Cords

 he man behind Synergy is Larry Fast a native of New Jersey

who was to have a far-reaching effect on the use of

synthesizers in rock music during the seventies and eighties.

Larry Fast first came to prominence with the release of the

debut album from Synergy called Electronic Realizations For

Rock Orchestra in 1975. Prior to the release of Synergy's

debut Larry Fast had been at college. Initially Larry trained

as a violinist and pianist before entering college and taking

a few computer science courses. It was during this period

that Larry Fast became interested in synthesized music and

began to build his own synthesizers. At this time he was

introduced to Rick Wakeman at a local radio station and both

musicians enjoyed an immediate rapport with Larry Fast

interesting Rick Wakeman in his home made instruments and

his customizing of existing synthesizers. He was invited over

to England to assist with the synthesizers on the Yes album

Tales From Topographic Oceans. Shortly after this Larry Fast

gained a record contract, which saw the beginning of Synergy

and the subsequent release of the debut album which

received plaudits from no lesser person than Robert Moog

himself who at the time claimed the album to be "the most

important recording using his Moog synthesizer". Soon after

the release of the debut Synergy album Larry Fast was

introduced to Peter Gabriel who at the time had just left

Genesis to embark on a solo career and Larry was invited

by Gabriel to help with the synthesizer work on Peter's series

of self titled solo albums. During this time Larry also worked

as part of Peter Gabriel's live band and performed on many

sessions for diverse artists including Foreigner, Kate Bush,

Art Garfunkel, Hall and Oates and The Fugees in addition to

recording and releasing albums with Synergy. During the

eighties Larry Fast also moved into film work scoring the

films About Last Night and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Cords was the third album to be released from Synergy and

was originally released in 1978 whilst Larry Fast was

recording and working with Peter Gabriel on his second solo

album. The album is wholly composed and performed by

Larry fast and contains the tracks Full Moon Flyer, Trellis and

Terra Incognita. Cords has been re mastered for release

alongside the other Synergy releases, which will be re released

over the coming six months.

The man behind Synergy is Larry Fast a native of New

Jersey who was to have a far-reaching effect on the use

of synthesizers in rock music during the seventies and

eighties.

Larry Fast first came to prominence with the release of

the debut album from Synergy called Electronic Realizations

For Rock Orchestra in 1975. Prior to the release of Synergy's

debut Larry Fast had been at college. Initially Larry trained

as a violinist and pianist before entering college and taking

a few computer science courses. It was during this period

that he became interested in synthesized music and began

to build his own synthesizers. At this time Larry was introduced

to Rick Wakeman at a local radio station and both musicians

enjoyed an immediate rapport with Larry Fast interesting

Rick Wakeman in his home made instruments and his

customizing of existing synthesizers. He was invited over

to England to assist with the synthesizers on the Yes album

Tales From Topographic Oceans. Shortly after this Larry

Fast gained a record contract, which saw the beginning of

Synergy and the subsequent release of the debut album

which received plaudits from no lesser person than Robert

Moog himself who at the time claimed the album to be "the

most important recording using his Moog synthesizer". Soon

after the release of the debut Synergy album Larry Fast was

introduced to Peter Gabriel who at the time had just left

Genesis to embark on a solo career and Larry was invited by

Gabriel to help with the synthesizer work on Peter's series of

self titled solo albums. During this time Larry also worked as

part of Peter Gabriel's live band and performed on many

sessions for diverse artists including Foreigner, Kate Bush,

Art Garfunkel, Hall and Oates and The Fugees in addition to

recording and releasing albums with Synergy. During the

eighties Larry Fast also moved into film work scoring the

films About Last Night and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

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