EP) |
| 0:16:09 | James Asher and Ayako Tanaka | Joyous Return | From Bud to Bloom |
| 0:19:56 | Rena Jones & Kilo Watts | Time Will Heal (feat. Sophie Barker)(Inspired Flight Remix) | Caesura Remixes |
| 0:23:57 | Trovaire | Oh How Lovely | Stonefruit Sessions |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: Larry Fast – 50th Anniversary of Synergy’s Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra | ||
| 0:47:23 | Synergy (featuring Larry Fast) | Legacy | Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Robert Rich | Verbena | Ylang |
| 1:06:00 | MIEN | Mirror | MIIEN |
| 1:10:25 | Steve Roach | Conquest | Empetus |
| 1:16:22 | Ruth Radelet/Nat Walker/Adam Miller | The Veil | The Lost Records: Bloom and Rage |
| 1:21:43 | Inal Bilsel | A Night at the Cloudtop Imaginarium | Once Upon a Cloudtop Meadow |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Brian Fechino | This Empty Room | A Safe Place |
| 1:34:30 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Équinoxe Part 3 | Équinoxe |
| 1:39:33 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Équinoxe Part 4 | Équinoxe |
| 1:45:57 | break | ||
| 1:46:32 | Ancient Future | Spirit of Nirvana | Purple Nirvana |
| 1:52:05 | Jami Sieber | Benediction | Unspoken |
On the next Echoes, music from Marcator. He is a German guitarist who has been self-releasing his own music for years but is now signed to the Prudence label. His new album is a suite of ambient Americana tracks called PanAroma. That’s not a misstatement. It’s PanAroma. John Diliberto smells it on Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, May 3-4, 2025 – Echoes Program 2517B |
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Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | David Pritchard | Resin | Evanescent |
| 0:06:00 | Marcator | Lone Rider | PanAroma |
| 0:10:26 | Steve Hackett | Spectral Mornings | Spectral Mornings |
| 0:16:40 | Conjure One | Centre of the Sun (Solarstone Chilled-Out Remix) | Centre of the Sun |
| 0:22:37 | AeTopus | Why Not Now | Iota |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Aeseaes | Algorhythm | Opia |
| 0:33:23 | Klaus Schulze | Voyage Encore | Bon Voyage (Live Audimax Hamburg 1981) |
| 0:47:53 | Co.LeGa | Absence of Doubts | Nobody Goes to Heaven |
| 0:51:06 | Sylvain Carel | The Queen with Green Eyes | Atlantide II: Testament |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Tor | Sunyata | Blue Book |
| 1:06:00 | Beirut | Ghost Train | A Study of Losses |
| 1:09:24 | David Helpling & Eric The Taylor | The Space Between Atoms | The Precious Dark |
| 1:18:35 | Uh | Nostos | Plemora |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Marcator | Deepest Mind | PanAroma |
| 1:33:11 | The Royal Arctic Institute | He Died Fighting in Spain | The Royal Arctic Institute |
| 1:36:37 | Still Corners | The Ship | Dreamtalk |
| 1:42:03 | Olafur Arnalds & Loreen | Opening | Sages |
| 1:48:01 | Quiet Resonance | Downgrade | Downshift |
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Absolutely loved May 3rd Echoes program.! Thank you.