Modwheelmood is led by Alessandro Cortini, currently a member of Nine Inch Nails and by guitarist Pelle Hillström. The two have performed together for nearly six years. Their sound is best described as alternative pop electronica, yet a stimulating departure from the typical laptop based bands who label themselves as electronica.

And what else could you expect from a duo whose backgrounds are so different you wonder how they find any common ground at all. Yet a brilliant balance is achieved somewhere in the chasm separating their diverse elements - between despair and hope, narcotic and elevated, pain and pleasure. You don't know where you're going next, but the hypnotic lure is inescapable.

Modwheelmood is the product of impeccable composition, incorporating Cortini's carefully structured analog synths and loops with Hillström's raw, riffing guitars and sometimes sparkling, ambient guitars - depending on the mood. The experienced duo exercises restraint, never allowing the guitars to overpower the synths, and offering provocative vocal melodies that add just enough depth to create well rounded, richly textured arrangements.