The Cedar and Drone Not Drones Present
ALESSANDRO CORTINI with Aida Shahghasemi, Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker
Monday, October 07, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
All Ages
Seated
$28 Advance, $33 Day of Show
This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to our Access page.
For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.
LISTEN
"ALESSANDRO CORTINI @dnit." Video courtesy of Alessandro Cortini
ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Cedar is honored to co-present with our community partner, Drone Not Drones, the debut of Italian musician, producer, composer and instrument builder Alessandro Cortini.
A longstanding member of Nine Inch Nails, Cortini has been releasing a steady stream of his own heady music—perfect for a Dronetober evening in our deep-listening, special space.
ALESSANDRO CORTINI
Alessandro Cortini is an Italian musician, producer, composer, and instrument builder.
Cortini is one of the foremost figures of contemporary electronic music, best known for his haunting, atmospheric work. Alongside being a longstanding member of Nine Inch Nails, he is highly prolific and has released a steady stream of his own heady music on luminary labels including Mute, Hospital, and Important Records for the past decade. Throughout his shadowy rise to fame, he has collaborated with the likes of Lawrence English, Daniel Avery and Merzbow (to name a few). Balancing dark ambience with smokey, pulsing rhythms, his compositions are perfectly restrained, textured and mesmeric.
Cortini was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 through his work with Nine Inch Nails, making history as the only Italian musician to have ever been honored with this recognition.
In 2021, in collaboration with boutique synth builders Make Noise, Cortini released his own, custom-designed, semi-modular synth, “Strega” (Italian for ‘witch’). That same year, he used Strega to build his latest full length, Scuro Chiaro [Mute], which Pitchfork described as “pitched somewhere between purgatory and the planetarium ... consistently managing to thrill and surprise”.
In addition to years of extensive worldwide touring, Cortini has also soundtracked fashion shows including Alexander McQueen, Dior, and several of Fendi’s presentations. In 2022, he exhibited a high-concept audio installation called “Nati Infiniti” for Sonar 2022 at Museu de Lisboa’s “Fábrica de Moagem.” A live version of “Nati Infiniti” is set to debut at Berlin Atonal in 2023.
Alessandro Cortini’s music has been licensed for use in television, film and documentaries, games, and commercials, including FX’s hit show The Bear, “Thank You Very Much” a documentary about Andy Kaufman, Samsung, BMW, Sony, and Netflix. Remixes have also been a part of Cortini’s identity – remixing the likes of Depeche Mode to Mogwai to Death Cab For Cutie, Yann Tiersen to Vatican Shadow, and more between and beyond.
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Aida Shahghasemi, Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker
Aida Shahghasemi is a singer-songwriter with roots in Iran. She has collaborated with music ensembles from around the world and mostly makes art in Minnesota. She has created three albums and is a McKnight music fellow. She occasionally teaches at Minneapolis College of Art and Design focusing on critical theory and dissection of creativity.
Jeremy Ylvisaker is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, teacher, and visual artist who has worked with a wide variety of popular and underground art makers. His music and images are influenced by decades of these disparate collaborations and friendships, distilling into many records both solo and with his trio Alpha Consumer.
Max Ylvisaker is a multidisciplinary maker of things. He is inspired by pigeons, graffiti, dandelions, circuit boards, thunderstorms, the rainbowy backs of CD’s, and his time participating in Guitar Party. He is currently pursuing a BFA in animation at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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