: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : 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 . :.. .:. Url.........: http://cortini.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 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 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 47:01 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 88.87 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: 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. ': ,: :, : 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. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/