The Nine Inch Nails collaborator uses it throughout his new album 'Scuro Chiaro.' So this was born from a few tracks, from two compositions that didn't make it on Volume Massimo. Not because they were ...

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 27: Alessandro Cortin, guitarist for Nine Inch Nails, performs during Boston Calling Music Festival on May 27, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Astrida ...

Alessandro Cortini is a real head whose modular-synth collection would make Wendy Carlos weep. Some years ago, when the Italian-born multi-instrumentalist and composer was relocating from Los Angeles ...

It can often feel like the minimalist dance compositions of British producer Daniel Avery and the dubby abstractions released by venerated Italian musician Alessandro Cortini exist in a shared ...

Following this year's team-up with Merzbow, beloved drone champion and onetime Nine Inch Nails member Alessandro Cortini has announced a new solo album. Titled Avanti, the LP is due out on October 6 ...

One of the most unlikely moments of musical philosophy surely comes from the mouth of Peep Show‘s Super Hans when, while pressing a bass synth note, he utters the immortal line, "remember, the longer ...

Alessandro Cortini is serious about his synthesizers. His studio is packed wall to wall with the vintage, the rare, and the arcane: towering modular rigs, vacuum-tube drum machines, obsolete-looking ...

U.K. producer Daniel Avery and Nine Inch Nails synth wizard Alessandro Cortini have lifted the curtain on a new collaborative album. The pair will release Illusion of Time on March 27 through ...

Alessandro Cortini's has one request for when you listen to his new record, VOLUME MASSIMO, for the first time: it has to be heard, he says, at "a very loud volume." "Every time that I was working on ...

In case you missed the news, a quick recap: back in mid January, the gloriously oddball Portland Oregon IEM specialist Campfire Audio and Alessandro Cortini – oh yes, the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Alessandro Cortini made his name touring and collaborating. He has played with the likes of Lawrence English, Merzbow, Ladytron and (perhaps most notably and regularly) Nine Inch Nails. He has made ...

Over the past several years, it’s been interesting to observe how the music of Italian synth bender Alessandro Cortini has unfolded. His earliest works, such as his Forse trilogy and 2014’s Sonno, ...