LA Synthesis

LA Synthesis AKA Linear System/Wave Effect, were formed in South London in 1992. Originally from Liverpool and Birmingham, respectively, Tony Gallagher and Carl Grant met on the fringes of the underground party scene in South East London. Discovering a shared and relatively eclectic pool of influences in common - ranging from Model 500 and Black Dog to Kraftwerk and systems composer Steve Reich - the pair began experimenting with their own tracks, though it wasn't until promotional copies of Agrophobiabegan to emerge towards the end of 1994 that the duo started to attract attention. Agrophobia was a near - perfect debut, sewing a memorably trippy hookline (an exquisitely beautiful synth riff that was inspired by Reich's explorations in both minimalism and repetition) through a complex backdrop of clanking percussives and