Alessandro Cortini (Blindoldfreak, Sonoio, Skarn, & other projects)

[IwakuraLain]

https://www.discogs.com/Alessandro-C...master/1180521 Holy FUCKING SHIT I never knew this existed until just now while I was browsing the Merzbow website ... holy fuck. I wonder how this even happened, what inspired them to meet up and work on an album together. The important records website seems to be down atm so I can't link to the label page directly.

[hologram parade]

A great album filled with that EMS Synthi, but every collaboration Cortini works on doesn’t need its own thread. There is already a catch-all Cortini projects thread.

[hologram parade]

Coming Soon via Imprec Records:


Alessandro Cortini + Lawrence English

“Imediate Horizons” LP

[eversonpoe]

A great album filled with that EMS Synthi, but every collaboration Cortini works on doesn’t need its own thread. There is already a catch-all Cortini projects thread.

also, don't interact with the transphobic a-hole that started this thread.

[SchwarzerAbt]

And now further delayed until August 24th. At least I can download the files now, but isn't the CD available already elsewhere?

On Friday it finally arrived. I don't know why it took so long, but it's a great album. Pleasure delay...

[imail724]

Could anyone please hook me up with the cd-only bonus track? Figured I would have stumbled upon it by now but I guess not.

[Piko]

Could anyone please hook me up with the cd-only bonus track? Figured I would have stumbled upon it by now but I guess not.

Figured it would've popped up somewhere by now. If someone has it, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[RJK]

I have a 320 mp3. I don't really want to turn on my shitty laptop to upload the Wav file. If you want what I have PM me.

[ItsJustDave]

https://importantrecords.com/products/cortini-english

[imail724]

Anyone know who sings backing vocals on Houdini? Sounds like Wes Borland.

[TinDefacto]

Anyone know who sings backing vocals on Houdini? Sounds like Wes Borland.

That's Jonathan Bates of Big Black Delta/Mellowdrone! Definitely check out his music if you haven't heard of him; his projects are both great. It's interesting you're hearing Wes Borland though; that never would've occurred to me, but now that you mention it, I can totally see (hear?) it.

[RJK]

Anyone know who sings backing vocals on Houdini? Sounds like Wes Borland.

Jonathan Bates from Big Black Delta

[imail724]

That's Jonathan Bates of Big Black Delta/Mellowdrone! Definitely check out his music if you haven't heard of him; his projects are both great. It's interesting you're hearing Wes Borland though; that never would've occurred to me, but now that you mention it, I can totally see (hear?) it.

Cool, I've actually listened to a bunch of BBD, but I guess not enough to pick out his voice. Haven't heard any Mellowdrone though.

[TinDefacto]

Cool, I've actually listened to a bunch of BBD, but I guess not enough to pick out his voice. Haven't heard any Mellowdrone though.

I mean, to be fair, his voice is so distorted/reverbed in most BBD songs so I don't blame you. xD

[fortheloveofgod]

Anyone see this come out today.

Immediate Horizon by Alessandro Cortini & Lawrence English https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/im...zon/1441276838

[otnavuskire]

Anyone see this come out today.

Immediate Horizon by Alessandro Cortini & Lawrence English https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/im...zon/1441276838

I've had the vinyl for a few weeks now. It's really good.

[RJK]

My Alessandro vinyl collection

[arsenic]

Alessandro Cortini on 45

This mix exclusively features only the music of Italian artist and musician Alessandro Cortini and a little drum machine. The mix was created entirely live using Native Instruments Traktor and Traktor Kontrol S2 and nothing else. What you hear is what happened in real time.

Also: Alessandro might be playing in Metz (FR) next January according to this site (unconfirmed). Also, take this with a grain of salt but last month I was in a bar in Berlin and I've overheard two people talking about a possible Cortini's gig in Berlin next spring (around March-May, I can't remember). We'll see

[roolfdriht]

Does anyone here have physical copies of Blue, Red and/or Scientist that they would consider parting with (ideally in M/NM condition)? I've been monitoring eBay and discogs for months to no avail.

I still refuse to believe that they are so scarce that the triple-digit prices I've seen for the Japanese CDs make any sense whatsoever, but perhaps I'm mistaken...

[Toadflax]

Does anyone here have physical copies of Blue, Red and/or Scientist that they would consider parting with (ideally in M/NM condition)? I've been monitoring eBay and discogs for months to no avail.

I still refuse to believe that they are so scarce that the triple-digit prices I've seen for the Japanese CDs make any sense whatsoever, but perhaps I'm mistaken...

I think I have both Red and Blue. Not sure about the condition. Where are you seeing them going for crazy prices? Looks like Red just sold on eBay for next to nothing.

[roolfdriht]

I think I have both Red and Blue. Not sure about the condition. Where are you seeing them going for crazy prices? Looks like Red just sold on eBay for next to nothing.

Weird, I guess my eBay search alerts are either not working or overly-specific.

There was a copy of the Japanese edition of Blue listed on Discogs for ~$150, but it looks as if it's been pulled rather than sold at that price.

[Toadflax]

Weird, I guess my eBay search alerts are either not working or overly-specific.

There was a copy of the Japanese edition of Blue listed on Discogs for ~$150, but it looks as if it's been pulled rather than sold at that price.

I'll PM you when I find them. Are you also interested in the SuONOIO synth?

[roolfdriht]

I'll PM you when I find them. Are you also interested in the SuONOIO synth?

Awesome, thanks for checking. Possibly interested in the synth, though admittedly I say that without knowing what he originally charged.

[RJK]

I'll PM you when I find them. Are you also interested in the SuONOIO synth?

I definitely want that synth if they don't. Hit me up

[arsenic]

Alessandro and Mark Verbos debuted a new 35-minutes performance tonight at Berlin's Kraftwerk.

Quite different from all his studio stuff, but somewhat closer to Immediate Horizon released with Lawrence English in terms of noisiness and sounds that were used.

[RJK]

New record announced "Volume Massimo" due out in September. Two different colored vinyl options. One regular and one Bleep exclusive.


https://smarturl.it/volumemassimo

[eachpassingphase]

That's Jonathan Bates of Big Black Delta/Mellowdrone! Definitely check out his music if you haven't heard of him; his projects are both great. It's interesting you're hearing Wes Borland though; that never would've occurred to me, but now that you mention it, I can totally see (hear?) it.

Sorry to resurrect a comment from months ago, but HOLY SHIT. You just helped me solve a mystery that has been bugging me since like 2010.

A friend of mine gave me a burned CD they thought I would like back in high school in maybe 2003-4? It was a Mellowdrone CD (A Demonstration of Intellectual Property) and I played the crap out of it for a month until my CD case was stolen out of my car. I forgot the name of the artist/album, lost touch with that friend etc so I had no way to trigger my memory to buy a copy and forgot about it.

Then about a decade ago I remembered some of those songs out of nowhere, and was desperate to get a copy of whatever it was. But I could only remember bits and pieces of lyrics, so my google searches were coming up with nada. It's bugged me for YEARS that I couldn't remember the name of the artist or album that I loved so dearly for a month in high school, but as soon as you said "Mellowdrone" it clicked in my head and I went "OH SHIT SON, THAT'S THE ONE". Sure enough, as soon as I googled it all the song names came rushing back. Now I have it in my Amazon cart and I am so stupidly happy right now.

[SchwarzerAbt]

New album out on September 27th!

https://mutebank.co.uk/collections/a...ume-massimo-cd

[neorev]

This song gives me SONOIO vibes sans vocals

[arsenic]

The new single is absolutely epic. I also think it has some SONOIO vibes, or maybe it's the song structure that could work very well with vocals too.

Anyone else in Berlin for the live debut next week?