Rumination is a state of mind described to be compulsively focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions. Following a struggle with grief, the bereaved often fall into a state of rumination.

As such, "Rumination" is the next five-song LP in the Mountain Man catalog. It’s written as a thematic follow-up to the "Grief" LP, released in 2011 on Think Fast! Records, and it serves as a chronological follow-up to the "Two" EP, released in 2012 on No Sleep Records.

After their formation in summer of 2009, Worcester Massachusetts’ Mountain Man has a short but expansive discography. "Rumination" finds them further developing the experimentation in songwriting that they first demonstrated in "Grief" and subsequently refined in "Two".

Mountain Man - Dust Can't Kill Me

Cold synthpop from Philadelphia, PA. Tape purchase includes a digital download code for use on our bandcamp page. Layout design based on the original design of Theodor Adorno's 1985 edition of Minima Moralia.


[ER-27] Minima Moralia - No Better World

Florian Voytek of The Agnes Circle presents his new synthpunk solo-project under the moniker Second Column. The Corridors C17 offers the first glimpse into Second Column with six fast-paced tracks in a stunning full-color packaging layout.


[ER-28] Second Column - An Exterior

Noise scene veteran Christopher S. Feltner, owner of the Seven1878 label and known for formerly producing under the moniker Kingdom of Sharks, presents his newest solo release, People Are Exhausting. Seven relentless attacks of harsh noise with little to no release.

In his own words, "there are certain things that require a 'real' name rather than a moniker."


[ER-29] Christopher S. Feltner - Heartbreaker

Dark techno duo Dark Engineer presents their third and final EP, III. Four original tracks of dark, industrial influenced techno; their best work to date.

[ER-30] Dark Engineer - Taken

The debut release by The Oracle; two sides of pure analog noise recorded straight to tape by Alex Garcia-Rivera during January of 2015 at Mystic Valley Studio in Medford, MA.

The Oracle on this recording is Patrick Murphy with the assistance of Trivikrama Dasa and Alex Garcia-Rivera. Patrick Murphy used a guitar, a Korg Mono/Poly, and an Arturia Microbrute on both tracks. Trivikrama Dasa contributed bass and guitar on both tracks. Alex Garcia-Rivera contributed percussion and guitar to The Phantom Limb.


[ER-31] The Oracle - The White Car

The first EP Heliotrope by Philadelphia-based minimal electronics duo Flyherder, now available in a proper cassette edition with newly remastered audio. Five tracks as hypnotic and soothing as they are danceable, carefully crafted using with a eurorack modular synthesizer setup, a Roland SH-101, and the flute tone of a Casio MT-68. Includes a hidden remix to conclude the B-side (tape only). Tape purchase also includes a digital download code for use on our bandcamp page.


[ER-32] Flyherder - Jewelweed

Abandos began as the brainchild of Kyle Marchiafava. After releasing a 7" on Bruised Tongue in addition to another 7" later in 2014, the band rebranded itself in January of 2015. Kyle made the switch to use an MPC 1000 in lieu of a live drummer and bassist, as many lineup changes had plagued Abandos from the start.

After stripping down to just an MPC, Wes Russel of Hot Guts was brought aboard to Abandos on guitar; "Nurture" being the first release of their material in this lineup. The style of music they produce in this way is heavily influenced by genres of EBM and synthpunk, with unique character added to it by way of Wes' guitar work and Kyle's vocal tone.

[ER-33] Abandos - One Away

Light Sensitive presents the "Sour Recreation" C36, a follow-up to last December's "Enemy Smile" C20 released on Personal Archives. As with Enemy Smile, damaged tape hiss sounds of black and doom metal are taken and repurposed to create a sort of electronic music that is staked on patience and meditation rather than immediate gratification.

Sour Recreation offers three selections of brooding ambient electronic compositions that evoke a persistent feeling of being chased through the hallways of a morgue. It is the score to a narrative of life, death, and addiction in the Lawncrest neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia, delicately balancing the dynamics of sound and silence in each piece.

[ER-34] Light Sensitive - Soft Classic Anxiety Muscles

The 'Solus Tandem' split is a double-tape package with one C20 by Einzelnen and another by Speaking Parts, two Philadelphia electronic musicians who have played in bands together and now present the debut of both of their solo projects.

All Einzelnen tracks were composed and produced by Luke Larix using a Doepfer A-100, Roland SH-101, and an ARP Odyssey. 

Speaking Parts' tracks were composed and produced by Dan Shields using a eurorack drum kit, a MS-20 mini, and a TB-303 clone.

Together, Solus Tandem is the first physical release for both artists, and all tracks of both tapes have been mastered by Alex Nagle for consistency in playback.

[ER-35] Einzelnen - Alpine Dream

[ER-35] Speaking Parts - Slowly On Your Stomach

'Expedition I' is the debut C16 cassette by SPT, slated for release on December 22nd, 2015, by the IOEPR subsidiary of End Result Productions. It is designed to evoke sounds of two Antarctic landmarks, the Schirmacher Oasis and the Wohlthat Massif. 

Synthesizers used include the Korg MS-20 mini, Roland System-1, and the Roland TB-3. Sequencers used include the Arturia Beatstep Pro and the Audio Damage Sequencer 1. Drum modules used include the TipTop BD909, SD808, TOMS909, HATS808, RS808, and CP909. 

Each track was recorded in one take. The patterns used to make each track were saved to the internal memory of the Arturia BeatStep Pro, but the memory was subsequently lost in a computer backup.

[ER-36] SPT - Wohlthat Massif

Deflector is a solo project of Cameron Potter, who recently moved to Philadelphia from the Boston area in fall of 2015. The project is Cameron's outlet for splicing together sample-based lead lines atop of punchy drum beats. Having just released a sophomore LP "Cryocyl" on tape through Dream Disc, Deflector shows no signs of slowing down as the "Idea Man" LP presents six new trips of glitched-out dancefloor damage.

From Dream Disc: "Potter’s compositional approach relies heavily on traditional equipment for sound creation: Korg ES2, Novation Bass Station, Korg KP3, and a Yamaha MG82cx, however retaining a live human element in its raw nature. There is fusion between man and machine in the structure of these tracks with their stomping four-on-the-floor throb, reminiscent of early 90's techno, yet decorated with loose raw sprinklings of sci-fi inspired samples."

[ER-37] Deflector - Pace Maker

Wort means "word" in German, an appropriately chosen name for this trio of electronic musicians that uses variations of vocal patterns together with modular synthesizer voices and drum machines to create a unique style which dwells between improvisational techno and minimal electronics. Red Hand is their debut release, seeing two lengthier cuts "Stick/Match" and "Swallow Shores" from live sessions recorded to tape along with a four-minute blown out track titled "Den".

[ER-38] Wort - Swallow Shores (Excerpt)

Slow Tongued Beauty is Ryan Scott Kerr; a producer of agonizing, minimalist noise which evokes a darkness comparable to that of the winter nights in Philadelphia. "The Satyr Exit" is a deep, 10-minute journey of punishing low end, leading into the persistent beating of a kick drum and developing with the incorporation of hi-hat patterns. The track in its overall scope is too rhythmic for noise purists but too bleak for even the darkest of dancefloors, carving its own territory which simultaneously pays respect to and rejects both ends of the spectrum it employs. Complex oscillations and control voltages comprise the B-side "Common Veil", amounting to an amplified conclusion of gained-out noise which resolves to what the ear could perceive as the decay of a large church bell. In total, Temptable Desertion is perhaps simultaneously the most focused and most extreme release of the End Result Productions catalogue thus far.

[ER-39] Slow Tongued Beauty - The Satyr Exit

SPT continues in clockwise exploration of the Antarctic with Expedition II, navigating two more landmarks on this C50 cassette tape. Each track was captured directly to tape during two separate SPT live transmissions; the integrity of each remaining intact through direct transfer to the cassettes available for purchase. No post-recording procedures of editing have been employed, such as to enable listeners to experience the audio as if they were present in the audience at the time of live transmission.

On the 28th of January 1820, the first Russian-Antarctic expedition discovered Antarctic mainland under admiral Mikhail Lazarev's command of the ship Mirny. Nearly 140 years later, the Soviet-Antarctic expedition of 1959 named a 90 km long ice shelf at 69°37'00.0"S 14°45'00.0"E in his honor. The A-side of Expedition II explores the Lazarev Ice Shelf with 25 minutes that rely heavily on constructions of delay and reverb in order to evoke the monolithic essence of this geography. Intricacy and redundancy are of equivalent importance on this side, as it parallels this same duality which embodies the ice shelf; from afar its appearance is repetitive, but up close its subtleties take definition. For this reason, "Lazarev Ice Shelf" will reward only those who wish to listen with astute concentration.

The B-side moves onward to the Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, in honor of Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen's discovery of the landmass at 68°55'00.0"S 34°00'00.0"E on February 21st, 1931. Delay and reverb are also integral here, but low frequency modulations of white noise and field recordings form the essential backbone of "Riiser-Larsen Peninsula". They are structurally timed with deeply filtered kick drum, persistent melody of the MS-20 mini, and droning lines of the lead synth, in order to craft an overall atmosphere which is aligned with the ethereal beauty of the peninsula's landscape itself.


[ER-40] SPT - Lazarev Ice Shelf (Excerpt)

"Berlin Klänge" was conceived by David Stanley Aponte while living in Berlin. "Schneefall in Friedrichshain" was recorded in February of 2013 while Aponte was hospitalized with a broken hip and foot. Prior to that, "Neues Jahr" was captured New Year’s Day 2013 while walking from Mitte to Neukölln through Kreuzberg.

Aponte met with End Result Productions three years later in December of 2015, finding they shared a mutual respect for each other’s work.

The belated cassette issue of "Berlin Klänge" arrives in light of this meeting, released in a special edition for the Dark Matter II event presented by End Result Productions and Aponte’s own imprint Subrealization on 28 May 2016.

[ER-41] FMF - Schneefall In Friedrichshain

The first release of the End Result Productions Summer Campaign 2016 is a C33 cassette tape titled Entelechy by artist PulseWidthMod, the solo project of Baltimore-based Maeghan Donovan.

From the artist:
“I choose the album title Entelechy because I feel humanity is at a serious crossroads right now. We can choose to transform into our full potential and overcome the nonsense; or we can devolve and possibly become victims to some sort of ELE.”

Made available 01 July 2016, End Result Productions is teaming up the following night with the Extra Dark promotion crew to present a PulseWidthMod live set in the fourth installation of their Difference Engine party.

Entelechy

[ER-42] PulseWidthMod - beMORE

The Secret Societies C36 is the self-titled debut of Casimer Oblivion's noise-focused effort, being the second release of the Summer Campaign 2016. Secret Societies uses homemade electronics: repurposed circuits originally unintended for music. Samplers and synthesizers are also employed, along with various other devices designed to receive and interpret the «interstellar transmissions» critical to the project's thematic focus. More information on the conceptual aim of Secret Societies is available through the release information PDF, linked above.

Secret Societies is funded, in part, by the Trixine Corporation, and led solely by Casimer Oblivion. Casimer leads other notable projects Obligate Surrogate and Nearest, and can often be seen producing visual abstractions for events of the rizumu collective at 52hz in Philadelphia.

Product photo is forthcoming; the cassette layout features an allover print of the motif displayed at the center of the square album art preview.

Secret Societies C36

[ER-43] Secret Societies - Scraped Retina

From the German word for “savior,” Retter founds itself upon a thematic focus of Giles Corey’s execution. In alignment with Corey’s steadfast silence throughout the accusations of witchcraft held against him during the Salem Witch Trials, the project positions itself as a metaphor for refusing to compromise in the face of certain death.

In personnel, Retter is composed of Danny Katz and Guillermo Pizarro, with Pizarro handling the electronic textures and Katz handling the vocal elements. Both members recorded their respective components of this release at separate times in separate states, with different engineers behind each side of the album’s production for this reason.

Guillermo’s goal in recording for this release was to create dense soundscapes of short length, a stylistic choice that is typically uncharacteristic of dark ambient genres. Katz draws heavy influence in his contribution from that of Gira in his work with Swans and Wrest in his work with Lurker of Chalice, providing a disturbing vocal track to the oppressively dark soundscapes crafted by Pizarro.

Biographically speaking, Katz is the owner of Dullest Records and Pizarro is newly employed by Noisefarm to create soundtrack textures for film. 


Retter

[ER-44] Retter - Consecrate

Coarses from Cleveland is welcomed to the End Result Productions family with the release of 0x002. The tape follows 0x001 chronologically, which was released as a C38 by Altered States Tapes from Australia in April 2016.

0x001 saw near-equal focus given to sounds of both ambient and techno styles, and 0x002 follows to expand upon this foundation. 'Wristlet' sets a bleak, uneasy tone to the tape and progresses the steady hit of a kick drum with an incorporation of delicate hi-hat patterns. 'Wristlet (Version)' follows by bringing the focus towards dance-tempo experimentation. 'PYTN God' is concerned more with textural shifts for the first half, but reveals a pummeling underbase of techno towards the end of the 5th minute. Finally, 'Black Glitter' pays attention to careful melodic progression, resolving to a pleasing conclusion that nonetheless maintains the uneasy sounds first explored at the tape's start.

0x002

[ER-45] Coarses - Wristlet (Version)

Philadelphia-based Dentana presents their debut LP « Punx Is Techno », a C67 cassette and the fifth title of the Summer Campaign. Dentana has served as the resident DJ of End Result Productions events since February 2016 with the introduction of the Dark Matter series, and we're now pleased to showcase what they have to offer in their efforts of solo-production.

The material is made from live composition wherein techniques of heavy sampling and resampling are employed with a combination of hardware and software tools such as the Roland 606, 808, and V-Synth, the MFB 522, the Nord Wave, the Korg EMX-1, ESX-1, Kontrol, KP3, and Microkorg, the Future Retro Revolution, Logic Pro, and Traktor Pro 2 in order to compose Dentana’s signature sound.

Punx Is Techno

[ER-46] Dentana - Heat Knight

The Obligate Surrogate is like a "replacement in waiting." It carries out its own functions until called upon to support some greater body, if and when another similar unit fails to support that greater body. It attempts to meet the function of the previous unit, but will inevitably have its own characteristics. We are all, in some way, an obligate surrogate.

Obligate Surrogate is the hardware-based techno project of Casimer Oblivion, utilizing synths, samplers, sequencers, and similar equipment made between the 1970s and present day. The name is derived from the constant, yet critical decision to repair, replace-in-kind, or replace-with-other, in effort to achieve a desired sonic result.

We see a similar substitution all the time in nature: in the way our bodies respond to damage, in our thought processes, how we interact as social groups, and into large masses, militaries, and governments. It is just part of our programming.

More information about the instruments used in making the album is available in the PDF Overview (http://tiny.cc/er-47_overview).


Obligate Surrogate

[ER-47] Obligate Surrogate - Vespers (Extended Version)

Expedition III offers two new glacial movements from SPT, techno mainstay of the End Result Productions IOEPR subsidiary. In similar fashion to previous expeditions, the tape explores one area of the Antarctic on the A-side and another on the B-side. A southeast advancement of 175 km (ca. 110 mi) is made from Expedition II’s end at the Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, in order to begin the A-side of Expedition III along the edges of the Prince Harald Coast. The B-side then embarks from the shores of the Prince Harald Coast onto the Lützow-Holm Bay. 

The slow-moving modulation of a tape-sourced Antarctic field recording sets the preliminary tone of the release on ‘Prince Harald Coast’, quickly followed by an elegant bassline from the Make Noise DPO. Kick drum is worked into the mix until the introduction of the lead line from the Roland System-1, after which point the track’s duration is composed by the continual addition and subtraction of rhythmic elements within long delay lines and deep reverberant spaces. 

‘Lützow-Holm Bay’ sees the DPO employed for heavy ambient drone at the track’s beginning, with overlays of percussive elements from the Mutable Instruments Clouds and noise elements from a different tape of Antarctic field recording. Thunderous pitch-shifting sweeps are introduced to accompany the rhythm of the Clouds, until drum elements and eventually the lead lines of the Roland System-1 are worked in. The timbral qualities of the DPO are revealed as the duration of its envelope is decreased, ultimately letting it find its place as the bassline just as in ‘Prince Harald Coast’. Thereafter, the track’s remainder is composed of additions and subtractions similar to those of ‘Prince Harald Coast’, but amounting to its closure from much starker progressions in the basslines and lead lines. 

In production style, Expedition III returns to the cleanliness of direct recording, rather than the captures of live performances to cassette tape which were used for Expedition II. Still, the tracks were produced entirely live with no overdubs, in rehearsal for live performances at rizumu events in Philadelphia. 

Mastering was carried out on hardware equipment with tape by Alex Garcia-Rivera of Mystic Valley Studio, giving Expedition III the most balanced and professional sonic quality out of all the expeditions completed thus far.

Expedition III

[ER-48] SPT - Prince Harald Coast (Excerpt)

Wolf Dem is a duo from Philadelphia, conceived in the fall of 2012 by two longtime DJs who bonded over similar musical backgrounds and a mutual desire to explore the bleeding edges of electronic music. Using both analog and digital tools – and drawing from a highly diverse range of influences – Wolf Dem grew from its original concept and focused its form; the result is simultaneously chaotic and hypnotic, situated at techno’s intersection with Caribbean music, noise, and field recordings. Perhaps the sound is better described as, “what your dreams would sound like if you fell asleep in an old warehouse where someone had left a dancehall station playing on the radio.” 

On "Existential Horror," Wolf Dem showcases the grittiest side of their sound: darkness and distortion underpin every track from start to finish as rhythmic elements are slowly altered underneath collages of noisy, textural elements.

Existential Horror

[ER-52] Wolf Dem - Cavernous

End Result Productions label boss Rådgärd Lyndsay presents a solo project of minimal synthpop music with the release of the «Cadere» C32. It arrives under Lyndsay's alias Postura and concludes the End Result «Summer Campaign», which began publishing weekly cassette and zine releases in July 2016.

Stylistically it is a melancholic brand of bass-heavy minimal synth music which, while retaining the verse-chorus song structure that is conventional in pop, explores much darker thematic territory. Themes of increasing gender dysphoria and declining mental health are reconciled by exploring Hermetic principles of Correspondence, Gender and Polarity, a resolve which has been largely informed through Lyndsay's personal studies under AMORC and Aurum Solis. Five original tracks conclude with a cover of impLOG's famous song «Holland Tunnel Dive» in an interpretation which nods towards this Hermetic Principle of Polarity, all mastered on tape with hardware tools by Alex Garcia-Rivera of Mystic Valley Studio in Medford, MA, US. The songs themselves were composed with a combination of modular gear and hardware synths, then synchronously tracked live in single takes.

Cadere

[ER-53] Postura - Inscenare

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