SOME SMALL FORTUNE (Yellow Pearl Vinyl Dinked Edition #423) corto.alto
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Description
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 announces “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.
It’s been an intense but rewarding few years for Shortall and his corto.alto project (the stage name a nod to his Irish-
Spanish heritage, translating as “short.tall” in Spanish). The release of his debut album ‘Bad With Names’ saw him
nominated for the 2024 Mercury Music Prize – alongside fellow Scot and now label-mate Barry Can’t Swim and the
likes of Charli xcx, Ghetts, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Nia Archives, CMAT and more – and saw him booked to play
hundreds of shows across the world, including high-profile festival performances and a sold-out UK tour that featured
his own personally curated 2000-capacity “Made In Glasgow” mini-festival at the city’s legendary Barrowlands
Ballroom venue.
The music he makes as corto.alto is never easily categorised. It leans as much on his formal studies at the prestigious
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, as on his time spent as part of the burgeoning and fertile music scene in Glasgow;
incorporating an eclectic mix of influences that draw as much on his affinity with club-culture and all its forms of
Electronic Music, or to his love of classic Hip-Hop, Soul and Funk. His 2024 album ‘30/108’ saw him freely blend genre,
tempo and instrumentation across 30 tracks – one released each day of the month, drawn from a pool of 108 demos
and accompanied by live performance videos – showcasing his flair for fast-thinking creativity, innovation and
improvisation over a more rigid studio approach. Exploring the fertile ground between live instrumentation and
electronic productions and sound design is also a cornerstone of corto.alto’s blistering live shows that – along with
handling bass, synth, trombone and effects – sees him turn band-leader, amongst his crew of hyper-talented
musicians; all close friends and frequent collaborators.
It’s this fresh outlook and a hunger to subvert expectations that sets Shortall apart, winning him a new generation of
music fans unbeholden to any one scene, alongside champions across radio and media like Gilles Peterson, Sian Eleri,
Jamz Supernova, Deb Grant, KCRW and many more.
“If Hiatus Kaiyote and Masters At Work had a child, corto.alto would be it - the future is now!” GILLES PETERSON
- Yellow Pearl vinyl *
● corto.alto hand designed slipmat *
● 60 x 60cm foldout poster / lyric insert
● Screen printed PVC outer sleeve
● Limited pressing of 400 *
*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition
Tracklisting
