BloodLust! is pleased to announce the release of the seventh entry in a
series of digital re-releases of recordings by The Fortieth Day. This
is the re-mastered version of an out-of-print cassette that was
released in 2007 in an edition of 50 copies. The new CD features bonus
tracks created by Sshe Retina Stimulants that did not appear on the
cassette. The original recordings were from a live show on WLUW 88.7 FM
Chicago. This was the very first live outing by The Fortieth Day, who
performed at the radio station in collaboration with P.NG5361.B [AKA
Sshe Retina Stimulants]. The live recordings were then processed in
Milan by P.NG5361.B [who is also a founding member of Sigillum S], and
appear here as tracks 2-5. The Fortieth Day is the duo of Isidro Reyes
and Mark Solotroff, both key players in the power-electronics outfit
BLOODYMINDED, a unit known for its confrontational live shows. The two
also record primitive minimal-synth music, exclusively for Wierd
Records [NYC], as A Vague Disquiet. In The Fortieth Day, Reyes and
Solotroff utilize guitar, bass, and synth to improvise "sustained,
withering blasts of high-pitched noise that are as distinct from one
another as spotlights sweeping across the night sky; jackhammer
clatter, jet-engine whines, and forlorn keyboard melodies dart in and
out of those huge sounds with the grace and impunity of plovers picking
a crocodile's teeth" [Bill Meyer, Chicago Reader]. These are
professionally duplicated CDs, with single panel, double-sided inserts
featuring black and white artwork; in jewel boxes with shrinkwrap.;
released in 2009.