Merzbow and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Alessandro Cortini to release new album
The pair bonded over their shared love of vintage British synth the EMS Synthi.
Merzbow and Alessandro Cortini are joining forces for a new collaborative album.
Due out via Important Records on April 21, the self-titled 2xLP sees the former Nine Inch Nails band member and Japanese noise don cement their enthusiasm for early ’70s modular synth the EMS Synthi, “giving this classic synth a modern workout.”
Cortini is a noted synth aficionado, having mastered the Buchla modular system, while also using a variety of other instruments in his work over the years.
The Italian musician struck up a friendship with Don Buchla around the time he joined Nine Inch Nails in 2005. Taling FACT for a tribute piece to Don Buchla last year, he recalled his first experience with Buchla’s 2004 comeback synth 200e, explaining: I just found myself completely engulfed in this machine in a way that I have never experienced before.” [via RA]
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