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

NOVEMBER 22, 2019 UPDATE

BLOODYMINDED is playing a SOLD OUT show tomorrow night at at the International Museum of Surgical Science with Burial Hex and NIKA (Zola Jesus). After that, we have one more show this year, in our birthplace, Brooklyn, as part of a really potent lineup. Anatomy of Habit will be taking a break from shows in order to focus on finally tackling our new album. The new Nightmares release will finally be heading off to be manufactured as the music is mastered and the artwork and design is locked in. Over the past month, I've been going non-stop with the Super Eight Loop re-masters and I've completed 14 more, since my last update. The end is near!

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- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L092
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L091
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L090
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L089
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L088
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L087
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L086
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L085
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L084
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L083
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L082
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L081
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L080
- New: Super Eight Loop - S8L079

- Now: Super Eight Loop 001-078
- Now: BLOODYMINDED "Essential Humanity" Digital single
- Now: The Fortieth Day "A Mournful Silence" CD/Digital
- Now: 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

- The Body "Remixed"
- Exhumed Corpse "Obsession"
- Fetid "Steeping Corporeal Mess"
- Mizmor "Cairn"
- Mortiferum "Disgorged From Psychotic Depths"
- Opium Lord "Vore"
- Phrenelith "Desolate Landscape"
- Sunn O))) "Pyroclasts"
- Swans "Leaving Meaning"
- Teitanblood "The Baneful Choir"
- Tindersticks "No Treasure But Hope"
- Vastum "Official Purge"

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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.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our last two shows, in Chicago and Madison. We'll have some news soon regarding next steps on our forthcoming album... Here are a few photos from Madison:

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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.

SOLD OUT! Saturday November 23, 2019, with Burial Hex and NIKA at International Museum of Surgical Science: https://www.facebook.com/events/1112446518958695/

Our final show of the year is on Saturday December 14, 2019, with Rectal Hygienics, Pharmakon, Shredded Nerve and DJ Nikki Sneakers, at Apartment 202 in Brooklyn, NY:
https://www.facebook.com/events/544012243065374/

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

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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.)

The new Nightmares release, "Sub-Sonic Language Transmission," is finally ready for manufacturing. The music is mastered and all of the art and design elements are complete. Barring any delays caused by the worldwide shortage of gamma ferric oxide, we anticipate an early 2020 release. We'll follow up with details on packaging, etc., soon...

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MARK SOLOTROFF

I'm slowly working on some new music that is an evolution of my last several releases from 2017-19, that combines synth, environmental sounds, etc., and that I hope to present in a live setting in 2020. Stay tuned...

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.

As mentioned, I've been working hard on the remasters this past month. As I'm closing in on 100, I'm planning on announcing "what's next" in an upcoming update. Until then, here are the latest recordings: