Larry Fast began working with synthesizers while still in high school, at a time where getting access to a synthesizer was easier said than done. He designed some of the first synths used by Rick Wakeman with Yes. His personal tinkering eventually lead to work on the Memorymoog and Direct-to-disk recording technology.

Perhaps best known for his work on Peter Gabriel's early solo albums, Larry programmed one of the first Fairlight CMI systems to be used on a pop record. Even prior to this, he came to the attention of the electronic music community for his album "Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra", used most famously in Carl Sagan's Television Series Cosmos.

This past week, Gearwire had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Larry about his involvement in the evolution and development of electronic music.