corto.alto

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Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall, aka corto.alto has had an incredible few years: his debut album "Bad With Names" was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize (2024), won "Best Album" at the Scottish Jazz Awards and was named "Act Of The Year" at the Jazz FM Awards (2025), with Ezra Collective and Nubya Garcia being the other two nominees. He was also nominated in the Independent Breakthrough category at the Aim Awards 2025.

In 2025, he signed a deal with legendary label Ninja Tune and released his new single "DON'T LISTEN", which once again showcases his natural flair for fusing different styles. The track has received tremendous support from radio stations with over 600 plays worldwide in less than 6 weeks and was featured on BBC 6 Music's A-Playlist for 4 weeks.

This is music on his own terms. Music that speaks not only of his time as part of Glasgow's burgeoning and fertile music scene, but also of an eclectic mix of influences that are as much informed by his affinity with club culture and all its forms of electronic music as they are by his love of classic hip-hop, soul and funk.

In the last 18 months the band have played over 120 shows including the West Holts stage at Glastonbury, closing the We Out Here main stage, headlining at Latitute, North Sea, Montreux, Cross The Tracks and on a sold out UK tour culminating in front of 2000 people in his home town at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom.

Supported by Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, BBC 6 Music, KCRW, Jazzwise, Fip Radio in France and RRR in Australia to name but a few, as well as the editorial teams at Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, "corto.alto" has also built up a strong, loyal following in the UK, EU and USA.