Mark Solotroff "Strategic Planning Vol. 1" 2CD Out Now

 

DOUBLE COMPACT DISC SET NOW SHIPPING In 2017, I began recording and releasing a series of analog synth pieces as limited edition cassettes, some in editions of 25 copies, and some in editions of 50 or 100 copies. Some had simple packaging and some had more elaborate packaging. I also made these releases available through all the major digital platforms. This work was an evolution of my overloaded wall-of-synth-noise Super Eight Loop recordings, which I began while I was living in New York, in the 1990s, and which were initially intended as soundtracks for walking through a pre-sterilization Times Square. These newer recordings were intended to be far more nuanced and dynamic. Notably, they are meant to be listened to at a more moderate volume – allowing city sounds to blend into the music – and so as not to drown out voices, traffic, construction, and other day-to-day urban sounds that one might encounter. With these releases, I went back to my familiar method of recording the synth tracks on four-track cassette, and several of these pieces are mixed with field recordings and other external sound sources, to add further personal elements to the music. Late last year, I thought about the interconnected nature of all of these releases and I decided to try to configure them in some new way and in a new format. This might appeal to those who haven't heard these recordings yet, to those who don't listen to cassettes or don't listen to streaming music, or to those who missed some of them when they were originally released. This certainly might fit in with my long history of series, formatting, and standardized packaging. There's also a dual meaning to and an inside joke connected to the title, which some people might get. It's not really that funny, but it makes me chuckle. Strategic Planning Vol. 1   CD1: 1. Utopian Plans (29:50) 2. Attraction Structures (30:00) 3. Spatial Questions (14:47)  CD2: 1. Emotive Issues (30:00) 2. Population Advisor (30:00) 3. Spatial Extensions (14:45)  CD1: 1+2: Originally released on Radial Communication (2017, C-60, edition of 100) 3: Originally released on Spatial Settlement Patterns (2017, C-30, edition of 25)   CD2: 1+2: Originally released on Social Objectives (2018, C-60, edition of 50) 3: Originally released on Spatial Settlement Patterns (2017, C-30, edition of 25) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ORDER THE 2CD VIA BANDCAMP: https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/merch/strategic-planning-vol-1-2cd --------------------------------------------------------------------- COMING SOON: Strategic Planning Vol. 2 Tracks originally released on Symmetrical Spaces Of Communication (2018, C-60, edition of 50), Psychological Mobility (2017, C-30, edition of 25), and originally released on The Myth Of Community (2019, C-60, edition of 50) Strategic Planning Vol. 3 Tracks originally released on Vantage Points (2017, C-30, edition of 25) and Connected City (2017, C-30, edition of 50), plus previously unreleased recordings drawn from these 2017-19 sessions --------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO AVAILABLE: Ensemble Sacrés Garçons "Demonization: These Worldly Powers" (LP/Digital) https://ensemblesacresgarcons.bandcamp.com/album/demonization-these-worldly-powers Paolo L. Bandera + Mark Solotroff "Geological Plots And Subway Rifts" (Digital+PDF) https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/geological-plots-and-subway-rifts You May Be Holding Back (CD/Digital) https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/you-may-be-holding-back