Full album available to download + limited cassettes available here:
https://nehertzberg.bandcamp.com/album/the-faith-that-flattened-the-earth

The second straight-to-tape release for 2016. 

PHILOSOPHY: 
It was only after purchasing a lot of religious propaganda cassette tapes off the internet that the idea for a release became complete and clear... 

Consider this a study in the fleeting things we believe in, and the lasting impact they can have in and on the concrete reality surrounding us. 

In a world where we can elect an internet troll as president... 
the ones you tell your deepest secrets and sins to betray you daily... 
and the planet is literally melting away from beneath of us... 
spare a few minutes here to close your eyes 
and take solace in what you have left of this life- 
knowing that this very noise could be the last you ever have 
ringing in your precious ears. 

PROCESS: 
In July of 2016, NEH took it about himself to experiment with new audio recording software and other compositional tools. In one evening he committed three separate 45-minute sessions of instrument sampling straight to cassette tape. These samples ranged from real guitar and bass to programmed drum loops, arpeggiated synthesizers, electronic hisses, and everything in-between. 

In November of 2016, NEH then took these samples and processed them using a software instrument called Argeiphontes Lyre. This program gives the ability to cut up and process audio samples based upon a seemingly random set of controls and variables. This can result in a "fragmented" type of sound, with modulated phrases popping in and out frequently, perfect for our world's current second-long obsession with anything. 

Five unique cassette tapes in total were recorded, ranging from a C60 to C90 format. Each side contains a completely different, improvised program that was tracked live in real time. As an accompaniment, meditative drumming and ambient binaural soundscape backing beats were acquired from YouTube, all to be somewhat of a constant rhythm amongst the churn of "glitched out" sampled chaos pulsating on top. And not to mention, several cuts come during the program of a speaker from the original tape content, just in time to fall back into a distorted drum excerpt or sweltering synth motif. 

These five tapes are completely unique to themselves and will never be replicated again. The song samples that appear here digitally are also completely improvised and are small testaments of their own. The song titles were even randomly "created" by the Lyre program. Each "song" features a distinct set of the original samples utilized, as well as a unique meditative backing track.

N.E. Hertzberg- And Holy Thy Faults Unto Me Lay

This represents a sample of what can be found on the tapes-
No digital version will be released. 

Listen to more samples and buy a tape here:
https://deplorablesounds.bandcamp.com/album/102116

DS014

This is the first of many limited edition straight-to-tape projects. 

"102116" was recorded by NEH in one night (October 21st, 2016) using just a guitar and effects pedals plugged directly into a Califone 5270B Cassette Recorder. All of the songs were improvised on the spot and were meant to be some sort of homage to the old "Halloween Soundtrack" tapes NEH had and adored as a child. 

A total of (3) C20 tapes were conceived this night. Each side is a completely different progression from the other. Each cassette case was then was individually painted the following night. 

Only 3 physical tapes of this edition will ever exist. Never to be released digitally. The samples here are just to showcase a very small portion of what this project covered.

Nicholas Edward Hertzberg - 2a

"Kinetic Bloom" is a single, non-album track being released ahead of N.E. Hertzberg's "Enough Rope" EP due June 2017 in collaboration with Analog Cowboy Records. 

Beat created with "BeatMaker Go!" app on iPhone. 
Four layers of improvised guitar recorded straight to tape. 
All tracks manipulated and put through various pedals and plug-ins.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHZp9zeNZUI&t=2s

Kinetic Bloom

N.E. Hertzberg- Kinetic Bloom

The latest, all electronic EP from New Jersey based producer and musician N.E. Hertzberg. Being released August 2017 on Analog Cowboy Records.

"With all of the technological developments we have created and taken advantage of in the past few years as a society, it leads one to wonder if we have given ourselves just enough rope to hang ourselves with by prioritizing these innovations over the physical world."

Day Streamer

Enough Rope

Grieve (ft. Cait Darcy)

This Is Only Temporary

This four-song offering is the latest from N.E. Hertzberg and teases the coming of a new full-length (or two) in 2018. In an ongoing effort to translate his loud and highly improvised live performances to a semi-replicable album, "WORLD OF AMATEURS" utilizes Hertzberg's growingly signature grainy minimalist ambience as much as it does pulsing machinery on the verge of collapse. The songs presented here were primarily written during lunch breaks on a cell phone and is texturally based on looping bleak field recordings and makeshift samples.

Although the album is mostly instrumental, Hertzberg is highly concerned with a concept and always writes albums with certain themes in mind. “WORLD OF AMATEURS” is no different, and has a philosophy that rings true in these trying political and social times: 
No one really knows what we’re doing with regard to anything, ever. Besides animal instinct, there’s no roadmap in this life on how to be an artist, a lover, a worker, a parent, or anything in between. Be patient and look out for those who need your support and know that they might be just as confused as you are about this life.

"Another fine set of electronic soundscapes...further cements his place amongst today's modern architects of sound."
-ScreamingForYears.Tumblr.Com

World of Amateurs

BUY THE TAPE: http://www.wetcassettes.bigcartel.com
DOWNLOAD:  http://www.nehertzberg.bandcamp.com

Looking to further blur the lines between not only genres but artforms, N.E. Hertzberg returns with his latest album, a collection of poems set to sound, "There Are Stories Other Than Yours" on the Wet Cassettes imprint. 

Through a culmination of sound collage and spoken word poetry written about self-deceit (Little Plastic Lives), health issues (Migraine Moments), first-time home ownership (Winding Way), learning to write in/for our modern culture (White Men's Shoes) and more, the author addresses the struggles we deal with in ourselves but attempts to connect them to the greater picture in life. 

Vocals appear here for the first time in years on a solo record, in a direct and distorted manner. The words spill over a bed of static-laden cassette loops, field recordings, and drones and are accompanied by improvised, cut-up guitar dirges and thunderously repetitive, pulsing bass tracks. 

Ultimately, one quote, which can be found on the cassette version's inner J-card design, best sums up the idea behind the album: 

“Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private." 

-Allen Ginsberg
credits
released September 7, 2018 

Written, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered 
by Nicholas Edward Hertzberg. 

Design by Nicholas Edward Hertzberg. 

Additional guitar riffs provided by J. James & A. Del Rosso

There Are Stories Other Than Yours

Little Plastic Lives

Cosmic Irrelevance

Created and curated by Nicholas Edward Hertzberg to be a home to his vast array of solo and side projects collaborations. Mostly digital releases, with some tapes/lathes in the mix.

FKA: Deplorable Sounds

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