Italian musician Alessandro Cortini and Australian composer Lawrence English will be releasing a new collaborative album entitled Immediate Horizon on LED Records. This collaborative project is available for pre-order on the Bleep store and platform, and will be released as MP3 and lossless FLAC files or as a single vinyl LP set.
As the Bleep store states:
“Having become mutual admirers of each others work; English of Cortini’s Sonno and Cortini of English’s Wilderness Of Mirrors, the pair were very pleased to receive an invitation to collaborate together. Following a number of months exchanging compositional ideas and materials, Cortini and English met in Berlin several days ahead of the festival and commenced an intense period of rehearsal and arrangement. The resulting piece, Immediate Horizon, traces their shared interests in harmony and texture. It is a work that meditates on saturation and the ruptures that occur when harmonic elements are stacked. Immediate Horizon’s five pieces swell and burst in a perpetual sense of pulse.This LP is a live recording, made at the premiere of the piece, held at Kraftwerk in Berlin.”
The album will likely be an experimental electronic project, blending Cortini’s and English’s electronica styles together. LED Records specializes in dance music releases, hosting artists such as Art Nouveau, Acid Lover and Hardcore Synth Orchestra.
Cortini is best known as a touring member of Ninje Inch Nails and as the main member behind the electronica outfit SONOIO. The final SONOIO album, Fine, was released earlier this year. In March, Cortini also had collaboration with Black Moth Super Rainbow for a limited edition 7″ vinyl record.
The artist has explained that his tenure with Nine Inch Nails was very formative on his collaboration style and his live performances. He described his performances with Reznor as a “personality test,” during an interview with Stray Landings earlier this year.
“It was less about what I could do and more about what I was like, because in reality, it’s quite a small fraction of time you spend playing music together, compared to just being around each other and interacting,” Cortini explained in the interview. “That said, my priority was always on taking what Trent had done in the studio and rendering that live, and embellishing it. From day one, I was trying to use my abilities to make the band shine more. That led to working in the studio together too, which was a lot of fun.”
He then goes on to add:
“And there, I really emphasised learning about synthesis and sound, rather than just becoming a better keyboard player. And I learnt so much from him too. Trent is very good at what he does, because he’s being himself. He’s fulfilling the role of Trent Reznor, so of course he’s fucking great at it! We’re actually going to back back together for a tour at the end of this month, so I’m ecstatic to be back with them, and hang out and joke and fart. Just to put something not too important in the interview, there will be a little bit of farting [laughs].”
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