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corto.alto - SOME SMALL FORTUNE corto.alto
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For the best part of the last decade, Dumfries-born, Glasgow-raised Liam Shortall AKA corto.alto has been in his home studio in the Southside of the Scottish city, cooking up frenetic improvisations, diligently wonky productions and genre-spanning compositions with a close-knit group of local collaborators.
Now signed to Ninja Tune, the multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer presents ‘SOME SMALL FORTUNE’, which finds Shortall at his most expansive and unpredictably exciting, working with his widest range of features to date, collaborating with the likes of Mick Jenkins, Vector, anaiis, Oscar Jerome, Jacob Alon (BRIT Award winner), BINA., Terra Kin and Eriff alongside his longtime Glaswegian band, drummer Graham Costello, Mercury Prize-nominated Fergus McCreadie and saxophonist Mateusz Sobieski to produce an electronic, classical, pop and indie-influenced record that extends far beyond the confines of its meticulous making.
Previous album ‘Bad with Names’ landed corto.alto his first Mercury Prize nomination in 2024.
The album also hit Official Charts in the UK, including #4 on the Jazz & Blues Albums Chart, #19 on the Independent Album Breakers Chart, #25 on the Scottish Albums Chart and #31 on the Album Downloads Chart.
corto.alto picked up an award for Breakthrough Artist at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2025.
The band’s electric performances have seen them sell out two nights at Glasgow’s Barrowlands and London’s KOKO (1500 capacity).
Returning to home soil in 2026 to perform a sold-out regional tour across Scotland, this year corto.alto will also be performing at We Out Here, Cross The Tracks, WOMAD and more, making a stop in Newcastle for the BBC Proms, before heading off on their UK / EU tour.
When in the US, the band stopped by the KEXP studios, performing a riotous live session that gained over 50K views in just two weeks, with viewers sharing their love for the band’s virtuosic performances and raw energy.
‘DON’T LISTEN’ featured on the EA Sports FC 26 playlist- a game that averages around 40,000-50,000 players a day.
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