August 8, 2025 Update

 

Hello! Thanks to everyone who came out to support BLOODYMINDED's "unofficial 30th anniversary" show! Look at us now. Our furious five Chicago line-up (Isidro, James, Mark, Megan, and Will) was augmented by our longtime friend, Jonathan Canady (Deathpile, Dead World, Nightmares, etc.), who did vocals with us on "Bound to Die," his song on "True Crime." We were so pleased to have him (and Suzie) with us! Thanks to our dear family and friends for their great support! Thanks to Primitive Man, whose ongoing support is much appreciated. Their set was pulverizing! Thanks to our friends, Huntsmen, for their heavy and beautiful set. Thanks to Beat Kitchen for having us back. Thanks to Kickstand Productions and Empire Shows for working with us again. Love to Pieter and Xavier, who we missed greatly. +++++ If you're looking for t-shirts, I recommend checking out my Threadless site. As mentioned, I'm letting my on-hand stock of many designs sell out. Along with Bandcamp, you can always buy vinyl, CDs, cassettes, etc., for my solo work and all my bands from my webstore which is up-to-date with in-stock items. I also have any BloodLust! releases that are still available there. I'm also maintaining a Discogs store (all in-stock releases, select out of stock items, rarities, etc.) and an eBay profile (all in-stock releases). As always, thanks for reading! Mark   PLAYLIST Here are some things I've been listening to, in alphabetical order:   Amorous Sickness "Modern Antipathies" Burndy "S/T" (Megan from BLOODYMINDED) Caspar Brötzmann Massaker "It’s a Love Song" Chris Connelly "White Phosphorus" Huremic "Seeking Darkness" Mark Stewart "The Fateful Symmetry" Messa "The Spin" Mien "Miien" (not s/t) Mortido "S/T" Osmium "S/T" Ramleh "Hyper Vigilance" Sigillum S "Aborted Towns, The Deadly Silence Before Utopia" Swans "Birthing" Wrekmeister Harmonies "Flowers in the Spring"   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.       "Paired Sentinels" LP + 7-Inch/CD/Cassette/Download 7-inch test pressing approved. Waiting impatiently for a new cut of the LP. Graphic design by Jonathan Canady is complete. No shows currently booked. Website Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Spotify Apple Music   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.   Thanks to Sunnyminded Tim for his great support and for these photos from our show!   Bandcamp Instagram Facebook Spotify Apple Music   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.    For US orders, please visit: https://ensemblesacresgarcons.bandcamp.com/ For EU orders, please visit: https://paololbandera.bandcamp.com/  Rest of world based on proximity to USA/Italy 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. All of our albums, dating back to 2006, are available to stream on all major platforms. A limited number of LPs, CDs, cassettes, and shirts can be found on our Bandcamp page. There are also shirt designs available on Threadless.           Bandcamp Threadless Spotify Apple Music   Intrinsic Action Intrinsic Action was an early American power-electronics band founded by Mark Solotroff in 1984.   Intrinsic Action albums and archival releases, dating back to 1984, are available to stream on all major platforms. CDs and shirts can be found on our Bandcamp page. There are also numerous shirt designs exclusive to Threadless. Bandcamp Threadless 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, The Mercury Impulse, 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. Mark Solotroff "In Search of Total Placelessness" CD/Download https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/in-search-of-total-placelessness Webstore: https://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/mark-solotroff-in-search-of-total-placelessness-cd Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/3628083948 Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156951993466     My contemporary recordings are available to stream on all major platforms. CDs, cassettes, and shirts can be found on my Bandcamp page. There are also numerous shirt designs available on Threadless.  Bandcamp Threadless Spotify Apple Music Soundcloud   The Mercury Impulse The Mercury Impulse was created in 2024 by JR Robinson and Mark Solotroff. Robinson is well known for Wrekmeister Harmonies and Solotroff is best known for Anatomy of Habit and BLOODYMINDED. Our debut album is available on CD and it's streaming on all major platforms. Bandcamp   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.   I have copies of our "Unburdened Underpass" CD via my webstore. All of The Sodality's albums and singles - including remastered versions of all older releases - are available via Bandcamp. Bandcamp   Super Eight Loop MINIMAL SYNTH MUSIC FOR ANALOG OBSESSIVES. Overloaded magnetic tape saturation - no FX.       100 remixed and remastered Super Eight Loop recordings are exclusively available on Bandcamp T-shirts are available via Bandcamp and Threadless   Website Webstore Instagram Facebook Bandcamp Soundcloud Spotify Apple/iTunes Amazon (author page) Threadless

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