corto.alto, AKA multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall, Today, he is back with his first new music of 2026: “WHODIS”, a collaboration with Chicago-based rapper Mick Jenkins. Speaking about the collaboration he says, “That’s why I reached out to someone like Mick Jenkins, who I’ve listened to forever.. I’m entering a different world with this music.”

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 Barry Can’t Swim, Charli xcx, Beth Gibbons, Nia Archives, and more.

corto.alto’s music leans as much on his formal studies at the Royal ­Conservatoire of Scotland, as on his time spent as part of the music scene in Glasgow; incorporating a 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.

corto.alto 2026 Live Dates

31 Mar – Baba Yaga – Seattle, WA – US
02 Apr – The Echo – Los Angeles, CA – US
17 Apr – Cully Jazz Fest – Switzerland
20 Apr – Flucc – Vienna – Austria
21 Apr – Palazzo Permanens – Budapest – Hungary
22 Apr – Korjaamo – Helsinki – FI
25 Apr – Die Sünde (Pop Up) – Weiden in der Oberpfalz – DE
26 Apr – Stadtgarten – Cologne – DE
27 Apr – Gretchen – Berlin – DE
29 Apr – La Maroquinerie – Paris – FR
30 Apr – Hotel Cecil – Copenhagen – DE
24 May : Cross The Tracks (Locomotion Stage Headline) – London – UK
25 May : The Old Market – Brighton- UK
04 Jul – Montreal Jazz Fest – Pub Molson Stage – CAN
6 Jul – Nikki Lopez – Philadelphia – US
7 Jul – Cervantes – Denver – US
8 Jul – Berlin – Minneapolis – US
9 Jul – Schubas – Chicago – US
11 Jul – Festival d’Été de Québec, Quebec City – CAN
17 July – Molde Jazz Fest – Norway
26 July – WOMAD – Neston Park, Wiltshire
25 August – We Out Here – UK

order “WHODIS” by corto .alto ft: Mick Jenkins HERE