We got to visit master synthesist and Nine Inch Nails collaborator and live performer at his studio. It was an amazing place, stuffed full of beautiful rarities. What follows is the first part of our chat.
Here's the thing I like the most: Alessandro constantly mentioning the fact he doesn't know what he's doing and he's just "playing around". Absolutely love that!
I would watch this if it was a 2 hour documentary... seriously the best stuff on the internet now, nick asking perfect questions on a nerdy level to the most admirable and humble sound designer we have on the planet today. Thanks, cant wait for part 2, 3, 4 and 5 :-)
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This is absolutely awesome. So glad I found it. Even though my music is very different to alessandros he has given me a lot of influence. Love to play him my tunes one day. Thanks for the great vid.
I love Cortini’s experimental, outside the box approach to music. It actually inspired me to splurge on Elektron OT, A4 and MD (within the span of a few months,) despite having no prior experience with grooveboxes or hardware in general. Jumping in the deep end, but having a blast and taking musical journeys that never would have occurred to me on the familiar ground of my iPad production software.
The Elektrons are fantastic, I bought a Digitone as my first... & since then I've bought all the others besides a Machinedrum. I've only given away my Model Cycles & Samples now recently to the other guys I know & work with too, to get them onto using them now. Whatever u do, don't sell off your Elektrons to favour or buy other Elektrons on the way... The more u learn from owning 1 & then pairing it with another... Like u have already done. With a pair u start to really get things flowing & going in ways that hopefully will get u hooked into the Elektron ways, & in the box composition just won't do it for ya in the unique out of the box methodology Elektrons offer instead imo. U will use ya ears & not your eyes more producing with the great grooveboxs & hardware stuff nowadays.
Thanx for sharing Alessandro! I find your analogy of creating music interesting, the turning knobs, or in my case moving sliders, process can be fun:) I love the Buchla synth, I noticed Buchla uses 3.5 mm patch chords much nicer than 1/4 inch. a good thing.
He’s the reason I found CL! He used both on the opening track of hesitation marks. Plumbutter for the rhythm and coco on trents vocals. But he sadly got rid of em a few years back :( love your vids btw!
What a magical moment @ 07:32 Wonderfull piece of music , and the look on Nick's face .;)..can't really tell if he's amazed by it or the contrary , he looks sauer
I think there is a fortune to be made with a re-packaged Synthi/Cat bundle. Each unit ships with your very own housecat, and with time you'll get that true analog cat-fur-in-the-circuitry mojo, which you just can't with any 'cat fur' emulator.
