Italian synth master Alessandro Cortini headlines the Ruins. A leading voice in the modern experimental music landscape, his haunting minimalist works tap into eerie, penetrating depths. His breakout LP "Sonno" drew upon states of liminality and edge-of-dream semi-consciousness, calling to mind the unsettling strangeness of empty hallways, vacant offices and icy streets at midnight. Within his at times harrowing explorations can be found a latent romanticism. As with his countryman Caterina Barbieri, Cortini coaxes a quintessentially Italian melodic beauty from a simple intertwining of a few notes. Knockdown Center 21+