{"id":12067,"date":"2026-05-12T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ment.si\/?post_type=news&#038;p=12067"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:33:22","slug":"sment-2-corto-alto","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/news\/sment-2-corto-alto\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0161MENT #2: corto.alto"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<div id=\"content-text-block-block_34b585a11496dfbe2c8a42287713c3d6\" class=\"content-text-block\">\r\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re revealing the first artist for the new edition of \u0161MENT!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">corto.alto, a Mercury Prize nominee and one of the most exciting new voices in UK jazz, is coming to Ljubljana for the very first time with an explosive live show blending jazz, hip-hop, soul and electronic music.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventim.si\/event\/sment-2-kino-siska-kino-siska-21685135\/\">TICKETS<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"video-block_daa6a6257ccd03eb7ffb9672cfef8227\" class=\"block-video\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"corto.alto - &amp;apos;DON&amp;apos;T LISTEN&amp;apos; (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQwiEIb4Ocs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"content-text-block-block_9a56b11d5a9309f1fa0328565696e1ae\" class=\"content-text-block\">\r\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Glasgow-born composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer has earned widespread acclaim through his releases on Ninja Tune, winning over audiences and tastemakers alike, including legendary BBC radio host Gilles Peterson, who described him a child of Hiatus Kaiyote and Masters at Work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"video-block_44b95dcf336d93e24dfab278b398b42d\" class=\"block-video\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"corto.alto Trio - Slope (Live from Strange Field)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8E-DwT6T6cI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"content-text-block-block_2be94f0c994d3eed38347189f3d357a3\" class=\"content-text-block\">\r\n    <p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Scottish musician redefining jazz for a new generation.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall, aka corto.alto, has had an incredible couple of years. His debut album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bad With Names<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was shortlisted for the iconic Mercury Prize (2024) and won \u2018Best Album\u2019 at the Scottish Jazz Awards. In 2025, he won \u2018Act Of The Year\u2019 at the Jazz FM Awards public vote with Ezra Collective and Nubya Garcia the other two nominees, as well as UK Independent Breakthrough at the Aim Awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"video-block_ddfa1f00f145a0461311571065d00764\" class=\"block-video\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"corto.alto - \u2018WHODIS\u2019 feat. Mick Jenkins (Official Video)\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K8h1PNU5ct4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"content-text-block-block_85b3b5ef753260d609a29019bab5d4c0\" class=\"content-text-block\">\r\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now signed to Ninja Tune, he\u2019s released three singles \u2018DON\u2019T LISTEN\u2019, \u2018VANDAL\u2019 and \u2018APRIL\u2019, which continue to showcase his natural ear for cross-pollination of styles. The tracks have received enormous radio support with over 3000 plays globally in less than 6 weeks as well as being on BBC 6 Music\u2019s A-Playlist . \u2018DON\u2019T LISTEN\u2019 was also included in the iconic \u2018FC26\u2019 soundtrack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His music is not just a reflection of his time spent as part of the burgeoning and fertile music scene in Glasgow, but equally an eclectic mix of influences that draw as much on his affinity with club-culture and electronic Music, as well as his love of classic hip-hop, soul and funk. Over the last two years, the band played over 150 shows, including festivals such as Glastonbury, We Out Here, Latitute, North Sea, Montreux and Cross The Tracks, along with a sold-out UK tour culminating in playing to 2000 people in his home town at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/corto.alto\/?hl=en-gb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@corto.alto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cortoalto.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bandcamp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventim.si\/event\/sment-2-kino-siska-kino-siska-21685135\/\">TICKETS<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organisation: MENT Ljubljana\/Kino \u0160i\u0161ka<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":12071,"template":"","class_list":["post-12067","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ment.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}