June 2, 2024 Update

 

Hello! I'm playing around with the format and content of these updates as I try to get back in the swing of things with more consistent communication. Anatomy of Habit plays in Chicago next Friday (June 7). Mail order will be closed from June 14-26. The new Ensemble Sacrés Garçons is almost ready...digipak CDs are already on hand and vinyl is in production in Italy. We're about six-weeks out from BLOODYMINDED in NY. The Mercury Impulse has an announcement later this month. Yep, there's a lot going on... Thanks for looking! Mark   Anatomy of Habit Formed in Chicago in 2008, ANATOMY OF HABIT has been described as a hybrid of doom metal, post-punk, death-rock, early-industrial, psychedelic, and shoegaze. Although they’ve experienced significant membership changes since forming, today’s band, which includes Alex Latus (guitar), Isidro Reyes (metal percussion), Skyler Rowe (drums), Mark Solotroff (vocals), and Sam Wagster (bass + lap steel), represents their longest-standing and most prolific lineup. The band credits their treasured chemistry to their intertwining histories as friends and collaborators. Rowe and Latus have made music together since they were teenagers, growing up in Indianapolis’ heavy music scene, while playing in the band Still. Rowe and Wagster create sweeping, pastoral instrumental music together in Mute Duo. Reyes and Solotroff are old friends who’ve played together for many years and they continue to record and perform in both BLOODYMINDED and The Fortieth Day. This deep connective tissue contributes to what the band describes as consistently effortless writing sessions and innately unified live performances. Event Page: sleeping-village.com/event/huntsmen Ticket Link: https://link.dice.fm/J5b7b50c5071 We sent our album to Collin Jordan for mastering and we're looking forward to hearing the final results in a couple of weeks! As mentioned, we're preparing a special vinyl edition, and our friend and designer Jonathan Canady has already started working on LP elements. Website Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Spotify   BLOODYMINDED BLOODYMINDED is a heavy electronic band, formed in New York, in 1995, after the dissolution of the pioneering American post- industrial noise group Intrinsic Action, 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.   TV Eye posted a low ticket alert, so if you're planning on attending, it's probably worth getting your tickets ASAP. Tickets TV Eye Thousands of Dead Gods         New "Synths Up! T-Shirt - Hoody - Tote 2024 design adapted from our 2021 live anthology. https://bloodyminded.threadless.com/designs/bloodyminded-synths-up-2024-design Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Spotify   Ensemble Sacrés Garçons Ensemble Sacrés Garçons is a post-industrial band split between Milan and Chicago and composed of Paolo L. Bandera, Andrea Chiaravalli, and Mark Solotroff. The three members are connected to numerous groups including Sigillum S, Sshe Retina Stimulants, The Sodality, Iugula-Thor, BLOODYMINDED, Intrinsic Action, Anatomy of Habit, The Fortieth Day, etc. Coming soon... "Sanctification: Seeing The Singularity" Digipak CD and limited edition LP    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.          Our last three albums are digital-only and they're available via Bandcamp and all major streaming platforms. https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/the-salvation-of-souls https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-influence-of-delirium https://thefortiethday.bandcamp.com/album/a-willful-defiance All of our previous albums, dating back to 2006, are also now available to stream.              Spotify Apple Tidal YouTube   Intrinsic Action Intrinsic Action was an early American power-electronics band founded by Mark Solotroff in 1984. https://bloodyminded.threadless.com/designs/intrinsic-action-text-logo-2023-update https://bloodyminded.threadless.com/designs/intrinsic-action-groupies-2023-design Bandcamp Spotify Apple Music   Mark Solotroff Mark Solotroff formed the band Intrinsic Action in 1984 and he's a founding member of Anatomy Of Habit and BLOODYMINDED. His other bands include The Fortieth Day, A Vague Disquiet, Ensemble Sacrés Garçons, and Nightmares. He recorded 100 cassettes of analog synth music under the name Super Eight Loop and he releases synth-based and feedback system music under his own name.        "Geological Plots And Subway Rifts" My 2020 collaboration with Paolo L. Bandera (Sigillum S, Sshe Retuna Stimulants, The Sodality, Ensemble Sacrés Garçons) is now available on CD for the first time. It was previously only available digitally. CDs are initially available via Bandcamp and will later be added to my webstore, as well as my Discogs and Ebay stores. https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/geological-plots-and-subway-rifts UK/European listeners: Please note that Paolo will have copies available via his Bandcamp page (https://paololbandera.bandcamp.com/) in mid-June. "Today The Infinite, Tomorrow Zero" https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/today-the-infinite-tomorrow-zero CDs are available from my various shops, and it's streaming on all major platforms Bandcamp Webstore Discogs Ebay   The Mercury Impulse Stay tuned for an announcement on June 26...   The Sodality Originally created in 1984 by Andrea Cernotto and Pierpaolo Zoppo, The Sodality bloomed under Andrea‘s guidance across seminal works in the 80's and 90's. The project was revived by original members Paolo Bandera and Eraldo Bernocchi for a 2014 concert in Rome, with Mark Solotroff on vocals, and again in 2023, for a live show in Dresden, and new recordings with that line-up, along with founding member Andrea Cernotto.    “Unburdened Underpass” CD https://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/the-sodality-unburdened-underpass-cd "Schmooze & Sleaze" 12-Inch https://thesodality.bandcamp.com/album/schmooze-sleaze Bandcamp   Super Eight Loop MINIMAL SYNTH MUSIC FOR ANALOG OBSESSIVES. Overloaded tape saturation - no FX. 1993-1996, 2005-∞       New "Endless Labels" T-Shirt - Hoody - Tote 2024 design utilizing the vinyl sticker labels created in 2005 for the last edition of Super Eight Loop cassettes. https://bloodyminded.threadless.com/designs/super-eight-loop-2005-endless-labels 100 remixed and remastered Super Eight Loop recordings are exclusively available on Bandcamp     Website Instagram Facebook Bandcamp Spotify Apple/iTunes Amazon (author page) Threadless

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