1st Tracks from Alessandro Cortini's Upcoming All Buchla Music Easel LP

"'Gloria' from the upcoming 2XLP 'Forse 1' by Alessandro Cortini. Catalog# IMPREC373

Deluxe double LP pressed in an edition of 500 copies. First 100 copies pressed are on red vinyl.

Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails/How To Destroy Angels) composed the Forse series using a Buchla Music Easel. Forse, meaning 'maybe' In Italian, is a series of 3 double LP releases Cortini recorded for Important to release in 2013."

And a podcast featuring a second track titled "Resta":

Imprec Podcast#4: "Summer Releases 2013"


"Podcast #4 with Klaus features new and upcoming Summer releases. This podcast also debuts the "Three Questions..." segment, providing artists a space to discuss their work in further detail. This weeks guest is Duane Pitre and he will be discussing his new album 'Bridges'.

Tracklist:

Jozef Van Wissem- "Where You Lived And What You Lived For"
Alessandro Cortini- "Resta"
Master Musicians Of Bukkake- "Circular Ruins"

Three Questions with Duane Pitre

Duane Pitre- "Bridges: Earth/Ember/Serpent (excerpt)"
Else Marie Pade & Jakob Kirkegaard- "Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus Stratus (excerpt)"
TOTAL LIFE- "Radiator I (excerpt)"
Nadja & Vampillia- "Aurora"
Acid Mothers Temple- "Babe, I'm Gonna Reave You"
PITRELEH- (excerpt from side A)

*Background music throughout podcast is an excerpt from the forthcoming album "Feel Free Live At Cafe OTO" by Duane Pitre"

Follow-up to:

Alessandro Cortini: Forse 1 - All Buchla Music Easel Release in the Works
IMPREC Podcast #3- "The Synthcast" with Alessandro Cortini & More

Alessandro Cortini's SONOIO Released - Buchla Goodness

Alessandro Cortini's SONOIO is now available on sonoio.org. If you haven't previously checked out the four promo tracks on site, do it now. What you will be listening to was all written on the Buchla 200 and 200e. All tracks primarily feature the Buchla with Jomox Xbase 09 for some of the drums. The full release features nine tracks. The following are the tracks and the synths used for each. Note tracks 1, 3, and 6 are 100% Buchla 200, and track 9 is 100% 200e.


1 Just me - 200
2 Suck up everything - 200, Ultrabeat, 200e
3 Not worth remembering - 200
4 Silence - 200, 200e
5 Heartbeat - 200, Jomox, Bass (electric), Reaktor Weedwacker ensemble
6 Hold on - let go - 200
7 Memory loss - Sepakerphone, NI Massive, Buchla 200e
8 Houdini - 200e , NI Massive
9 Happy - 200e

This is a great album on first listen and only gets better over time. The fact that it's primarily all Buchla only makes it better, as not only can you appreciate the tracks from a musical perspective, but you can really focus in on some of what the Buchla is capable of. This is essentially all Buchla in a modern rock recording. Buchla Rock and Roll (you might remember that one from Alessandro's NIN days. It's also worth noting Alessandro Cortini recently perfomed with Don Buchla at the San Fransisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF). SONOIO has been added to the Synth CDs post.

Available on http://www.sonoio.org/ you will also find the SuONOIO, available with a digital download of the album for $159.99. Note the extra "u". The SuONOIO is hardware. What does it mean and what exactly is it? From the site:

"SuONOIO (italian , suono io = i make sound)
# Alessandro Cortini and Scott Jaeger (The Harvestman) have collaborated to create a fully functional, highly featured and fun synthesizer called the SuONOIO. The SuONOIO utilizes sounds found on the SONOIO album and allows you to reshape them into new sounds, rhythms, textures and drones!
# The SuONOIO is highly portable thanks to its battery powered operation and built-in speaker. In addition to the immediate feedback of the built-in speaker, SuONOIO features a 1/4" output that makes it easy to be integrated with your favorite pedals, processors, amplifiers and more. Multiple SuONOIOs can be patched together if you decide to become a shut in or a professional concert SuONOIO-ist."

The following are a couple of teaser videos featuring an original Buchla 200.

sonoio1 from Alessandro Cortini on Vimeo.

sonoio2 from Alessandro Cortini on Vimeo.

Alessandro Cortini -In The Synth Cave

Published on Apr 3, 2015 sonicstate

"We got to visit master synthesist and Nine Inch Nails collaborator and live performer at his home studio. It was an amazing place, stuffed full of beautiful rarities. What follows is the first part of our chat."

Big City Music gets a mention after 3:44.

Alessandro Cortini In The Studio Part 2

Published on Apr 11, 2015 sonicstate

"More amazing Buchla instruments from NIN synthesist Alessandro Cortini"

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Alessandro Cortini - BATTICUORE - VOLUME MASSIMO & Upcoming Tour

Published on Aug 22, 2019 Alessandro Cortini

New track from from Alessandro Cortini's upcoming studio album VOLUME MASSIMO. The launch of the album will take place at Berlin Atonal on August 30. Alessandro Cortini will then embark on a tour which includes four newly announced dates in North America – New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland – with a London performance at the Barbican on 19 October, with Suzanne Ciani. Details on the release and tour follow:

Pre-order the album here: https://smarturl.it/volumemassimo

BATTICUORE is taken from the forthcoming studio album VOLUME MASSIMO.
Released on Mute 27 September 2019.

Directors: Emilie Elizabeth + Alessandra Leone
DoP/Camera: Julian Moser
Colorist: Lutz Forster
Dancers: Maurice Jabar Werner + Darwin Stapel
Wardrobe Consultant: Raki Fernandez
Grooming: Carmen Rachel
Special thanks: Johanna Liebl and UY Studio, HvH Studios

Volume Massimo Live-AV tour includes:

30 August - Atonal, Berlin
8 September - Up to Date Festival, Białystok
14 September - Draaimolen, Tilburg
22 September - Rural Festival, Japan
28 September - Sonica, Ljubljana
19 October - Barbican, London
20 October - LEV Matadero, Madrid
21 October - St Paul`s Sessions, Athens
25 October - Semibreve, Braga
6 November - Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm
8 November - Mira Digital Arts Festival, Barcelona
13 November - Good Room, New York
16 November - Midway, San Francisco
18 November - The Lodge Room, Los Angeles
20 November - Holocene, Portland
30 November - KoncertKirken, Copenhagen
6 December - Monk, Rome
7 December - Argo 16, Venice
11 December - Bozar Electronic Series, Brussels
11 April - Concertgebouw, Bruges"

Previous posts featuring Alessandro Cortini.

Everything Ends Here (Alessandro Cortini) // Eurorack, Rings, Mangrove, Bermuda, Plaits, Hermod

Published on Apr 9, 2018 Lost For Words

"I love the video of Alessandro Cortini, who wrote this track, and Don Buchla (modular father) playing this live. See link below. A simple 3 part melody loop with great feeling. I hope I did it a little justice.

In my take on the piece, played on a Keystep and recorded and sequenced by Hermod, Rings goes to ZVEX Instant LoFi Junky. Mangrove and Bermuda play the other two pieces. I use the Erica Polivoks filter and the Ripples filter to bring in distortion with a careful resonance/cutoff balance. Mangrove goes to Ripples then to Pico DSP for additional distortion and crunchiness.

Some sound effects from Plaits are bounced around in the Tapographic Delay.

Recorded to cassette. Mastered with Ozone etc. in Reaper.

Cortini and Buchla :"

Everything Ends Here

Published on Nov 18, 2011 Alessandro Cortini

"San Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2010

Alessandro Cortini + Don Buchla, performing the piece "everything ends here", from Blindoldfreak's 1st EP, 1.

available on iTunes:

itunes.apple.com/us/album//id304187276

and Amazon:

amazon.com/1/dp/B001RK05OS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1235173416&sr=8-1"

IDOW Extended Interview #10: Trent Reznor & Alessandro Cortini, NIN

IDOW Extended Interview #10: Trent Reznor & Alessandro Cortini, Nine Inch Nails from I Dream Of Wires on Vimeo.

"I DREAM OF WIRES is an independent documentary exploring the history, demise and resurgence of the ultimate electronic music machine, the MODULAR SYNTHESIZER. A special edition, 4-hour extended cut is available to order now on DVD and BluRay from http://idreamofwires.org. The feature-length, theatrical cut is set to premiere spring 2014.

-- IDOW Extended Interview #10: Trent Reznor & Alessandro Cortini, Nine Inch Nails --

In January 2012, the I Dream of Wires team visited the Hollywood studio of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, for a joint interview with fellow NIN member, Alessandro Cortini. Through his continued interest and adoption of cutting-edge electronic instrumentation, Reznor's been witness to the evolution of the synthesizer, from the giant unobtainium of '70s modulars, to the digital "how's the piano sound?" ROMplers of the '80s, right through to the current dominance of computer-based plug-in synthesizers. In our interview, Reznor expresses his enthusiasm for the recent wave of boutique modular synthesizer manufacturers, for having "brought a lot of that magic back into the synth world, that got lost in the Korgs and the Yamahas and the Rolands…." Additionally, Reznor and Cortini offer insight into the influence of an instrument's physical presence, and how for both of them, the process of interacting with hardware plays a crucial role in the resulting sound.

http://www.nin.com

http://idreamofwires.org
http://vimeo.com/idreamofwires
http://facebook.com/idreamofwiresdocumentary"

I Dream of Wires is currently available  on Amazon.

Alessandro Cortini performance on Easel at Namm 2013

Published on Feb 5, 2013 Buchla BEMI·1 video

"Alessandro Cortini Live jam session at NAMM 2013 for the launch of the Buchla Easel"

Note this is the first video from BEMI on YouTube.

Update:

Alessandro Cortini performance on Easel Namm 2013 - Part 2

Published on Feb 5, 2013

"Alessandro Cortini Live jam session Part 2 at NAMM 2013 for the launch of the Buchla Easel"

NAMM 2015: In Conversation with Alessandro Cortini [on Make Noise & NIN Live]

Published on Jan 25, 2015 sonicstate

"NAMM 2015: In Conversation with Alessandro Cortini The Nine Inch Nails synth guru gives us a look at his make noise rig"

NAMM2015 Alessandro Cortini Performing on a MakeNoise Shared System

Published on Jan 25, 2015

"NAMM2015 Alessandro Cortini Performing on a MakeNoise Shared System"

Wrangler Sparked: Modular Remix Project

"Wrangler Sparked: Modular Remix Project

(Modular remixes by Daniel Miller, Chris Carter, Alessandro Cortini & more. Including David Burraston Mus IIC remix on the Hinton Muisc Lab!). Release date: 24/6/2016

Limted 750 copies double vinyl LP + CD"

"Wrangler’s new remix album features 11 modular synthesizer re-workings of tracks from their 2014 debut album, LA Spark.

Featuring remixes by the likes of Mute founder & The Normal’s Daniel Miller, Chris Carter from Chris & Cosey, Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails) and Scanner, all the artists were sent the same original proposal by Wrangler at the start of the project: ‘Wrangler would like to ask you to submit an experimental piece of music for inclusion on an album entitled Modular Remix. The idea is very simple. We provide some basic stems from a track selected by you from our debut album LA Spark and you add whatever sounds you like - the only rule being that you use just one analog modular synthesiser system of your choice. We've approached you because we admire your passion and commitment to electronic music, and we hope you will be interested in taking part.’

The result is an album which flows across four sides of vinyl, from the locked down electro-dancefloor rhythm of Daniel Miller’s ‘Theme From Wrangler’, through the darker, brutalist shapes of Chris Carter’s eight minute ‘Lava Land’ opus and into schizo-synth pop (Dean Honer – I Monster, Eccentronic Research Council), abstract ambient beauty (Alessandro Cortini), dark dub (Solvent) and finally the brooding 14 minute masterpiece of Wrangler’s own remix, ‘Theme Meme’.

01 - Abul Mogard - Mus IIC

02 - Daniel Miller - Theme From Wrangler
03 - Steve Moore - Harder

04 - Scanner - LA Spark

05 - Chris Carter - Lava Land

06 - Dean Honer - Space Ace

07 - Alessandro Cortini - Modern World
08 - Benge - Peace & Love

09 - Solvent - Harder

10 - David Burraston - Mus IIC

11 – Wrangler - Theme Meme"

One track from the release on Vimeo:


Wrangler / Theme From Wrangler [Daniel Miller mix] from disco_r.dance on Vimeo.

Theme From Wrangler [Daniel Miller mix]

taken from the "Sparked, Modular Remix Project"

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Resta by Alessandro Cortini (New Song) Featuring the Buchla Music Easel

Published on Jun 16, 2013 DrOne Drone·105 videos

Another track off of the upcoming release by Alessandro Cortini featuring the Buchla Music Easel.

Follow-up to:
Gloria by Alessandro Cortini on Buchla Music Easel
1st Tracks from Alessandro Cortini's Upcoming All Buchla Music Easel LP

Alessandro Cortini & Richard Devine - Trash_Audio & Xarts Synth Meet 9

Trash audio synth meet 9: Act 1 - Richard Devine from Attack Sustain on Vimeo.

Trash Audio synth meet 9: Act 2 - Alessandro Cortini from Attack Sustain on Vimeo.

Trash Audio synth meet 9: Act 3 - Alessandro Cortini & Richard Divine improv duet. from Attack Sustain on Vimeo.

YouTube Uploaded by tukon4 on Apr 4, 2011

"This is the first half of Alessandro Cortini & Richard Devine's performance at Trash_Audio's & Xarts Synth Meet 9 in Chicago on April 3rd, 2011. Visuals by Johnny Woods on an LZX system."

via TRASH_AUDIO

TRASH AUDIO Synth Event Peformance Videos

TRASH AUDIO Synth Event 12-July 29,2012

YouTube Published on Jul 31, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Short compilation of video clips from Trash Audio Synth Event 12. Rob Lowe(Lichens),Keith Fullerton Whitman,Alessandro Cortini, and Richard Devine."

TA Synth Event Performance Videos at the Empty Bottle by seijinlee

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by seijinlee

Playlist in order of appearance:
Keith Fullerton Whitman at the Empty Bottle
Lichens at the Empty Bottle 1 2
Lichens at the Empty Bottle 2 2
Alessandro Cortini at the Empty Bottle 1 2
Alessandro Cortini at the Empty Bottle 2 2
Richard Devine at the Empty Bottle 1 2
Richard Devine at the Empty Bottle 2 2

TA Synth Event Performance Videos by mikecamer

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by mikecamer

Playlist:
Keith Fullerton Whitman @ trash_audio Synth Event 12
Rob Lowe aka Lichens @ trash_audio Synth Event 12
Alessandro Cortini @ trash_audio Synth Event 12
Richard Devine pt1 @ trash_audio Synth Event 12
Richard Devine pt2 @ trash_audio Synth Event 12

And previously posted here.

Richard Devine @ Empty Bottle 7/29/2012

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by bendedavis

http://trashaudio.com/2012/07/videos-from-ta-synth-event-12/

Alessandro Cortini CARTA from FORCE 1

Published on Jun 24, 2013 DrOne Drone·106 videos

"Alessandro Cortini CARTA from FORCE 1"

Another release off of the upcoming all Buchla Music Easel release via Alessandro Cortini.

Also see:
Resta by Alessandro Cortini (New Song) Featuring the Buchla Music Easel

Alessandro Cortini + MATTHS Rig Tour

video upload by sonicstate

"Alessandro Cortini played a rare UK gig last weekend, and regular Sonic TALK panelist Matt Hodson AKA MATTHS was booked in the support slot.

We figured it was a great opportunity to have them talk about their gear selection and approach to the performance.

Alessandro opted for something minimal to support his completely improvised approach, with two Make Noise Strega (these were designed in conjunction with Alessandro) and two 0-CTRL - sequencer/CV controllers, Strymon Blue Sky and Volante all into an Allen and Heath Zone 96 DJ mixer, the laptop runs Resolume visuals for the show.

http://cortini.bandcamp.com

Matths has a different approach basing his set around pre writtern material and re-voicing larger modular rig, with the Knobula Poly Cinematic for chords, 1010music Bit Box for triggering CV and gates, the Expert Sleepers ES-9 running from the laptop for triggers from Bitwig, the Soma Pulsar-23, Beatstep

Matt uses an analogue parallel compression path to give the stereo feed to front of house a more consistent polished sound.

https://matths.bandcamp.com/

We have a full 360 Video of MATTHS set available on our Patreon
and also on MATTHS Bandcamp
http://patreon.com/sonicstate

|--------|
00:00 Alessandro Cortini interview
13:55 MATTHS interview"

Buchla 200e Modular Synthesizer - 111108 by Alessandro Cortini

Uploaded on Nov 11, 2008 Alessandro Cortini

www.blindoldfreak.com

Update: this is 111108 by Alessandro Cortini back in 2008 and previously posted here. I thought it looked familiar. Also check out Alessandro's performance 111108 of at the Knitting Factory in 2009 here.

Three One Synth Releases From Important Records - Alessandro Cortini (Buchla), Eliane Radique (ARP 2500), & ELEH (Serge)

Important Records wrote in to let us know they have three new releases showcasing one synth each.   Alessandro Cortini's "Forse2" was made entirely on the original Buchla Music Easel, Eliane Radique's Adnos I-III was composed with an ARP 2500, and ELEH features an 8 panel Serge modular wynthesizer.
Full details and links:

"-Alessandro Cortini’s “Forse 2” is now available. Made entirely on an original Buchla Music Easel, just like 'Forse 1' but with an entirely different mood to it.

This is a 2xLP and the second in a series of 3 releases we have planned with Alessandro. Hopefully the CD Box will be out early next year. A cassette for our sister label Cassauna is in the works too for his Synthi A explorations.

You can find more info and a soundcloud track here:

http://importantrecords...imprec374
https://soundcloud.com...


Eliane Radigue "Adnos I-III" 3CD - Official Traile Published on Sep 19, 2013 importantrecords

"Eliane Radigue's Adnos trilogy was composed between 1973 and 1980 and is among her finest compositions. Adnos is a deeply meditative work of infinite depth and sensitivity; one of the high points of modern minimal electronic composition.

Packaged in a heavy duty 3CD jacket containing extensive archival materials.

Film & collage: John Brien for Imprec"

"Eliane Radigue’s masterful “Adnos I-III” 3xCD box-set containing a cleaner mastering of the album, new artwork, and an absolutely gorgeous booklet of archival material. Adnos I-III was composed using Arp 2500 feedback paths into multiple reel-to-reel tape recorders. A masterwork of minimal electronic composition."

http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec028

"ELEH mail-order only CD 'For Moussavi Atrium' a studio recording initially created for a recent live performance at Cleveland Museum Of Contemporary Art using a custom 8 panel Serge Modular Synthesizer and loosely based on a composition by La Monte Young."

http://importantrecords.com/artist/eleh

Trash Audio at the Apothecary - NIN's Alessandro Cortini, Carl Oliver, Jason Butcher, & Don Hassler

Alessandro Cortini - Trash Audio at the Apothecary 1-2
Published on Oct 28, 2013 seijinlee·2,636 videos

Alessandro Cortini - Trash Audio at the Apothecary 2-2


Carl Oliver - Trash Audio at the Apothecary


Jason Butcher and Don Hassler - Trash Audio at the Apothecary

Alessandro Cortini's 73-75 Homebuilt Serge

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"Serge 73-75 Homebuilt system. I recently acquired this in a trade. It was built, tested and played by Alessandro Cortini. It is fully working, but he never installed a Reverb tank."

I have confirmation this was indeed Alessandro Cortini's.

Buchla 200e doodles, Alessandro Cortini, and DrumCell

Buchla 200e doodles, Alessandro Cortini, and DrumCell from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"Short snippet of some random doodles with Alessandro Cortini's two Buchla systems."

Strega Musica by Make Noise Music

"Strega Musica is intended to be a free compilation— a gift from Make Noise and a celebration of Strega. All artists on the collection have already been compensated.

"Strega Musica" is a collection of music created with Strega, an instrument designed in close collaboration between Make Noise founder Tony Rolando and Alessandro Cortini. Thoughts on the collection from Strega's co-designers can be found below:

—

"It’s quite inspiring when people connect with your output and your works, making them theirs, finding their own emotional color in them. It’s truly magic and I will never stop being thankful for it.

Creating an instrument that reflects your idea for a vessel of compositional creativity, and seeing it stimulate other people’s creative output, has to be in a complete different level, and I couldn’t have been caught more off guard by it.

Hearing what people all over the world have made with Strega is invigorating and overwhelming!

If all that wasn’t enough, I’m here to present you a compilation of pieces composed on the Strega by some of our favorite musicians and friends: it’s really great to see how each of them was able to make the instrument their own, and speak their own language through the grammar that is Strega.

May you find your own language through it as well... happy exploring!”

- Alessandro Cortini

—

"As a listener, I am forever seeking music that has the ability to put me into an alternate space. Sounds that let me travel fluidly through time, forward or backward. I'm not usually looking to be in the now while I listen, as I must be in the now for most other parts of my life.

As an instrument designer, it makes me happy when people find a process, a patch program that creates a sound I'd not known was possible with the instrument. If that sound connects on an emotional level and takes me away from the now, the listener in me is also elated.

As a musician, I'm looking for an instrument that wants to connect with me and travel. Searching out a future I wish to know, or a past time I've lived. Maybe a moment I never thought about until I played that instrument on that day.

It doesn't matter if the sound is complex and never before heard, or simple and universally heard for decades.

As a listener, I traveled fluidly through time as Strega Musica played.

As an instrument designer, I was surprised by the sounds these artists achieved.
As a musician, the Strega sparked in me an energy I've not felt in a decade.”

- Tony Rolando, founder Make Noise

—

"Strega Musica" was curated by Alessandro Cortini and mastered by Stephan Mathieu | Schwebung Mastering

Cover art by Lewis Dahm