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

OUT NOW: Mark Solotroff "You May Be Holding Back"

https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/you-may-be-holding-back

I had planned to release a new album comprised of synth and field recordings later this spring, following some live performances of similar material. Since my first solo show of the year was canceled, due to the pandemic, I decided to record what I had proposed to play live. In fact, I recorded two distinct, but related, pieces. As I've been working on new music this winter and building on my solo work from the last few years, I've been considering the intersection of urban alienation and human desire. For now, this is a digital-only release.

Mark Solotroff "Synth Sketch August 2019"

This track will be available to stream and download for a limited time, as a sneak peek of some new ideas that I'm working through. I've been thinking a lot about late-night music and sound, especially for playing while reading and writing. I'm increasingly conscious of the need to turn off the television and the computer and to put away my phone after a certain point at night. I've been discussing it, recently, with friends and band mates, some of whom have shared their favorite late-night music and some of whom have shared their own music with me. Similar to my synth recordings from the last two years, this track can be played at a lower volume, so that it has a proper balance with activities that require concentration. I have a good idea of the direction that I plan to take with this effort and I hope to post more recordings soon...

B!190 Mark Solotroff "Radial Communication" Cassette Box Set + Digital

OUT NOW!

B!190 Mark Solotroff "Radial Communication" Cassette Box Set

C-60
Numbered edition of 100
Professionally duplicated cassettes with on-shell printing

A: Utopian Plans (29:50)
B: Attraction Structures (30:00)

Includes:
4" x 4" black and white 100% embroidered map patch with iron-on backing
4.5" x 4.5" black & white vinyl "map" sticker
Download code
Housed in a 5"x5"x1.5" lidded box with map sticker affixed to top

Buy the cassette here:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-190-mark-solotroff-radial-communication-cassette-box-set

Buy the digital here:
Bandcamp
iTunes

(stream below)

BloodLust! is pleased to announce the fifth release in a new analog synth initiative from Mark Solotroff. "Radial Communication" follows "Connected City," “Spatial Settlement Patterns,” “Psychological Mobility,” and “Vantage Points,” which were released earlier in 2017, and is out now, via iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify, and in a limited edition of audio cassettes.

Solotroff views these recordings as possible soundtracks for movement through metropolitan terrains, whether by foot, bike, car, or public transportation. An evolution from his overloaded wall-of-synth-noise Super Eight Loop recordings, which began in New York as soundtracks for walking through a pre-sterilization Times Square, these new recordings are 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.

Solotroff may be better known as the vocalist of the doom metal band Anatomy of Habit (Relapse Records) and the heavy electronics band BLOODYMINDED (BloodLust!), but he has a 30+ year history playing analog synthesizer. His synth work has been at the core of his bands BLOODYMINDED (1995-present) and Intrinsic Action (1984-1995), he has recorded and released 100 hours of lo-fi analog synth music under the name Super Eight Loop, he plays synth and guitar in the duo The Fortieth Day and he is part of the occasional dark synth trio Nightmares.

Solotroff has also contributed synth to several other bands, live and/or in the studio, ranging from a four year role in Wrekmeister Harmonies to guest appearances with diverse electronic, experimental and metal bands, including Brutal Truth, Consumer Electronics, Indian, Locrian and Plague Bringer.

Solotroff is now recording and performing tenebrous analog synth music as a solo artist, with renewed vigor and determination. His bass-heavy soundscapes have been said to unsettle some listeners and calm others.

Mark Solotroff "Connected City" Cassette and Digital

Available Tuesday August 1

B!189 Mark Solotroff "Connected City" Cassette C-30

Numbered edition of 50

Professionally duplicated

A: Sensing Place (14:42)
B: Places Of Memory (14:36)

$7.00 + Postage

Order cassette here:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-189-mark-solotroff-connected-city-cassette

Includes:

11" x 17" black & white poster; initialed and numbered (folded) 

4" x 4" black & white "map image" photo print

+ Download code

Order digital via:

Bandcamp
https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/album/connected-city

iTunes
http://apple.co/2tNySv0

(stream below)

BloodLust! is pleased to announce the fourth release in a new analog synth initiative from Mark Solotroff. "Connected City" follows “Spatial Settlement Patterns,” “Psychological Mobility,” and “Vantage Points,” which were released earlier in 2017, and is out now, via iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify, and in a limited edition of audio cassettes. 

Solotroff views these recordings as possible soundtracks for movement through metropolitan terrains, whether by foot, bike, car, or public transportation. An evolution from his overloaded wall-of-synth-noise Super Eight Loop recordings, which began in New York as soundtracks for walking through a pre-sterilization Times Square, these new recordings are 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. 

Solotroff may be better known as the vocalist of the doom metal band Anatomy of Habit (Relapse Records) and the heavy electronics band BLOODYMINDED (BloodLust!), but he has a 30+ year history playing analog synthesizer. His synth work has been at the core of his bands BLOODYMINDED (1995-present) and Intrinsic Action (1984-1995), he has recorded and released 100 hours of lo-fi analog synth music under the name Super Eight Loop, he plays synth and guitar in the duo The Fortieth Day and he is part of the occasional dark synth trio Nightmares. 

Solotroff has also contributed synth to several other bands, live and/or in the studio, ranging from a four year role in Wrekmeister Harmonies to guest appearances with diverse electronic, experimental and metal bands, including Brutal Truth, Consumer Electronics, Indian, Locrian and Plague Bringer. 

Solotroff is now recording and performing tenebrous analog synth music as a solo artist, with renewed vigor and determination. His bass-heavy soundscapes have been said to unsettle some listeners and calm others. Additional recordings in this sequence are forthcoming.

Mark Solotroff "Connected City" Test Cassette

Poster design for Mark Solotroff "Connected City"

Three new synth releases from Mark Solotroff

BloodLust! is pleased to announce the release of the first three recordings in a new analog synth initiative from Mark Solotroff. “Spatial Settlement Patterns,” “Psychological Mobility,” and “Vantage Points” are out now, via iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify, and in a limited edition of audio cassettes. 

Solotroff views these recordings as possible soundtracks for movement through metropolitan terrains, whether by foot, bike, car, or public transportation. An evolution from his overloaded wall-of-synth-noise Super Eight Loop recordings, which began in New York as soundtracks for walking through a pre-sterilization Times Square, these new recordings are 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.

Solotroff may be better known as the vocalist of the doom metal band Anatomy of Habit (Relapse Records) and the heavy electronics band BLOODYMINDED (BloodLust!), but he has a 30+ year history playing analog synthesizer. His synth work has been at the core of his bands BLOODYMINDED (1995-present) and Intrinsic Action (1984-1995), he has recorded and released 100 hours of lo-fi analog synth music under the name Super Eight Loop, he plays synth and guitar in the duo The Fortieth Day and he is part of the occasional dark synth trio Nightmares.

Solotroff has also contributed synth to several other bands, live and/or in the studio, ranging from a four year role in Wrekmeister Harmonies to guest appearances with diverse electronic, experimental and metal bands, including Brutal Truth, Consumer Electronics, Indian, Locrian and Plague Bringer.

Solotroff is now recording and performing tenebrous analog synth music as a solo artist, with renewed vigor and determination. His bass-heavy soundscapes have been said to unsettle some listeners and calm others. Additional recordings in this sequence are forthcoming.

B!188 Mark Solotroff "Vantage Points"
C-30 Cassette - Edition of 25

Order, stream + read about it here:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-188-mark-solotroff-vantage-points-cassette
$5.00 + postage


Available digitally via:
Bandcamp
iTunes

B!187 Mark Solotroff "Psychological Mobility"
C-30 Cassette - Edition of 25

Order, stream + read about it here:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-187-mark-solotroff-psychological-mobility-cassette
$5.00 + postage


Available digitally via:
Bandcamp
iTunes

B!186 Mark Solotroff "Spatial Settlement Patterns"
C-30 Cassette - Edition of 25

Order, stream + read about it here:
http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/product/b-186-mark-solotroff-spatial-settlement-patterns-cassette
$5.00 + postage


Available digitally via:
Bandcamp
iTunes