NOVEMBER 6, 2020 UPDATE The main news this week is that my solo CD, "You May Be Holding Back," is being pressed and I have opened pre-orders through Bandcamp. As a bonus, since so many people supported the digital release, orders will include a download of a bonus 60-minute track. Please see details below. The BLOODYMINDED "Live In Mexico City" digipak design is complete and I'll be sending the art and master to the pressing plant shortly. Finally, I'm preparing a large update on BLOODYMINDED, Intrinsic Action, The Fortieth Day, and Super Eight Loop merch, via Threadless, for T-shirts, hoodies, totes, etc. I've been posting some teaser images via IG/FB stories and once I've finished setting up the store,I'll be announcing availability. Take care and stay safe, Mark Please note my new email address: solotroff.music @ gmail.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   Please click here to be added to my mailing list if you aren't already connected. Homepage Webstore ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   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   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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" - Crippled Black Phoenix "Ellengæst" - Deftones "Ohms" - 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" - Sam Wagster "Figurative Texas" - The Warlocks "The Chain" - Wrekmeister Harmonies "We Love to Look at the Carnage" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. Website iTunes Spotify Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Threadless Shop ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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: The newly designed digipak re-release of this long-out-of-print live CD is heading to the pressing plant. We've also designed a companion T-shirt/hoody, which will be available through our soon-to-be-launched Threadless store. 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. Instagram Facebook Bandcamp iTunes Spotify ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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" Screen printed covers are now in the works with Erin Page/Kill Hatsumomo https://erinpageforever.com/ Bandcamp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 Bandcamp Spotify iTunes ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. Coming soon...        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 Facebook Bandcamp iTunes Spotify ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. Bandcamp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MARK SOLOTROFF CD Pre-orders are now available exclusively through Bandcamp This CD is packaged in a four-panel digipak with photographs that I took around Chicago. Because I received so much support when I originally released this album as a download, in March 2020, I am including a newly created 60-minute track, "Privacy Policy," derived from the same sessions, as an exclusive bonus for people who purchase this CD version. Please follow me on Bandcamp to receive relevant notifications from my profile. Mark Solotroff "You May Be Holding Back" (Digital) Bandcamp: https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/you-may-be-holding-back Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2PCefAEqmGnK3EGEB25723 iTunes: https://apple.co/2CI84m7 Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VlDcOR Amazon: https://amzn.to/3i0OXE9 Paolo L. Bandera + Mark Solotroff "Geological Plots And Subway Rifts" Digital+PDF https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/geological-plots-and-subway-rifts Website Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Spotify iTunes ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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.                         Bandcamp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE SODALITY BEYOND UNKNOWN PLEASURES Discogs Destination Morgue VII ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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. Copyright © 2020, Mark Solotroff, All rights reserved.