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Risveglio

Alessandro Cortini

Risveglio

Second solo album from the LA-based, Italian-born experimental electronic composer and Nine Inch Nails member

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Hospital Productions
UK Release date
24/07/2015
US Release date
07/08/2015
  1. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Despite such minimal and spartan conditions, Cortini makes his two machines sing to each other on Risveglio, creating remarkably dense soundscapes that bubble and oscillate in their own world
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  2. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    Overall, a stunning masterpiece of darkened synth-ambient, and highly recommended
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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The type of record that John Carpenter would have made if plugged into medieval aesthetics – which is a recommendation
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  4. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    It's music that is alien and strange, but also familiar
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  5. 7.0 |   Spin

    Risveglio’s truest triumph is in the simple way a single sparkling note on his keyboard can transform otherwise gloomy productions like “Ricadere” into stunning, if momentary, luminosity
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  6. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The album feels like a careful study of new techniques, but the end result never breaks into more than a simmer
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