Label: Mute

Released 2021

SCURO CHIARO comes from a place that delights in the affirmation of life’s constant variations, simultaneously presenting both bewilderment and vulnerability with its sombre hues and pulsing, synthetic surfaces. For Cortini, this is best captured in ‘CHIAROSCURO’, a track whose waning hook draws us in to a sublime eruption of near-dissonant guitar. “It represents the record, where I was and where I am emotionally,” he reveals. “It’s to do with the conscious decision about trying to be positive, of striving for happiness while accepting the fact that happiness is not all positive.”

Track listing:

1. Ecco
2. Chiaroscuro
3. Lo Specchio
4. Corri
5. Sempre
6. Verde
7. Nessuno
8. Fiamma