Sonoio (stylized as SONOIO) is a solo project of Italian musician

Alessandro Cortini Alessandro Cortini (born 24 May 1976) is an Italian musician best known for his work with the American industrial band Nine Inch Nails. He plays modular synthesizers, keyboards, guitar, and bass guitar. Cortini is the first Italian inducted ...

, best known as the keyboardist for

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' touring lineup and as a member of Modwheelmood. The name of the alternative rock/electronic project comes from the Italian phrase "sono io", which means "I am".

Career

On July 28, 2010, Cortini released four free tracks from an upcoming album, ''Blue'', which was released on September 14, 2010, in physical and digital formats ''Blue'' is a nine-track album created entirely on Buchla modular synths, and one deluxe version of the album included an electronic synthesizer called the SuONOIO (Italian for "I make sound") which contains samples and sound sources used in the album. On December 23, 2010, Sonoio released a free nine-track digital-only remix album entitled ''Non Sonoio'' consisting of reinterpretations by

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, Big Black Delta,

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, and others. On May 30, 2011, Sonoio released four free tracks from its second album, ''Red''. The album was released on June 21, 2011. It is a nine-track album which is available for purchase and in various digital and physical formats. On September 20, 2011, a remix album for ''Red'' was announced. This was made available as ''NON (Red)'' on 21 December, with a high-definition download offered for a small fee alongside free MP3 files of the album. On September 15, 2014, a new video was posted by Cortini's YouTube account for a song called "Thanks for Calling". Cortini released a third Sonoio album, ''Fine'', in July 2018.

Touring

In autumn 2011, Sonoio opened for

on the latter's '' Gravity the Seducer'' headline tour of North America.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Blue'' (2010) *''Red'' (2011) *''Fine'' (2018)

Remix albums

*''Non (Blue)'' (2010) *''Non (Red)'' (2011)

References

External links

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