Alessandro Cortini
originally recorded the music heard on
NATI INFINITI
for an immersive audio installation at the Sónar Lisboa Festival in 2022, then debuted it as a performance at the Atonal Festival in Berlin the following year. Created entirely on the Strega synthesizer which
Cortini
co-designed with Make Noise, the album is a slowly evolving work in five parts.
gracefully twists frequencies and applies decay and distortion, keeping the energy strong yet making it feel as if the world is gradually rotting away. The second movement feels the most agitated, like a deep swarm of insects which hover but never attack. Other parts offer an increasingly sour variation on the same mood, and by "V," the final movement, it all coalesces into an overwhelming haze.
is a singular work best experienced in full, and it's some of the most rewarding music
has produced. ~ Paul Simpson