Mark Solotroff :Strategic Planning Vol. 3" 2CD Out Now

 

DOUBLE COMPACT DISC SET NOW SHIPPING My thanks to everyone who supported the first two "Strategic Planning" 2CD sets! I'm happy to announce that the third and final volume of my new anthology series is in-stock and ready to ship. It compiles all of the tracks from two limited edition cassettes that I released in 2017 ("Vantage Points" and "Connected City") along with 90-minutes of previously unreleased music, drawn from recordings that I made during the same period. Now that this series is complete, I've been working on the follow-up to my 2020 album, "You May Be Holding Back," and I expect to release my next album this summer. The tentative title is "Not Everybody Makes It." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Strategic Planning Vol. 3 CD1: 1. Anthropological Place (14:40) 2. Place Of Loyalty (14:30) 3. Sensing Place (14:42) 4. Places Of Memory (14:36) 5. Actionable Insights (15:00) CD2: 1. Strategic Planning Part 1 (25:00) 2. Strategic Planning Part 2 (25:00) 3. Strategic Planning Part 3 (25:00) CD1: 1+2: Originally released on Vantage Points (2017, C-30, edition of 25) 3+4: Originally released on Connected City (2017, C-30, edition of 50) 5: Previously Unreleased CD2: 1-3: Previously Unreleased --------------------------------------------------------------------- ORDER THE 2CD VIA BANDCAMP: https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/merch/strategic-planning-vol-3-2cd --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO AVAILABLE: "Strategic Planning Vol. 2" (2CD) https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/merch/strategic-planning-vol-2-2cd "Strategic Planning Vol. 1" (2CD) https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/merch/strategic-planning-vol-1-2cd 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