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| years = 2005-2008, 2013-2025| tours = [[Live: With Teeth]]-[[Lights In The Sky Tour|Lights In The Sky]], [[NIN 2013-2014]]-present[[Peel It Back Tour]]}}'''Alessandro Cortini''' (born May 24, 1976, in Bologna, Italy) was the live keyboardist during live performances by , bassist, and rhythm guitarist for [[Nine Inch Nails]] intermittently from 2005 through to 2025. Cortini originally joined in 2005 and departed in 2008. He also occasionally plays guitar, for example, on "returned as a touring member starting with the [[Getting SmallerNIN 2013-2014|2013-2014 tour]]," "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]," and "also served as an opening act for the [[EchoplexNIN 2014 Japan Tour]]."

Cortini returned as a touring member of Nine Inch Nails starting with their [[NIN 2013-2014|2013-2014 tour]] and also served as an opening act for the [[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]]. He has also been part of the [[How To Destroy Angels]] live lineup, contributing bass, synthesizers , and vocals. On November 7, 2020, Cortini and NIN were inducted into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]].

While briefly teaching at the Musicians Institute, he saw an ad for open auditions for Nine Inch Nails; after impressing [[Trent Reznor]] in his audition, he was brought on board to form the live band for the 2005 [[Live: With Teeth]] tour and has been a member of the band ever since. On December 13th13, 2008, Cortini posted a blog on Modwheelmood's MySpace account stating that he is was leaving the band and that the other members had known of his decision for some time. Cortini has shared songwriting credits with Reznor for several songs on ''[[Ghosts I-IV]]'' and "[[The Eater Of Dreams]]". He appears in returned to the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|NIN music videos]] orbit in 2013 by writing and remixing for "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]" HTDA and "[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]"joining the HTDA live line-up. In 2017, he appeared as part of Nine Inch Nails (in this case consisting of Trent ReznorHe then rejoined NIN live, starting with the [[Robin Finck]], [[Mariqueen Maandig]], [[Atticus Ross]], Cortini and Joey Castillo of [[Queens Of The Stone AgeNIN 2013 Festival Tour]]) in an episode of the reboot of ''Twin Peaks''.

Cortini is also the frontman of Los Angeleshas shared songwriting credits with Reznor for several songs on ''[[Ghosts I-area band IV]]'' and "[[modwheelmoodThe Eater Of Dreams]], which he leads with Hillstrom". The band is signed to fellow He appears in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|NIN bandmate music videos]] for "[[Aaron NorthThe Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]] " and Travis Keller's record label"[[Survivalism (song)|Survivalism]]". In 2017, he appeared as part of Nine Inch Nails (in this case consisting of Trent Reznor, [[Robin Finck]], [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]], Buddyhead. Prior to forming modwheelmood[[Atticus Ross]], Cortini acted as touring guitarist for and Joey Castillo of [[Queens Of The Stone Age]]) in an episode of ''Twin Peaks: The Mayfield FourReturn''.

Cortini was the frontman of Los Angeles-area band [[modwheelmood]], which is a collaboration with Hillstrom. The band was signed to former NIN bandmate [[Aaron North]] and Travis Keller's record label, Buddyhead. Prior to forming modwheelmood, Cortini acted as touring guitarist for The Mayfield Four. In 2010, Alessandro started his solo-project called [[Related_bands_and_artists#SONOIO|SONOIO]] (from "sono io", which is the Italian for "it's me"). Its first album, ''Blue'', was released in 2010 and was followed by a remix album. The second album, ''Red'', was released in 2011 and again followed by a remix album. Alessandro composed The third album, ''Fine'', was released in 2018 and was announced as the final SONOIO album. [https://music.mxdwn.com/2018/06/07/news/alessandro-cortini-announces-final-sonoio-album-fine-for-july-2018-release/] Cortini stated that he ended SONOIO because it was no longer fun, it didn't do well financially, and he wanted to focus on instrumental music. [https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/dctmr9/comment/f2bph3j/] Cortini began creating instrumental music under his own name in late 2012, composing using a Buchla Music Easel in late 2012 and released releasing the material through Important Records in 2013. ''Forse'', meaning "maybe" In in Italian, is a series of three double LP releases , followed by a CD box set containing all three volumes.  In 2026, following the initial European and North American legs of the [[Peel It Back Tour]], Cortini announced a solo date on March 15, 2026, conflicting with a [[2026/03/15 San Francisco, CA|NIN date in San Francisco]]. He followed up with an Instagram story featuring a quoted passage about concerns with "remaining within a project with no possibility of development", seemingly confirming his departure from the band. Cortini currently resides in the Los Angeles area Portugal with his dog family and three a herd of cats.

<blockquote>"My first thought when Alessandro walked in was that he didn't look like what I had in mind. His presence was intense but gentle, not the '"I'm gonna attack you' " energy fans might associate with NIN. Then he started, and within 30 seconds I was like ', "That's the guy!' " I never once regretted it. Without taking anything away from [[Charlie Clouser|Charlie]], Alessandro is really into playing the studio parts as much as humanly possible."'' [http://timessquare.com/Video/Music/From_Italy_to_Rock_Stardom]</blockquote>

*''AVANTIAvanti'' (LP, 2017)

*Nine Inch Nails, "[[The Great Destroyer]]" by Nine Inch Nails , for ''[[Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''*Big Black Delta, "Betamax - (Sonoio Re-workRework)" by Big Black Delta*[[Gary Numan]], "Dead Sun Rising (SONOIO Remix)" by [[Gary Numan]] for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Moon_Falling Dead Moon Falling]'' - this remix frequently played live by Numan*How To Destroy Angels, "[[The Space In Between|Between The Spaces ]] (SONOIO SONIO rework)]]" *Mogwai, "Fuck Off Money (Alessandro Cortini Rework)"*Puscifer, "Bullet Train To Iowa (Reimagined by How To Destroy AngelsAlessandro Cortini)"*Depeche Mode, "Before We Drown (AC Wet Mix)"*Depeche Mode, "People Are Good (AC Fool Mix)"

*[https://twitterwww.youtube.com/blindoldfreak?lang=en @AlessandroCortini Official Twitter profileYouTube page]

*[http://wwwsonoio.facebook.com/pages/Sonoioorg/106997592670424 SONOIO official Facebook profilepage]

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