SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS PLAYS THE SODALITY - ROMAN GOLD

Artwork by Bruno Richard (Reposting from Sshe Retina Stimulants) SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS PLAYS THE SODALITY - ROMAN GOLD It’s 2013 and, 25 years since the release of Beyond Unknown Pleasures, The Sodality is finally ready to manifest itself on a stage.... Andrea Cernotto is now directing and masterminding a new incarnation, where Mark Solotroff is taking care of vocals, in front of the original backing of electronic maelstrom by Eraldo Bernocchi and Paolo L. Bandera... in a gesture of Grand Guignol theatrics, the selected event is the Destination Morgue festival, at the Closer club in Roma... the actual performance takes place on January 4, 2014 and is a beautiful showcase of noise orchestration and extreme narrative... as usual, the festival is accompanied by a compilation, which includes also a brand new track, with SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS (“SRS”, i.e. Paolo) re-configuring the current Sodality state of mind, using special vocal contributions by Andrea, Mark and Eraldo. Fast forward to 2020 and its Spring lockdown... in the expanded time dimension of this very peculiar period, the 2013 studio material and the 2014 (partial) live recordings take an entirely new meaning, calling for a broader perspective in order to really get as deep and as high as possible... with the full blessing of Andrea, Eraldo and Mark , SRS / Paolo immerses himself in the historical material and, besides enhancing the live sonics and re-opening the 2013 vocals, creates also new “mixes” of some of the 80’s and 90’s original Sodality blasts. The end result is “SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS PLAYS THE SODALITY - ROMAN GOLD”, a contemporary and individual point of view of a truly collaborative history of excess and passion ... a 2021 angle for some unique moments from the past. Available in a numbered CDr edition of 40 copies - and download - exclusively via the Sshe Retina Stimulants Bandcamp page: https://ssheretinastimulants.bandcamp.com/album/sshe-retina-stimulants-plays-the-sodality-roman-gold       http://marksolotroff.com http://www.facebook.com/solotroff http://www.instagram.com/marksolotroff http://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/

Sshe Retina Stimulants plays The Sodality (feat. Mark Solotroff)

New studio track recorded for the Destination Morgue VII compilation, on the occasion of the very first live performance by The Sodality, in Rome, January 4, 2014.  Featuring Andrea Cernotto, Eraldo Bernocchi and Mark Solotroff:

Sshe Retina Stimulants posted photos of The Sodality

An initial photo set of The Sodality, here: http://colloidalsemantika.blogspot.it/2014/01/the-sodality-destination-morgue-vii-in.html

Mark Solotroff to perform with The Sodality

Andrea Cernotto of The Sodality was one of my earliest contacts in the industrial/noise/experimental world, initially to order Mauthausen Orchestra and other cassettes from his Aquilifer Sodality catalog, and later as a friend.  A few years after our initial correspondence, I was spending a summer in Venice, and I traveled to Milan to meet Andrea for the first time.  I also had the opportunity to meet Paolo Bandera of Sigillum S (and later Sshe Retina Stimulants).  This all set in motion long-standing relationships with several great friends in Italy, and much through Paolo’s energy, efforts and support, me releasing music by many excellent Italian artists, starting with Sigillum S and continuing to Iugula-Thor, Sshe Retina Stimulants, The Sodality, Mauthausen Orchestra, Atrax Morgue, Dead Body Love and Murder Corporation.  Nearly 30 years have passed and now I will be traveling to Rome in a few weeks to perform with this legendary group, The Sodality, at the Destination Morgue VII festival.

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THE SODALITY is considered among the truly original Power Electronics innovators, authors of some of the most striking and unique examples of audio lust and noise assault ever committed to recorded media.

Their 80’s releases (i.e. the BEYOND UNKNOWN PLEASURES album and the ORGIES OF CRIME 12”) are sordid gems of vocal exuberance and surgical overload, revered and feared throughout the hidden sewers of the most brutal underground forums. 

After the 1997 one-off single, CONFUSION, THE SODALITY will grace the Roman arena with a fully-fledged line-up which is going to include Eraldo Bernocchi and Paolo Bandera (both from SIGILLUM S and many other [individual or collective] acoustic oddities [such as IUGULA-THOR, ASHES, SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS, OBAKE, etc.), as well as Mark Solotroff from BLOODYMINDED / ANATOMY OF HABIT / THE FORTIETH DAY (and much more).

This is going to be a really special and historical event, bringing together in a live environment an unprecedented mix of all THE SODALITY’s angles……AND SO YOU SHALL!

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