Mark Solotroff
Exhumed Corpse
Starvation Cage
Black Triangle Badge
Join us to celebrate the Black Friday Record Store Day release of Power to Consume, a double-album tribute to Lou Reed's seminal Metal Machine Music. Headlining the evening is Mark Solotroff, performing in support of his contribution to this landmark release from Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. Solotroff's decades-long journey through underground music explores the depths of sound with analog synthesizers and voice, as the founder of projects like Anatomy of Habit and BLOODYMINDED. His solo work is a sonic landscape of bass-heavy synth compositions that reflect on modern themes of grief and isolation. Supporting Solotroff are three compelling Chicago-based artists. Exhumed Corpse, the solo project of Sam Dour, takes you on a slow-motion descent into subsonic dread with bleak, dark industrial soundscapes built from decaying tape loops and salvaged audio equipment. Black Triangle Badge, the solo work of audio engineer Kenny Rasmussen, crafts unpredictable soundtracks of unease that reflect a world plagued by fascism and hate. Finally, Starvation Cage will deliver a violent, percussive, and unrelenting performance, drawing from the primal brutality of combat sports and the chaos of everyday existence. Prepare for an evening of powerful, uncompromising sound.
$15 / $10 - Tickets Available at the Door
Artist Bios
Mark Solotroff has been active in underground music for decades, using analog synthesizers and voice to explore themes of space, movement, and emotional resonance. He’s the founder of Anatomy of Habit, BLOODYMINDED, and Intrinsic Action, and has collaborated with a wide range of artists across metal, noise, and experimental genres. His solo work often pairs bass-heavy synth compositions with stark urban photography, reflecting on grief, isolation, and the disconnection of modern life. For Solotroff, sound is a personal tool—for processing experience, navigating environments, and connecting with others.
https://marksolotroff.com
https://www.instagram.com/marksolotroff
https://www.facebook.com/solotroff
https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qzS0Txu14VyMELnNLjspk
Exhumed Corpse is the sonic alias of Sam Dour, a Chicago-based artist originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Operating in the shadows of bleak, dark industrial, Exhumed Corpse conjures soundscapes built from minimal bass synths, decaying tape loops, and salvaged audio test lab equipment. The result is a slow-motion descent into subsonic dread—bass frequencies drift in and out of audibility like distant seismic events, while metallic clangs, steam hisses, and rhythmic machinery echo from some forgotten factory floor. Rumors of scorched subwoofers and smoldering power amps aren’t exaggerated. This is music for fans of nothing.
https://www.instagram.com/sam_dour
https://exhumedcorpse.bandcamp.com/
After decades of collaborative work with fellow musicians—as both an audio engineer and bandmate—Kenny Rasmussen has begun stepping out of the shadows with his solo project, Black Triangle Badge. Inspired, perhaps, by late-night drives delivering food across Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rasmussen draws from audio sources both mutated and direct. His sonic palette is as unpredictable and eclectic as the nighttime city streets themselves, crafting soundtracks of unease that reflect a world increasingly plagued by fascism, ignorance, and toxic hate.
Starvation Cage is a harsh noise project born in California in 2021 and now rooted in Chicago’s underground. Drawing from the primal brutality of combat sports and the relentless chaos of everyday existence, Starvation Cage crafts sonic environments where the body and psyche are pushed to their breaking point. The sound is violent, percussive, and unrelenting—noise wielded like a weapon, each blast a strike, each texture a bruise.
https://starvationcagenoise.bandcamp.com/