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My interview with synth pioneer Larry Fast, postponed earlier this month due to a station software glitch, will air this Thursday, 4/30/09 at 6pm and 9pm on Flashback Alternatives, an Internet radio station.

Larry is well known for his synthesizer project, Synergy, and his 10-year stint with Peter Gabriel.

Learn more about Larry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Fast and http://synergy-emusic.com/

Don’t just listen, come by the station web site and sign in to the Tag (chat) Board to talk with me and other listeners during the show.

A final repeat of the show airs on 5/3/09 at 6am PDT.

The Larry Fast show has been rescheduled to air on 4/30/09 at 6pm and 9pm pacific time and 5/3/09 at 6am pacific time.

Pioneering synthesizer player and electronic musician, Larry Fast, well know for his Synergy project, his 10-year stint in Peter Gabriel’s band and as a member of Nektar, will appear on the 4/9/09 edition of Doug Lynner’s World of Noise. The show airs at 6pm and 9pm PT (pacific time) and 4/12/09 at 6am PT. Join us!

Doug Lynner’s World of Noise Airs monthly on Flashback Alternatives, an Internet radio station.

Join Doug Lynner as he honors his teachers.

Doug holds a BFA in Music Composition from the California Institute of The Arts where he studied with some of the most influential composers and performers of the time. Join him as he honors some of them including Harold Budd, Steve Reich, Morton Subotnick, Leonid Hambro, I Nyoman Wenten, T. Viswanathan, Earle Brown, Ingram Marshall with help from Brian Eno, Michael Hoenig, Lilly Tomlin, P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele and Åke Hodell.

Doug Lynner’s World of Noise airs on http://www.flashbackalternatives.com, an internet radio station. The show repeats 3/12/09 at 9pm PDT and 3/15/09 at 6am PDT.

To get the most out of the show, don’t just listen, stop by the station Tag Board (chat board) for the 6pm airing and chat live with Doug and our wonderful Flashback Alternatives listeners. (For sign-in help click the “Help” link on the tag board.)

Doug Lynner is a founding member of the synthpop bands Invisible Zoo, Moebius and LEM, and was the publisher and editor of the international electronic music magazine, Synapse.

Thanks for listening!
Doug Lynner

Show #1 of Doug Lynner’s World of Noise (WON) is airing this evening on Flashback Alternatives so this would be a good time for the first post to the blog. The full playlist of today’s will be published here and at Flashback Alternatives next week. But meanwhile here is some information on the four artists/bands featured in the show.

Vladimir_Ussachevsky
From: OHM: the early gurus of electronic music: 1948-1980 – Elipsis Art… CD3670
Learn more about Vladimir Ussachevsky at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Ussachevsky
Note: Synth players out there will be interested to know that Ussachevsky specified the ADSR envelope.
Additional sounds: http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=107

Louis and Bebe Barron
From: OHM: the early gurus of electronic music: 1948-1980 – Elipsis Art… CD3670
Learn more about Louis and Bebe Barron at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_and_Bebe_Barron http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4486840
Note: Composed first entierly electronic film score

Silver Apples
From: Silver Apples/Silver Apples Kapp Records KS3562 1968
Learn more about Silver Apples at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Apples
http://www.silverapples.com/

Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies
From: The American Metaphysical Circus/Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies Columbia Records MS 7317 1969
Learn More about Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Metaphysical_Circus