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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the Italian producer is his first for the Mute label.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Ambient, Industrial, Dark Ambient
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Nov 19, 2019The eight exploratory tracks make VOLUME MASSIMO an instrumental masterpiece that adds to an already incredible body of work by the gifted and skilled composer. If anything, it's too short.
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Nov 19, 2019Like a young monster venturing out into the world on its own, Volume Massimo, despite its pretences towards a pop sensibility, is still a beast at its core, but it’s an album that showcases just how much Cortini‘s aesthetic has developed since his early days.
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Nov 19, 2019Volume Massimo embodies Cortini's deep connection with the Buchla. His commitment to melody, though it makes the album approachable, often detracts from the music's noisy (and more interesting) imperfections. Even if you follow Cortini's instructions to play the LP at "a very loud volume," the full heft of his sound fails to translate outside of its onstage setting.
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Dec 13, 2019While earlier recordings like Sonno and Risveglio seemed fragile and distant, this one is far more upfront, with haunting melodies leading most of the pieces, and a steady sense of progression throughout.
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UncutNov 19, 2019Another graceful tug-of-war between sentimental melody and muscular noise. [Jan 2020, p.25]