Alessandro Cortini
Alessandro Cortini at Central Presbytarian
Central Presbyterian Church
200 E 8th St
Austin, TX 78701
Oct 10, 2024
7:00 PM CDT
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Italian musician, instrument-builder, producer and composer, ALESSANDRO CORTINI, has announced details of his latest release, Nati Infiniti, a 40-minute piece separated into five movements, based on an immersive audio installation that ran across four floors of the Museu
de Lisboa’s Fábrica da Moagem, a disused flour mill.
Nati Infiniti reimagines the installation - commissioned by Sónar Lisboa 2022 - capturing the ambience of the original piece, where each of the four floors of the cavernous mill evoked a different state through Cortini’s sound design. Constantly unfolding as the listener travelled through the building, the album harnesses the movement of the piece, highlighting the
interconnectedness of all things.
The hypnotic work - which utilises the Strega instrument that Cortini co-designed with Make Noise - evolves across 40 minutes, and was mixed and mastered by Marta Salogni (Björk, Depeche Mode, Lucrecia Dalt) into five movements. This interpretation of the work will be available on 4 October 2024 on vinyl (with an embossed silver mirror board sleeve), CD (with a clear varnished gatefold mirror board sleeve) and digitally.
Cortini debuted the live audio-visual performance of Nati Infiniti at Berlin’s Atonal Festival and, after a series of sold-out performances - each showcasing an improvised version of Nati Infiniti with no two concerts ever the same - Cortini will embark on a tour of North America and Europe throughout ’24 and into ‘25 – with more dates to be added.
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Alessandro Cortini Biography
Alessandro Cortini is an Italian musician, producer, composer, and instrument builder.
Cortini is one of the foremost figures of contemporary electronic music, best known for his haunting, atmospheric work. Alongside being a longstanding member of Nine Inch Nails, he is highly prolific and has released a steady stream of his own heady music on luminary labels including Mute, Hospital, and Important Records for the past decade. Throughout his shadowy rise to fame, he has collaborated with the likes of Lawrence English, Daniel Avery and Merzbow (to name a few). Balancing dark ambience with smokey, pulsing rhythms, his compositions are perfectly restrained, textured and mesmeric.
Cortini was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 through his work with Nine Inch Nails, making history as the only Italian musician to have ever been honored with this recognition.
In 2021, in collaboration with boutique synth builders Make Noise, Cortini released his own, custom-designed, semi-modular synth, “Strega” (Italian for ‘witch’). That same year, he used Strega to build his latest full length, Scuro Chiaro [Mute], which Pitchfork described as “pitched somewhere between purgatory and the planetarium ... consistently managing to thrill and surprise”.
In addition to years of extensive worldwide touring, Cortini has also soundtracked fashion shows including Alexander McQueen, Dior, and several of Fendi’s presentations. In 2022, he exhibited a high-concept audio installation called “Nati Infiniti” for Sonar 2022 at Museu de Lisboa’s “Fábrica de Moagem.” A live version of “Nati Infiniti” is set to debut at Berlin Atonal in 2023.
Alessandro Cortini’s music has been licensed for use in television, film, and documentaries, games, and commercials, including Samsung, BMW, Sony, and Netflix. Remixes have also been a part of Cortini’s identity – remixing the likes of Mogwai to Death Cab For Cutie, Yann Tiersen to Vatican Shadow, and more between and beyond.
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Management: Celeste Peterson celeste@punkdafunk.com
Booking:
Americas & Oceana: michael@heavytrip.com
EU & Rest of the world: ricky@swampbooking.com & giorgio@swampbooking.com
Read MoreCortini is one of the foremost figures of contemporary electronic music, best known for his haunting, atmospheric work. Alongside being a longstanding member of Nine Inch Nails, he is highly prolific and has released a steady stream of his own heady music on luminary labels including Mute, Hospital, and Important Records for the past decade. Throughout his shadowy rise to fame, he has collaborated with the likes of Lawrence English, Daniel Avery and Merzbow (to name a few). Balancing dark ambience with smokey, pulsing rhythms, his compositions are perfectly restrained, textured and mesmeric.
Cortini was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 through his work with Nine Inch Nails, making history as the only Italian musician to have ever been honored with this recognition.
In 2021, in collaboration with boutique synth builders Make Noise, Cortini released his own, custom-designed, semi-modular synth, “Strega” (Italian for ‘witch’). That same year, he used Strega to build his latest full length, Scuro Chiaro [Mute], which Pitchfork described as “pitched somewhere between purgatory and the planetarium ... consistently managing to thrill and surprise”.
In addition to years of extensive worldwide touring, Cortini has also soundtracked fashion shows including Alexander McQueen, Dior, and several of Fendi’s presentations. In 2022, he exhibited a high-concept audio installation called “Nati Infiniti” for Sonar 2022 at Museu de Lisboa’s “Fábrica de Moagem.” A live version of “Nati Infiniti” is set to debut at Berlin Atonal in 2023.
Alessandro Cortini’s music has been licensed for use in television, film, and documentaries, games, and commercials, including Samsung, BMW, Sony, and Netflix. Remixes have also been a part of Cortini’s identity – remixing the likes of Mogwai to Death Cab For Cutie, Yann Tiersen to Vatican Shadow, and more between and beyond.
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Management: Celeste Peterson celeste@punkdafunk.com
Booking:
Americas & Oceana: michael@heavytrip.com
EU & Rest of the world: ricky@swampbooking.com & giorgio@swampbooking.com
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