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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 UPDATE

The last few weeks have gone by in a blur, especially with the sold out BLOODYMINDED show with Lingua Ignota and Stander (see some photos below), and everything that went along with that. Now we're getting ready for our upcoming show with Pharmakon and Itsi, as well as a couple more shows before the end of the year, which we'll be announcing soon. Anatomy of Habit plays this Friday, with King Buffalo and Dead Feathers, and we've got two more shows booked in the coming months. Azar Swan just announced the release of their new album, which I contributed some analog synth recordings to. You can find more details below. Super Eight Loop rolls on, with six more re-masters completed. As of this week, the new Ensemble Sacrés Garçons album is getting an updated mix and should be getting ready for mastering soon.

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- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L069
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L068
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L067
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L066
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L065
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L064

- Now: Super Eight Loop 001-063
- New: Mark Solotroff "Synth Sketch August 2019"
- New: BLOODYMINDED "Essential Humanity" Digital single
- New: The Fortieth Day "A Mournful Silence" CD/Digital
- New: The Fortieth Day "There They Made Their Peace" CD
- Now: BLOODYMINDED "BLOODYMINDED" LP/CD/Digital
- Now: BLOODYMINDED "BLOODYMINDED" Digital single
- Now: Mark Solotroff "The Myth Of Community" Cassette

- Next: Slogun "This Way Comes" CD (Compiles 7-inch singles and rarities - This will be the final release in the BloodLust!/C.O.S. anthology series)
- Next: The Rape of Angels - a new publication collecting all 19 issues of the BloodLust! noise and metal newsletter/zine from 1995-96.
- Next: BloodLust! Field Guide: Cassette Series - a new publication illustrating 19 early cassette releases on the label.

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I'm 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 adding many in-stock and some rare items, such as test pressings, to 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

Some recent (and older) recordings that I've been listening to. I'll add and remove albums to reflect my listening habits. Some things may linger... I also post things that I'm listening to during the day in my Instagram stories

- Blacklist "Midnight of the Century" (2019 re-master/expended)
- Consumer Electronics "Airless Space"
- Cult of Luna "A Dawn to Fear"
- HTRK "Venue In Leo"
- Iggy Pop "Free"
- Lingua Ignota "Caligula"
- Pharmakon "Devour"
- Prurient "Garden Of The Mutilated Paratroopers"
- Sutcliffe Jugend "Relentless"
- Tool "Fear Inoculum"
- Uniform & The Body "Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back"
- The Warlocks "Mean Machine Music"

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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.

This Friday!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2338182242899335/

Friday October 25, with All Your Sisters, Echo Beds, Moze Pray, Sanford Parker, and Capture & Exploit at ChiTown Futbol in Chicago
https://www.facebook.com/events/934891840220559/

Saturday November 2, with Völur, Vanishing Kids, and Woodman Earhart at Crystal Corner in Madison, WI
https://www.facebook.com/events/794904590985481/

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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.

Thanks so much to all of you who came out to support the intense show two weeks ago. It was great to play in front of a packed room with such energy! Thanks to Kristin for having us on the bill! Thanks, as always, to The Empty Bottle, and especially to Che, for the pure sound! It was great to have Pieter in again for this show and to have founding member Megan Emish join us. Here are a few of the photos that were posted. Our thanks to the photographers/attendees who shot the pictures. Please visit their profiles for more images and video clips

Thousands of Dead Gods in Brooklyn are now stocking our new LP/CD. Thanks to Justin and Matt!

Sunday October 13, with Pharmakon and Itsi at Co-Prosperity Sphere
https://www.facebook.com/events/431134480941541/

We've got some other things in the works for later this year, which we'll discuss ASAP...

BLOODYMINDED "Essential Humanity" (four-song digital single)
Bandcamp: https://bloodyminded.bandcamp.com/album/essential-humanity
Itunes: https://apple.co/2KfP93m

BLOODYMINDED "BLOODYMINDED" (album)
2LP on 180-gram black vinyl in heavyweight gatefold jacket/8-panel digipak CD/Digital
Bandcamp: https://bloodyminded.bandcamp.com/album/bloodyminded
iTunes: https://apple.co/2XILdvM

BLOODYMINDED "BLOODYMINDED" (three-song digital single)
Bandcamp: https://bloodyminded.bandcamp.com/album/bloodyminded-2
Itunes: https://apple.co/2GLG7tg

Our new album is also available from these locations:

Thousands of Dead Gods (Brooklyn)
https://www.instagram.com/thousandsofdeadgods/

NEdS (Tokyo)
http://www.neds-records.com/

Armageddon Shop (Providence/Boston)
http://armageddonshop.com/

American Damage (Chicago)
https://american-dreams.zone/product/bloodyminded-bloodyminded/

Reckless Records (Chicago)
https://www.reckless.com/

Industrial Coast (UK)
https://industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/bloodyminded-2xlp

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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, which you can stream here:
https://intrinsicaction.bandcamp.com/album/intrinsic-action-iugula-thor-ensemble-sacr-s-gar-ons

Ensemble Sacrés Garçons T-Shirts are in stock:

http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/ensemble-sacres-garcons-t-shirt
GREY ink on BLACK T-shirts - This is the design that was sold at the Ensemble Sacrés Garçons concert in April 2019 at Ligera in Milan, Italy.

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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.

We recently delivered a new master to Sergio Sanchez at Ruido Horrible in Mexico City and we're currently working with him on artwork and packaging design. More news soon...

The Fortieth Day "A Mournful Silence" CD/Digital
Bandcamp: https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/a-mournful-silence
BloodShop: http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-fortieth-day-a-mournful-silence-cd
iTunes: https://apple.co/2XoL2dk

The Fortieth Day "There They Made Their Peace" CD
Bandcamp: https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/there-they-made-their-peace
BloodShop: http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-fortieth-day-there-they-made-their-peace-cd
iTunes: https://apple.co/2IZ4F1s

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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.

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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.)

Artwork for our new release is in development. Here's a teaser that Jonathan recently posted:

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MARK SOLOTROFF

Just announced:

Azar Swan "The Hissing of a Paper Crane"
https://azarswan.bandcamp.com/album/the-hissing-of-a-paper-crane

"The Hissing of a Paper Crane" will be released on October 25th via Primal Architecture Records. Explorations of a scorched Earth, a bleak cartography of disappearance and mourning. Six tracks of doom electronics and unforgiving industrial beats. Featuring collaborative contributions from Mark Solotroff (BLOODYMINDED, Anatomy of Habit), Terence Hannum (Locrian, The Holy Circle), Doug Moore (Pyrrhon), Paige A. Flash (Cult of Youth), Thomas Boettner (Straight Panic), Justin Blaire Vial (Kindest Lines), and Ed Strohsahl (Billie Davies). Mixed by Kris Lapke (Alberich, Prurient) / Artwork by Alexandra Desipris

Mark Solotroff "Synth Sketch August 2019"
FREE DOWNLOAD (AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME)
https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/synth-sketch-august-2019

I recently remixed The Body's song "Denial Of The Species" for their new remix album, which is now available to pre-order from Thrill Jockey:

The Body "Remixed"
http://www.thrilljockey.com/products/remixed

Mark Solotroff "The Myth Of Community" Cassette
- Hand-numbered edition of 50 copies
- C-60
- Packaged in a 5" x 7" poly clam shell album
- Color wraparound cover
- 1-inch pin
- Download code
https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/the-myth-of-community

Digital:

Bandcamp: https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/the-myth-of-community
Itunes: https://apple.co/2I4Qfyr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KKQnWF
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2I0w7Nz
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2HYK52E
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2I2fSjd

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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.

Here are the latest recordings: