Cords

Synergy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000612M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On Presuming to Be Modern I

2. Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars: Phobos

3. Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars: Deimos

4. Sketches of Mythical Beasts

5. Disruption in World Communications

6. On Presuming to Be Modern II

7. A Small Collection of Chords

8. Full Moon Flyer

9. Terra Incognita

10. Trellis

11. On Presuming to Be Modern III

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There's a lot to listen to on Cords, enough to keep it from being background music. Larry Fast, recording under the project name Synergy, must be credited for helping make electronic music accessible to a wider audience; Cords, originally released in 1978, is both an enjoyable and thought-provoking listen. Some pieces, such as "Phobos and Deimos Go to Mars" (which sounds rather like a Rush song) and "Full Moon Flyer," are primarily tonal, while other pieces, notably the three-part "On Presuming to Be Modern," have a more sophisticated structure. Either way, Synergy's music is different enough to surprise, accessible enough to be highly listenable. --Genevieve Williams

Product Description

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. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars melodic depth, October 5, 2006

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dream factory (Triangulum, M33) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cords (Audio CD)

I own an original 1978 "clear" vinyl copy of CORDS which I am afraid to put a needle to. So this CD allows me to listen to this synthesizer masterpiece at will. CORDS stood out from the other electronica of that era due to its advanced layering and oceanic depth. Even in today's electronica genre this project has a fresh sound. An assemblage of titles which posses an ominous "breathing" quality about them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A return, of sorts, to the beginnings., December 10, 2005

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M. Mangano (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cords (Audio CD)

This album is more like Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra than like Sequencer. If you liked the original Synergy album ER you'll probably like this one. If you like Sequencer (and I do) you'll probably like this one more. It's a return to the early days of synth music, when composers and musicians were just figuring out what to do with them, and just what they could do.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My second favorite Synergy album, March 23, 2007

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John L. Rice (Tacoma, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cords (Audio CD)

While I like Sequencer a little better than Chords, I like Chords better than the first album.

My incentive to post a review though is that the editorial blurb states :
"The album is wholly composed and performed by Larry fast"
which I believe is incorrect.

Chords was the first Synergy album to include any form of guitar work, specifically in the form of an early prototype synth guitar and it was performed by someone other than Mr. Fast.

Really interesting stuff though, with a 'darker' feel than the first two albums. This one is a must have for synthesizer fans in my humble opinion.