Alessandro_Cortini-SCURO_CHIARO-(CDSTUM463)-CD-2021-FANG

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2021-06-27

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    :    Artist......: Alessandro Cortini
    :    Album.......: SCURO CHIARO                                       :
    :    Label.......: Mute                                           .. .:.. .
         Genre.......: Electronic                                         :
         Catnr.......: CDSTUM463                                          .
    '    Source......: CD                                                 ,
    ;    Rip.date....: 2021-06-27
         Str.date....: 2021-06-10
         Quality.....: 252kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo                     . :..
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         1.    ECCO                                              4:30
         2.    CHIAROSCURO                                       7:56
         3.    LO SPECCHIO                                       5:13
         4.    CORRI                                             4:17
         5.    SEMPRE                                            8:35
         6.    VERDE                                             5:02
         7.    NESSUNO                                           8:10
         8.    FIAMMA                                            3:18


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    ,:   Ambient music's favorite Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Alessandro    :,
     :   Cortini returns with his highest profile solo album to date.      :
     :'  "Scuro Chiaro" is a frazzled selection of 8-bit RPG riffs,       ':
    ,:   tape-dubbed arpeggios, sandblasted rhythms and saturated power    :,
     :   ambience. A finely matured cask blend of early OPN, Tim Hecker,   :
     :'  Emeralds and Prurient.                                           ':
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     :   The faint throb of industrial electro underpins Cortini's         :
     :'  umpteenth solo record. His obsession with synthesizers has       ':
    ,:   characterized his last run, from the minimalist loveletter to     :,
     :   Roland's underrated MC-202 "Sonno" to "Avanti", which was         :
     :'  written on the EMS Synthi AKS MKII. On "Scuro Chiaro",           ':
    ,:   particular synths are no longer the focus, but Cortini's keen     :,
     :   focus on texture and minimalism is still central.                 :
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    ,:   Each track appears to be built from the simplest ingredients,     :,
     :   maybe a single melancholy arpeggio or bare drum pulse, but        :
     :'  swells slowly to reflect the timbre and shifting tone of the     ':
    ,:   instrument. Cortini treats his electronic boxes as if they were   :,
     :   built of lacquered wood and horse hair, and betrays a passion     :
     :'  for an era when the serendipity and unpredictability of the      ':
    ,:   analog realm was far more constant.                               :,
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     :'  The tracks are rooted in the eerie genre sound universe of John  ':
    ,:   Carpenter, and tempered by Cortini's well-documented interest in  :,
     :   vintage videogames. The repetitive, loping melodies are directly  :
     :'  linked to a long-gone era of Commodore Amiga shovelware,         ':
    ,:   filtered thru the composer's knowledge of noise, early synth      :,
     :   music and Krautrock. The result is ambient, industrial and        :
     :'  electropop all at once, fermented into almost beatless musical   ':
    ,:   liqor: steeped in nostalgia, but expertly restrained.             :,
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