Alpine – Hands (Cory Lasser Remix)
After having his track "Cypher" featured on Eric Prydz Essential Mix, the then unknown Cory Lasser quickly had the spotlight turned towards him and his unique production style. Shunning the status quo and avoiding the get-popular-quick, flavor-of-the-month production aesthetics of many of his peers, Lasser stays true to form on his remix of Alpine's "Hands." Developing an enchantingly produced and refreshing take on the indie original, the mix billows forth with 8-bit arpeggios and driven chord progressions and Lasser proves, yet again, that he is no slouch and certainly no sell out.
Stargazers: Who is Cory Lasser?
On February 2nd, Eric Prydz made Essential Mix history with one of the most hotly anticipated and buzzed about Radio 1 mixes in recent memory. Listeners were taken on a journey through an impeccable selection of Pryda originals, but one track stood out as an anomaly in the set list - a completely unknown production from a completely unknown producer. "Cypher" by Cory Lasser, kicks in about a third of the way through Pryda's essential mix - buzzing and grinding it's way alongside productions from one of the most highly-regarded producers in the world. The surprise wasn't just one just shared by listeners - Cory himself had no idea that the track was being featured in the mix until a friend pointed it out after the show aired. We got a hold of the budding producer to ask him about the experience and the whirlwind of recognition that followed - and to answer the obvious question, "Who is Cory Lasser?