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.
Alessandro Cortini Live
31 Aug 2024 – Várpalota, INOTA Festival HU
5 Sept 2024 – Reykjavik, Extreme Chill IS
19 Sept 2024 – Glasgow, Sonica Festival UK
3 Oct 2024 – Albany, NY, Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center, “The Egg” US^
4 Oct 2024 – Queens, NY, Knockdown Center US^
6 Oct 2024 – Boston, MA, Sonia US^
7 Oct 2024 – Minneapolis, MN, The Cedar US^
9 Oct 2024 – Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle US^
10 Oct 2024 – Austin, TX, Central Presbyterian Church US^
11 Oct 2024 – Seattle, WA, Age of Reflections at Seattle First Baptist US^
12 Oct 2024 – Portland, OR, Age of Reflections at Trinity Cathedral US^
13 Oct 2024 – Los Angeles, CA, Teragram Ballroom US^
20 Nov 2024 – Brussels, Bozar BE^
6 Dec 2024 – Berlin, Silent Green DE^
17 Jan 2025 – Paris, Trabendo FR^
^ – new dates
Alessandro Cortini is one of the foremost figures of contemporary electronic music, best known for his haunting, atmospheric work. A longstanding member of Nine Inch Nails, he is a highly prolific artist, releasing 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. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – the only Italian musician ever honoured – and found time to create the Strega (used on his previous album, Scuro Chiaro, which Pitchfork described as “pitched somewhere between purgatory and the planetarium… consistently managing to thrill and surprise”) and the forthcoming module, Bruxa, with Make Noise. Additionally, he has soundtracked catwalk shows for fashion giants Alexander McQueen, Dior, and Fendi, composed for Disney/Hulu’s hit show The Bear, and remixed tracks for Depeche Mode, Mogwai, Death Cab For Cutie, Yann Tiersen, and Vatican Shadow. Balancing dark ambience with smoky, pulsing rhythms, his compositions are perfectly restrained, textured, and mesmeric. His vast and expansive work spans across genres, showcasing his versatile talent and innovative approach to music.
