Alex ‘Cores’ Hayes is a British Record Producer, Arranger and Audio Engineer. Cores is best known for recording, producing and mixing records for major artists including Emeli Sandé, JP Cooper, Laura Mvula, Gorgon City, Example, Jessie Ware, The Streets, Professor Green, The Vamps, Robbie Williams, Paloma Faith, Lily Allen and many more.
Cores’ philosophy is to focus on the emotion of the record - working with artists and producers to help realise their ideas by giving creative direction, adding to production, working on arrangement and mixing. This unique approach has helped him achieve multi-platinum status across numerous records worldwide.
SELECTED WORKS
Gorgon City - Escape
Mixed - One Last Song feat. JP Cooper (Acoustic), Recorded, Vocal Production - Never Enough feat. Chenai Zinyuku
Alex Adair - Dominoes feat. Samantha Harvey
Recorded, Vocal Production
Cores - Depened On Me feat. Maz
Written, Recorded, Performed, Produced, Mixed
Murkage Dave - Murkage Dave Changed My Life
Recorded, Vocal Production, Additional Production, Additional Programming, Mixed, Executive Producer
Gaika - Immigrant Sons, Crown & Key, Seven Churches for St. Jude, Black Empire
Recorded, Vocal Production
Raye - Crew feat. Kojo Funds
Recorded, Vocal Production - Kojo Funds vocals
MIST - Wish Me Well feat. Jessie Ware
Recorded, Vocal Production - Jessie Ware vocals
The Streets - Months That Begin On Sunday feat. Daniel OG
Recorded, Vocal Production - Daniel OG vocals
Matoma - Staying Up feat. The Vamps
Recorded, Vocal Production
Kelela - LMK, Blue Light, Onanon
Recorded, Additional Engineering
Kali Uchis - Tyrant
Recorded, Vocal Production - Hook
Joel Baker - Story feat. Abracadabra
Recorded, Vocal Production - Abracadabra vocals
Riton - Money feat. Khalo, Davido & Mr. Eazi
Recorded, Vocal Production
Jaykae - Every Country feat. Murkage Dave
Recorded, Vocal Production, Mixed
Danny Brown - From The Ground
Recorded, Vocal Production - Kelela Vocals
Solange - Scales feat. Kelela
Recorded, Vocal Production - Kelela Vocals
Professor Green - At You Inconvenience (album)
Co-Written (Today I Cried, Spinning Out, Coming To Get Me, Upper Clapton Dance, Never Be A Right Time) (Recorded, Produced (Spinning Out, Astronaut, Today I Cried, Into The Ground, Upper Clapton Dance, Coming To Get Me, Never Be A Right Time), Additional Production (Read All About It, At Your Inconvenience, Remedy, How Many Moons, Avalon, Doll, Forever Falling, DPMO), Vocal Production
Professor Green - Alive Till I'm Dead (album)
Co-written, Produced (Where Do We Go, Goodnight), Additional Production (Kids That Love To Dance, Just Be Good To Green, I Need You Tonight, Monster), Recorded, Vocal Production, Executive Producer
Adam Deacon - Adamhood
Co-written, Produced, Recorded, Mixed
Professor Green - Save Him/Upper Clapton Dance
Co-written, Produced, Recorded, Performed, Mixed (Upper Clapron Dance), Mixed (Same Old Me)
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