Friday, October 23, 2020

October 23, 2020 Update

 

The latest news from Anatomy of Habit, BLOODYMINDED, and Mark Solotroff


OCTOBER 23, 2020 UPDATE

I hope that you're all feeling well. I've been somewhat lax in getting an update ready, and I've been straying further and further from social media. Over the last couple of months, I've preferred to stay busy with preparations for a number of new releases, a couple of which you can see updates on, below. There was also that brief lag in productivity, which I imagine was a natural reaction to pandemic fatigue. Happily, I'm back in gear and working hard on new and archival releases. Thanks to everyone who has supported the latest (well, earliest, really) Intrinsic Action release. Now that it's out in the world, I'm ready to get back to editing live recordings from the '80s and '90s. I've also still been posting lots of Discogs listings, on a regular basis.

Take care and stay safe, Mark


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- New: Intrinsic Action "Early Action" - CD/Digital

- Now: The Fortieth Day "03/30/07" - CD/Digital
- Now: The Fortieth Day "02/20/07" - CD/Digital
- Now: The Fortieth Day "Narratives Of Cultural Alienation" - Cassette/CD/Digital

- Now: Intrinsic Action "S/T" - CD/Digital
- Now: Paolo L. Bandera + Mark Solotroff "Geological Plots And Subway Rifts" - Digital+PDF

- Next: Ensemble Sacres Garcons "Demonization: These Worldly Powers" - LP/Digital
- Next: Mark Solotroff "You May Be Holding Back" - CD
- Next: BLOODYMINDED "Live In Mexico City" - CD

- Next: BLOODYMINDED "Synths Up!" - CD (Live)
- Next: Super Eight Loop - Book
- Next: Slogun "This Way Comes" - CD


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I'm regularly adding items to the BloodLust! Discogs store, including in-stock and extra personal copies of out-of-print label releases, as well as used items and rarities. Please check it out here:
https://www.discogs.com/seller/bloodlustchicago/profile


I'm listing in-stock items and adding some rare items, such as test pressings, at my eBay store. Please check it out here:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=bloodlustchicago&_sop=1

 
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IN ROTATION

Here are some recent (and older) recordings that I've been listening to. I add and remove albums to reflect my listening habits. Some things may linger:

- A Beautiful Machine "King Tide"
- Jonathan Canady "Present Shock"
- Crippled Black Phoenix "Ellengæst"
- David Bowie "I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)"
- Deftones "Ohms"
- Exhumed Corpse "DEADBEAT"
- FACS "Lincoln Hall 2020" (Live)
- FACS "Void Moments
- Haptic "Initials SRH- JCM- AS"
- Iugula-Thor "Sisters"
- Martial Canterel "Objet Trouve"
- Primitive Man "Immersion"
- Rash "Hivemind"
- Slaves No More "The Unravelling" + Sutcliffe Jugend "Slaves No More"

- Sshe Retina Stimulants "Idioms And Separation," "Bakemono," "Kusa'i," "Murked Clutter + Grandiose Punk," and "Black Apartments" (with Uncodified) +  Paolo L. Bandera "Registrazioni Di Campi Tellurici E Strutture Abnormi"
- Sumac "May You Be Held"
- Uniform "Shame"
- Void Rot "Descending Pillars"
- Sam Wagster "Figurative Texas"
- The Warlocks "The Chain"
- Wrekmeister Harmonies "We Love to Look at the Carnage"


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ANATOMY OF HABIT

Anatomy of Habit formed in Chicago in October 2008 and is composed of Alex Latus (guitar), Isidro Reyes (metal percussion), Skyler Rowe (drums), Mark Solotroff (vocals), and Sam Wagster (bass + lap steel). The band encompasses elements of doom metal, post-punk, death-rock, noise-rock, industrial, psychedelic, and shoegaze. The band's last album, "Ciphers + Axioms," was released by Relapse Records.

New Album:
We're excited that we'll be working with Alexandra Lerman, a Brooklyn-based artist - and a dear friend, as we develop the cover art and the design of our new album. You can view some of her work here:
https://www.alexandralerman.com/

Following a couple of changes that we requested, we're waiting for final mixes from Sanford Parker, and then we'll be moving on to mastering.

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BLOODYMINDED

BLOODYMINDED is a heavy electronic band that was formed in New York, in 1995, after the dissolution of the pioneering American post-industrial noise group Intrinsic Action, which was founded by Mark Solotroff, in Chicago, in 1984. BLOODYMINDED’s live shows are exceptionally energetic and are characterized by physical engagement, layers of abrasive analog synthesizer, aggressive vocals, and abundant feedback. In a live context, BLOODYMINDED celebrate and deconstruct the rock and roll performance.



Live In Mexico City:

We're prepping a new version of this long-out-of-print CD, which was originally pressed as a limited tour release when we went to the UK in 2007. This version will feature a newly designed digipak. More details soon...


New Live Album:
Song selection is being finalized for our forthcoming CD, "Synths Up!" More news soon...


New album:
Ten new songs are really forming and band members are continuing to share files and to review mock-ups of rough mixes
. We'll keep assembling things remotely until we're ready to head into the studio with Sanford Parker to work on "amplified" sounds, vocals, and mixing.

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ENSEMBLE SACRÉS GARÇONS

Ensemble Sacrés Garçons was initially billed as a collaboration between Iugula-Thor and Intrinsic Action (with support from Sshe Retina Stimulants) and we released our debut in 1995, on Old Europa Cafe.







New album:

"Demonization: These Worldly Powers"
Our test pressings sounded excellent and shortly after we approved them the actual vinyl run was completed. Screen printed covers are now in the works with Erin Page/Kill Hatsumomo
https://erinpageforever.com/

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THE FORTIETH DAY

The Fortieth Day is the duo of Isidro Reyes and Mark Solotroff, both key players in the heavy-electronics outfit BLOODYMINDED, a band known for its aggressive and confrontational live shows. In The Fortieth Day, Reyes and Solotroff utilize guitar, bass, drum machine, and analog synthesizer to create epic, blackened, psychedelic-industrial drone soundscapes.




"02/20/07"
Bandcamp for CD/Digital:
https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/02-20-07
BloodShop! for CD:
https://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-fortieth-day-02-20-07
iTunes:
https://apple.co/2Adgkti
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Y9lAsUfYzQDiHTYt6SLYX?si=UjTpPGicRUy_zn_4FpRDjA





"03/30/07"
Bandcamp for CD/Digital:
https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/03-30-07
BloodShop! for CD:
https://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-fortieth-day-03-30-07
iTunes:
https://apple.co/3h4CvCB
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4rmmCvqrXuSoB4cxxD7QGx?si=O2p0fdu-RfK8FdVJHaXMZw





"Narratives Of Cultural Alienation"
Bandcamp for CD/Digital:
https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/narratives-of-cultural-alienation
BloodShop! for CD:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-fortieth-day-narratives-of-cultural-alienation-cd
iTunes:
https://apple.co/2xoQzF0
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4dZ4480FOXlL9qT7vxqhHR?si=G5DVxf9hTAO2MABWKLqtcg

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INTRINSIC ACTION

Intrinsic Action was an industrial/power-electronics band, founded by Mark Solotroff in 1984, in Chicago, and dissolved in 1995, in New York, when BLOODYMINDED began.




Intrinsic Action
"Early Action" (1984)
CD/Digital

Order via Bandcamp:

https://intrinsicaction.bandcamp.com/album/early-action
Order via BloodShop!:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/intrinsic-action-early-action-cd
Order via Ebay:
https://ebay.to/3kFkdda
Pre-order via iTunes:

https://apple.co/30FM4R0



Intrinsic Action
"S/T" (1985)
CD/Digital
Order via Bandcamp:

https://intrinsicaction.bandcamp.com/album/intrinsic-action
Order via BloodShop!:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/intrinsic-action
Order via Ebay:
https://ebay.to/3fVR0qC
iTunes:

https://apple.co/2TKgwXX
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4tJRKpz7Mo8nOVULSO0RXx


https://intrinsicaction.bandcamp.com/merch/intrinsic-action-1985-t-shirt

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NIGHTMARES 

Nightmares is the synth trio of Jonathan Canady (Angel of Decay, Dead World, Deathpile, etc.), David Reed (Envenomist, Imvixor, Luasa Raelon, etc.) and Mark Solotroff (Anatomy of Habit, BLOODYMINDED, The Fortieth Day, Intrinsic Action, etc.)



Nightmares
"Sub-Sonic Language Transmission"
Digital + Bonus Mix + PDF

https://synthnightmares.bandcamp.com/album/sub-sonic-language-transmission
The digital version includes a 41-minute bonus track, "A Detachment Of The Soul," which is a decidedly different sounding mega-mix of select tracks from the new album, created by David Reed. The download also contains a PDF of the companion booklet.

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MARK SOLOTROFF

My recent solo album, "You May Be Holding Back," which was originally a digital-only release, was just sent to the pressing plant. It will soon be available on CD in a digipak that features some of my photography. Because I received such great support for this recording, back in the spring, I will be including a newly edited 60-minute piece, drawn from the same sessions, as a bonus download with all CD orders via Bandcamp. I'll be announcing pre-orders when the CD is a bit closer to completion, and if you already follow me on Bandcamp you'll receive a notification from my profile, soon.



Mark Solotroff "You May Be Holding Back" (Digital)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2PCefAEqmGnK3EGEB25723
iTunes: https://apple.co/2CI84m7
Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VlDcOR
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3i0OXE9
Bandcamp: https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/you-may-be-holding-back




Paolo L. Bandera + Mark Solotroff
"Geological Plots And Subway Rifts"
Digital+PDF

https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/geological-plots-and-subway-rifts



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SUPER EIGHT LOOP

MINIMAL SYNTH MUSIC FOR ANALOG OBSESSIVES

Super Eight Loop is series of 100 hour-long analog synth recordings by Mark Solotroff, launched in 1993. Digitization of all 100 cassettes began in December 2018 and finished in December 2019. All 100 recordings are available to stream and download, exclusively via Bandcamp.


                       

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THE SODALITY

BEYOND UNKNOWN PLEASURES

Discogs
Destination Morgue VII

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In response to the current situation in the USA, and amidst the increasingly global fight against racial injustice, I unequivocally state that I am against the discrimination of African Americans. Further, I want to reinforce that I absolutely condemn white supremacy, racism, bigotry, chauvinism, sexism, homophobia and other oppressive beliefs.

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