Larry Fast- Electronic Music Pioneer with his Synergy recordings & known working with Peter Gabriel!

E.P. #38 Larry Fast recorded a series of pioneering synthesizer music albums under the project name Synergy. To begin Larry was introduced to Rick Wakeman, the keyboard player from the band Yes, during a local radio interview, and traveled to the UK to work with Yes on their 1973 album Tales from Topographic Oceans. It was there that he got a recording contract with Passport Records.
The first album on Passport in the Synergy series, Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra, was released as an LP in 1975. Like the following albums in the series, it exclusively made use of synthesizers and electronic instruments. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Fast released eight more Synergy LPs on Passport Records, all of which were later re-released on CDs. The 1998 remastered re-release of Semi-Conductor, a compilation album originally released in 1984, contained ten additional tracks. The eleventh album in the series, Reconstructed Artifacts, was released in 2003; it contained completely new performances of select compositions from the previous albums, using modern digital synthesizers as well as new digital recording technologies.

Larry is well- known also for his work with Peter Gabriel. He played synthesizer on records and on tour, and rounded out the production team on Gabriel's albums from 1976 to 1986
In addition to working with Peter Gabriel
Contributed to the 1977 concept album Intergalactic Touring Band on Passport Records.
Played the Prophet Synthesizer on Kate Bush's 1980 Album Never for Ever[6]
Produced Canadian progressive rock group FM's 1980 album City of Fear.
Contributed music to the Carl Sagan 1980 television program Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
Provided additional synthesizers on Foreigner's 1981 album 4 and Foreigner's 1984 album Agent Provocateur.
Played synthesizers on the 1983 Bonnie Tyler single "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
Collaborated on the 1980s pop music project Iam Siam, which produced the hit "She Went Pop".
Produced and performed synthesizer on Annie Haslam's 1989 release Annie Haslam.
Along with David Bryan composed, arranged, and performed the score music to the 1992 film Netherworld.
Helped create the music for Tokyo DisneySea, a new Walt Disney theme park.
Toured and recorded with bassist Tony Levin (himself an alumnus of Peter Gabriel's band) as part of Levin's Waters of Eden band.
Toured with the Tony Levin Band in 2002 and 2006. Fast appears on Double Espresso, the live album recorded by the Levin band on their 2002 tour.

We discussed in the podcast how he got started in music, how he made his Synergy recordings, his work with Peter Gabriel, & his current music projects plus his with work with the Edison Historical Society. It was real honor to have him on!