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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.....: 831 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://cortini.bandcamp.com
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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. :
:' ':
,: 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. :,
: :
:' 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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