Mars Lasar is a German-born keyboardist and composer who was raised in
Australia. Lasar began learning piano at age eleven, trained in jazz and
classical music, and received the "Young Composers Award" from the Sydney Opera
House at age fifteen. Discovering an interest in blending music and technology,
Lasar worked with Fairlight Computers, demonstrating the Fairlight CMI to
artists and producers including Alan Parsons, Kate Bush, Duran Duran, and Herbie
Hancock. Lasar released a first solo album in 1991, followed by Olympus (1992),
which CBS used for its coverage of the 1992 Oly...