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Wrekmeister Harmonies news

Two new Wrekmeister Harmonies items:

Invisible Oranges has a preview of the forthcoming album on Thrill Jockey that I participated in: 

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2013/05/wrekmeister-harmonies-ready-new-lp/

Tickets are now on sale for a very special performance that I will be part of on June 22:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3578264&REFERRAL_ID=twet110900

Reader on Anatomy of Habit

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/05/09/anatomy-of-habit-debut-their-new-lineup-tomorrow-night

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013

THINGS I LOVE / MUSICAnatomy of Habit debut their new lineup tomorrow night

Posted by Luca Cimarusti today at 02.24 PM

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At the beginning of the year, Gossip Wolf reported that monstrous local five-piece Anatomy of Habit had retooled their lineup, and now, five months later, we get to see the refurbished band live, opening for French post-rockers Ulan Bator at Cobra Lounge on Friday night. Anatomy of Habit, a band known for intense, terrifying post-metal dirges and heady experimental rock, have bid farewell to guitarist Greg Ratajczak, metal percussionist Blake Edwards, and drummer Noah Leger (who had replaced original drummer Dylan Posa), and have added even more star power to the lineup.

Guitar duties are now being handled by Indian and former Wolves in the Throne Room member Will Lindsay, a local heavy-metal guru. John McEntire, Tortoise member and owner of Soma Electronic Music Studios, will be handling the drum kit. And the newest addition to the lineup is Joan of Arc drummer Theo Katsaounis, who will be taking over on secondary percussion.

That's a lot of personality and volume right there. My prediction is that Anatomy of Habit will somehow be even bigger and scarier than before. No recorded output with the new guys is available yet, but the band, which puts out their own material, has been releasing a constant stream of music since their inception, so we're bound to hear what they've created sometime very soon.

As for the former members of the band? As I reported a couple of months ago, Ratajczak is back to making noise with his old cyber-grind project Plague Bringer, and Leger has taken up the drum throne with Disappears, who you may have heard of before.

Everything the band has recorded—with their original lineup, at least—is available for free streaming on their Bandcamp page. And in case you didn't pick up on it earlier in this post, it's absolutely excellent.

Luca Cimarusti writes about local music on Thursday.

Mail Order Update + Delays

The May 2013 BloodLust! Update was sent out yesterday.  Feel free to drop a line to bludlust@mindspring.com if you want to be added to the mailing list.

Due to my recent wedding, I am running about 7-10 days behind on orders.  I apologize for the delays that customers are experiencing.  I am upgrading shipping (example: Media Mail to Priority Mail) to get packages out faster and I am also adding extra goodies to try to make up for the delay.

Outstanding domestic orders will be mailed out tomorrow.  International orders will go out Wednesday and Friday.

Thanks for all the recent orders and thanks for your patience!

- Mark

Consumer Package Goods

Aquarius Records on Anatomy of Habit CD

Thanks to Aquarius for the positive write-up!

Anatomy Of Habit is the noise-rock ensemble revolving around the twisted mind of Mark Solotroff, Chicago's long standing power electronics king known for his numerous projects over the years including Bloodyminded and Intrinsic Action. Accompanying Solotroff is another noise icon, Blake Edwards (aka Vertonen), yet even with these two ear-shattering technicians on board, Anatomy Of Habit's impressive dynamics come from the far more traditional axis of drums, bass, guitar, and vocals, as played by Dylan Posa (Cheer Accident, Brise-Glace), Greg Ratajczak (Winters In Osaka), and Kenny Rasmussen, amounting to a steamroller of huge Swans / Neurosis riffs and chugging out lots of bad vibes. Over the past 12 months or so, they self-released a couple of LPs with lengthy tracks gracing each side of vinyl. Both of those 12"s collected here. The first eponymous LP (which was graced with a black sleeve) featured two sprawling numbers - "Torch" and "Overcome" - that both hypnotically build out of interlocking guitar and bass that steadily builds towards a distorted, crushing climax with dexterous turns toward powerdrone sludge. Solotroff, with his years of barking like William Bennett, has turned into quite a deft vocalist with his baritone in perpetual motion amidst the roiling noise-rock, coming across more like a cross between Jaz Coleman and Michael Gira. From the second lp (also self-titled but featured a white cover), "The Decade Plan" begins with a bright ellipsis of guitars that wouldn't be out of place on a slowcore jam from Codeine or Slint before the band launches into a super heavy riff, girded by metal-bashing percussion only to settle into a assaulting groove to further along Solotroff's tales of sex, violence, and their psychological implications. The brutal brooding continues on "After The Water" amplifying their smashed sound even further through the tranced-out, sludge riffs and subharmonic roar. Think Pelican, Isis, Bodychoke, and of course, Swans. Still fucking massive!

New Release: B!173 Sshe Retina Stimulants and Neil Jendon "A Brutal Case Of Glacial Blasphemy" CD

 
Out Now:

B!173 Sshe Retina Stimulants and Neil Jendon "A Brutal Case Of Glacial Blasphemy" CD

Purchase here: http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-173-sshe-retina-stimulants-and-neil-jendon-a-brutal-case-of-glacial-blasphemy-cd

Exclusive new studio recordings from the dream team.

Neither of these artists needs much introduction to people who follow BloodLust! -- Sshe Retina Stimulants has been here from the very start and Neil Jendon has been a part of the live and recorded extended family for several years now, joining some particularly memorable live bills with BLOODYMINDED, The Fortieth Day and Anatomy of Habit. He also has two previous releases on BloodLust! Recently, Neil has joined another band with an LP on the label, Rabid Rabbit, adding his synth skills to their doomy, dark psychedelic sound.

I am not sure, exactly, when the thought occurred to me that Paolo and Neil should record and/or play together, but when I introduced them and watched them converse at a show in Chicago, maybe two or three years ago, the idea certainly clicked. They are, individually, two of my favorite electronic musicians -- and although Paolo continues to investigate increasingly spartan digital set-ups, and Neil always dazzles me with his very analog modular rig -- the two share a sensibility that makes them a great match. Both men frequently take a rather minimalist approach to their sound, and both often exploit a range of isolated frequencies that solidified the concept of their pairing in my mind.

They bring these varied elements together on this collaboration, offering a wide range of electrical sounds, beautifully blended, at times testing and straining the low-end response of the listener's speakers and demanding the that one pay very close attention to their array of inhuman crystalline tones and frequencies.

The two finally played live together, in Chicago, in late November of 2012, quickly throwing subtlety to the wind and blowing the roof off the performance space. It was a treat!