Sequencer

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Though he's recorded with Peter Gabriel, Nektar, and dozens of others, all you really need to know about electronics guru Larry Fast--who records solo under the name Synergy--is that he's the guy responsible for the music at those planetarium light shows. His recently reissued Synergy discs from the '70s are virtually interchangeable exercises in orchestrated synth music. Think Yes without the guitars, drums, or vocals. Sequencer's most distinguishing moment is its cover of the old Mason Williams chestnut "Classical Gas," a cover that's even cheesier than the original. If you want to stay ahead of the retro camp curve, here's your ticket. --Keven McAlester

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Sequencer

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Lyric sheet not included. . .and still no guitars

Sequencer
Synergy
Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
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Cords

Games

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ASIN: B000167XW6
Release Date: 2004-02-16

Tracks:

S-Scape

Chateau

Cybersports

Classical Gas Paradox:

A. Largo, New World Symphony

B. Icarus

Sequence 14

Sequence 14 [Original 1975 Demo]

Product Description

1. S-scape
2. Chateau
3. Cyber-sports
4. Classical Gas
5. Paradox
a. Largo, New World Symphony
b. Icarus
6. Sequence 14

Format: CD
Customer Reviews:

Lyric sheet not included. . .and still no guitars.......2005-12-04
After the promise of Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra the previous year, one would think that Sequencer would have been a comparatively impressive work. Unfortunately, this album is gravely disappointing compared to the first album. S-Scape, the first track, ends as soon as it starts to get good. Other tracks, like the wonderful Chateau and the cool Cybersports, are good short pieces but offer only a taste of the Synergy heard in ER. It just strikes me that Larry Fast may have been a bit short on material (or energy) at the time he created this album as the majority of the pieces on it are either covers of others' works or tone sequences. Only once the last track (Sequence) 17 gets going do you begin to hear the Synergy character that you wanted to hear more of when you bought the album.

Now don't get me wrong--there are tracks in here that are definitely worth listening to. It's not a bad album, but this is not the best that Synergy has to offer.

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Bo-o-o-o-ring

CLASSICAL ELECTRO FROM AN EARLY PIONEER

Excellent Electronic Music Album

The synthetist that was Peter Gabriel's keyboardist

timeles expermentation

Sequencer
Synergy
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Games

Cords

ASIN: B00000612L
Release Date: 1998-03-31

Tracks:

S-Scape

Chateau

Cybersports

Classical Gas

Paradox: A. Largo, New World Symphony

Paradox: B. Icarus

Sequence 14

Amazon.com
Though he's recorded with Peter Gabriel, Nektar, and dozens of others, all you really need to know about electronics guru Larry Fast--who records solo under the name Synergy--is that he's the guy responsible for the music at those planetarium light shows. His recently reissued Synergy discs from the '70s are virtually interchangeable exercises in orchestrated synth music. Think Yes without the guitars, drums, or vocals. Sequencer's most distinguishing moment is its cover of the old Mason Williams chestnut "Classical Gas," a cover that's even cheesier than the original. If you want to stay ahead of the retro camp curve, here's your ticket. --Keven McAlester
Customer Reviews:

Bo-o-o-o-ring.......2002-09-18
Sorry I agree with the other reviewer. I had only heard Electronic Realizations, which is a CLASSIC. So I had a chance to pick up an old vinyl of Sequencer expecting more bliss...boy what a letdown. The first track is ok, yes, and Classical Gas is amusing, but the rest is unlistenable. Let me compare ERFRO and Sequencer.
Sound quality:
ERFRO has ambience galore, crystal clear sound, warm sonic oceans with soaring melodies. There is not a more perfect track than "Relay Breakdown" that demonstrates everything great about the sound of this album.
SEQUENCER sounds like plastic keyboards with no dynamics at all, everything is at the same volume, and so flat it actually is irritating to the ears. A little more attention to the MIX would have helped. And a little reverb!
PERFORMANCE and COMPOSITION:
ERFRO features clever tunes by Fast, though Warriors is a bit bombastic. There are time changes and key modulations, changes in timbre effected by switching up different instruments for the ensemble portions. It remains interesting for most of the album.
SEQUENCER everything seems to be diatonic (based on a major scale or relative minor). There don't seem to be any memorable melodies, just absent-minded noodley stuff like he spent all his time working out the sounds (or distracted by other projects or success) and then just improvised quick sketches in the studio.
Perhaps he was trying to come up with something new, new sounds, and ran out of time or something...The album sounds unfinished in some respects.
Sorry Larry Fast, I am a fan, I saw you with Peter Gabriel twice and enjoyed your work on his albums (esp 3 and Security) and even on Recycled by Nektar, but I can't explain this album. I want to hear the others, Chords, Audion etc. I hope they are better.
CLASSICAL ELECTRO FROM AN EARLY PIONEER.......2001-07-19
LARRY FAST AT HIS MOST ACCESSABLE. "CHATEAU" IS A BAROQUE MASTERPIECE THAT BACH WOULD OF BEEN PROUD OF. REST OF CD PRETTY GOOD TOO. ANALOG AT ITS PEAK.
Excellent Electronic Music Album.......1999-12-30
I have enjoyed this album since I first heard it on vinyl from our local library. I now own that same copy. I never tire of it. W/W Carlos and his/her Switched on Bach is good, but texture-wise, Larry K.O.s Mr./Ms Carlos...I will join the others in recommending it for your collection of electronic music, or if you are just starting out. Not a boring track on it.
The synthetist that was Peter Gabriel's keyboardist.......1999-11-30
Before Peter Gabriel did "Games without Frontiers", Larry Fast, AKA Syenergy was working up his second album, "Sequencer" which rivals Walter/Wendy Carlos and all other electronic key boardist that have come. This is a must have item for those interested in the development of the synthesizers in music. His version of "A Classical Gas" and the "Largo" (from the New World Symphony) remain as very illustrative and interesting compositions comparable to today's artistic works. This is a second album project and it just gets better with "Cords", "Games", "Audion" and his others releases. His first album's title discribes his compositions: "Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra".
timeles expermentation.......1999-03-20
this is larry fasts second outing of rock tinged electronic music that would become known as new age. Once again he provides tasteful use of synthesizer and other eletronic instruments. gREAT MOOD MUSIC

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Fabulous

WOW

A journey to the future with visions from the past

DO I HAVE TO GIVE IT 1 STAR?

Pink Floyd [Copies]

Dream Sequencer

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ASIN: B00004SZ1V
Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

The Dream Sequencer

My House On Mars

2084

One Small Step

The Shooting Company Of Captain Frans B Coco

Dragon On The Sea

Temple Of The Cat

Carried By The Wind

And The Druids Turn To Stone

The First Man On Earth

The Dream Suquencer Reprise

Album Description
2000 release from the much acclaimed prog metal band.Featuring luminaries from the world of prog & metal including Clive Nolan (Pendragon), Edward Reekers (Kayak), Lana Lane, Johan Edlund (Tiamat) and Damian Wilson (Threshold), to name a few. 'The Dream S
Customer Reviews:

Fabulous.......2006-09-30
This is an amazingly good album.

Yes, it has echoes of Pink Floyd, but also of Mike Oldfield, and--most significantly--the Beatles.

It is wonderfully varied. There are lots of different vocalists, male and female, and lots of different tempi and moods.

I didn't really follow the story line (though I like the narration), but the music itself was gorgeous and involving.

There is also a really nice balance of instruments: at times, blistering guitars, sometimes soaring synths, and very often (and most Beatlish) great orchestral accompaniments.

What is most amazing is how different this CD is from Pt.II (Flight of the Migrator).

This one has ever-changing diversity and sweetness alternating with harshness, so that each complements the other.

Pt. II (Migrator) alas, is one long uninterrupted thrash-guitar speed-fest, with relentlessly screaming male vocals. Pt. II is strictly for 13-year-old males.

Avoid Pt. II, and stick with this one. A triumph!

WOW.......2005-12-30
I am siting here listining to this wonderful CD, this is a classic and should be in everybody's cd collection. Arjen Lucassen weaves a great tale and all the tracks are good, but my favs would have to be My House On Mars, And The Druid Turns To Stone. Bieng older in years and a teenager when Pink Floyd made Dark Side Of The Moon. It is good to now there is still some great talent out there, the range of music and the playing are superb. And to the reviwers who don't like this go listen to some other crap, and leave the good stuff to those with an ear for good music.
So buy this now and then get the rest of there CD's especially Human Equation.
A journey to the future with visions from the past.......2005-09-07
Let me start by saying that this is a very good album, but it takes time to really enjoy it's substance.

My first impression was that of a little dissapointment. I am used to this, because now and then I miss the point of some great albums only to find later that I had missed a masterpiece. This time however I was very quick to "find the point" in The Dream Sequencer.

By the second time I've listened to the album, melodies started to catch as if I was used to them since a long time. It is a kind of magic when that little thing begins to happen, and you start to antecipate what chord progressions or change in beat will occurs next in an almost unknown song. This is a kind of thing that happens all the time when I am listening to classical music, but not as often in metal or progressive music.

It is not Dream Theater, it is not Symphony X, and it's not Pink Floyd (which is a good thing!), NO, it's another kind of thing entirely. It is progressive, it moves in a calm, slow pace. I regard it as more similar to Vangelis solo works than prog-rock/metal bands. Vangelis with a twist. And a good one.

I really didn't imagine myself listening (and enjoying ) this kind of singular music before I had the opportunity to listen to Ayreon: The Dream Sequencer.
DO I HAVE TO GIVE IT 1 STAR?.......2005-01-30
WHAT A LOAD OF PURE REGRESSIVE DRECK THIS IS ...PINK FLOYD COPIES???? NOT EVEN CLOSE. SOUNDS LIKE CHURCH MUSIC WITH BAD SYNTHESIZERS. I WOULDN'T EVEN PUNISH MY WORST ENEMY BY MAKING HIM LISTEN TO THIS CRAP
Pink Floyd [Copies].......2003-01-27
I had high hopes for this CD. I grew bored listening to it after the fourth track. It is only an average CD that left me wanting for more. I am a huge prog fan. This CD was very dissapointing. I got relly tired of hearing all of the keyboard effects. I would not reccomend this CD to anyone.

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Numena
Robert Rich
Manufacturer: Linden
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0006IB7KS
Release Date: 1993-01-01

Tracks:

Other Side of Twilight

Moss Dance

Numen

Walled Garden

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Soundings

Manufacturer: Tall Poppies
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J6XG
Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

Continuum

Suite-Leviathan '99

345-A Study in Limited Resources for Stereo Tape

Suite-The Children of Lir

Birh Is Life Is Power Is Death Is God Is....

Suite-The Japanese Fisherman

Narcissus

Flute: Douglass Whittaker

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Nonet

Soft Walls

Sine City II

Black, White and Rose

Clockpiece 1

Clockpiece 2

Clockpiece 3

Trellises

Counterpoint 4

Counterpoint 5

Counterpoint 6

Power Bounces1

Power Bounces 4

Cross-Accents 1

Cross-Accents 5

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One of the Greatest Electro Albums Ever

Electro-industrial or future-pop?

Sequencer Beta

ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000092VSE
Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

Feedback

Stalker

Figurehead

Phoenix

Slowmotion

Tabula Rasa

Storm

BONUS: Luminal

Flux

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One of the Greatest Electro Albums Ever.......2006-11-03
This is a watershed. It is a monumental achievement of word and sound. If you are unfamiliar with Covenant, they are an electronic band, utilizing samples and synthesizers. This is no 80s synthpop though. It's dynamic, edgy, powerful music. The lyrics are just as engaging as the music. Many songs are danceable, but that's not the point. Yes, this can be great party music, but it's also good for those introspective folks who want to sit and listen in solitude or isolation. This version of the CD does NOT contain the Stalker EP, with the extra mixes of that song, or the song Babel. Just get the regular Metropolis version for that. This CD does, however, contain LUMINAL, and it's the only place you can get it.

These songs are intellectual yet elemental. They have a strong sense of predator vs. prey. They present paradoxes in life and undercut the human will. Full of ego and yet cynical of that same ego. The music is brilliant and experimental in every aspect and yet accessible. It is darker than their later material. This is probably the most significant achievement of the band, though. One of my favorite albums of all time.

Electro-industrial or future-pop?.......2004-01-27
Second release from one of the most popular and addictive electro acts around.Sounds like electro-industrial but is the sound of future electro so...is the base of future-pop?

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Ayreon comes full circle

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

Very well done progressive rock

BEST SYMPHONIC PROG METAL CD EVER

An exercise in beauty and atmosphere.

Universal Migrator, Pt. 1: The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon
Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TSAC
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

Dream Sequencer

My House on Mars

2084

One Small Step

Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq

Dragon on the Sea

Temple of the Cat

Carried by the Wind

And the Druids Turn to Stone

First Man on Earth

Dream Sequencer Reprise

Customer Reviews:

Ayreon comes full circle.......2004-05-09
Arjen Anthony Lucassen creates this, the first part of a two part story and manages to make references to his previous works (though very slight)
This is the darker half, but it begins to 'lighten up' as it progresses back through the ages of humanity.
A must have for fans of progressive (and possibly 'electic'?) rock.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.......2002-12-29
One word can not alone describe the sophistication, the beauty, the grandeur of this album.
This is one of the very best albums I have ever had the honor of listening to, it ranks up there with my Pink Floyd, my favorite band.
Every song, except for two of them have a different singer(all of which sound incredible), which is really a nice touch I think. There is great variety among the tracks, the only thing that really ties them together(besides the lyrics, I'll get to those later) is the progressiveness about it. Some songs are happy, some are depressing. Some use heavy guitar, some use heavy vocals, etc.
I first listened to this album thinking that it wouldn't be all that great, as I had never heard them before. But then I was taken on an incredible journey, and I have listened to this CD as much as I can since I got it.
The concept of the album is somewhat corny at first glance, but they really know what they're doing in expanding it. I didn't have to look at the booklet once to figure out what was going on.
There is only one thing I can find that is wrong with it; the guitar on track 9, "And the Druids Turned to Stone". I think they should have done more with that chord progression, it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. But that's my only gripe, besides that it should have ten times the amount of content. I love this album!
Very well done progressive rock.......2002-09-05
I recently purchased this - my first Ayreon selection. From the reviews I've read, this was a good selection, and I have to agree. I particular enjoy the varied vocals from track to track. The musicians assembled are top drawer. The soaring guitar riffs are ethereal and very moving. I think they sound like some of David Gilmours work with Pink Floyd in their earlier years (Obscured by Clouds comes to mind). The keyboards are wonderful and don't dominate but instead blend with all the other aspects of the music to help define this work. The story line behind the CD is great and all blends together to achieve a wonderful affect. I listen to lot of progressive rock - I like other bands such as Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Pendragon, Porcupine Tree, Cairo, Arena, etc. I think these guys (Ayreon) rank among the best in this group and think that if you enjoy any of the bands listed here, then Ayreon might be a good one to check out.
BEST SYMPHONIC PROG METAL CD EVER.......2002-05-02
In my opinion, Ayreon is the best Prog metal band I've ever listened to. Not only Arjen Lucassen is a very creative and talented musician, but the invited musicians on the album are really well chosen, and they fit together very well on Ayreon's music... The keyboard work really stands and it brings unique textures to the music. You can purchase ANY Ayreon album in the dark, they're all on the same level, but not repetitive at all, due to the wide spectrum of musicians involved. My favs are "Universal Migrator", and "Into the Electric Castle".
An exercise in beauty and atmosphere........2001-10-10
The Dream Sequencer is the first of a two CD release called The Universal Migrator. Like all of Arjen Lucassen's work, The Universal Migrator is a sprawling concept project with ambition and sterling compositions characteristic of the Ayreon name. A war has wiped out mankind, and a single Mars colonist is alone on, well, Mars. He enters a machine called the dream sequencer, which allows him to "preincarnate" to different moments in history and observe them first hand.
The Dream Sequencer is a work of beautiful Pink Floydian guitar solos, atmospheric dream vistas, and enchanting synths. As with all of the Ayreon albums, Lucassen has assembled a sterling cast of vocalists, like Damian Wilson, Lana Lane, and Neal Morse. While the album falls into a rigid, dreamy ambient song-oriented formula, each song is so beautifully crafted and so gorgeously performed, that each is instantly identifiable and memorable. Exquisite recording quality emphasizes each climactic crescendo and each narcotic soundscape, while consistently talented singers create melodies that carry the songs in beautiful directions. Lucassen is a very talented composer with tremendous range of ability. While the next part of the story, Flight of the Migrator, demonstrates his heavy metal side with crunchy riffing and devastating leads, here he employs languid structures of fine musical splendor.
Lyrically, the album doesn't quite match the sublime music. There is no real story, per se, just a bunch of different songs about different moments in history. Why are we being told about Captain Frans B. Cocq? Why are we observing the high priest at the temple of the cat? Only rarely is there a warm human element to the lyrics, as on "One Small Step" and "My House on Mars." The other songs are lyrically cold, objective, with no emotion sluicing the words and music.
And yet, surprisingly, I don't care. The songs are beautiful and warm without tackling profound emotional ideas. As a sci-fi concept piece, The Dream Sequencer is a bit cheesy at times, but I'm not bothered. Most of the time, the lyrics help the music create vivid images, and on that level everything works.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Stalker rules

Scandanavian EBM makes for good dance

Sequencer
Covenant
Manufacturer: 21st Circuitry
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000310E
Release Date: 1997-07-02

Tracks:

Feedback

Stalker

Figurehead

Phoenix

Slowmotion

Tabula Rasa

Storm

Flux

Stalker Club V Ersion

Stalker All Shapes RMX

Liquid Sky

Babel

Customer Reviews:

? ? ? ? ? ? ?.......1999-07-01
Well, I don't quite get it cause there is no album called "SEQUENCER"! It's either "sequencer ALPHA" OR "sequencer BETA". (Or maybe I've been wrongly informed). Anyway, I owe the "sequencer BETA" and it is THE one that I've been waiting for! I've seen them live too, in the club called Ekko in Utrecht, NL. Now, that was before they have released "sequencer . . ." with the "hits" like "SPEED" (which still gives me chicken skinnnn...) and "theremin". This album is certainly on my list of "most listened to" and it still is...
It is a special experience for me to listen to "FIGUREHEAD", thank you COVENANT for making it for me...
Stalker rules.......1999-03-08
Stalker has to be the best song ever to be released by covenant. the gothic flavor is amazing. buy this cd
Scandanavian EBM makes for good dance.......1998-07-17
Although Amazaon.com classifies Covenant as rock, they "rock" the dancefloors as being one one the freshest and most danceable ebm/electro-industiral artists coming out of Europe. With vocals that make goth girls melt and electro beats that make industrial boys groove, this album is a must for any ebm/industrial fan. Buy this now and you will dance!

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Strange Planet
Con Sequencer
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ASIN: B000BTP3JI
Release Date: 2006-08-01

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Sequencer Beta
Covenant
Manufacturer: Memento Materia
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ASIN: B0007UC3RQ
Release Date: 2007-07-16

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