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4 Zero
Records An
independent label specialising in psych and space-rock Current Releases: Earthling Society – “Beauty and the Beast” – Album Here & Now – “Coaxed Out From Alison Faith Levy & Mushroom – “Yesterday, I Saw
You Kissing Tiny Flowers” – Album Alison Faith
Levy & Mushroom – “gas, grass or ass – nobody rides for free” - Single Mushroom – “Really Don’t Mind If You Sit This One
Out” – Album |
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Download a full length version of ‘Tenement Song’
and ‘Sundropped’ free at Indiestore
(mp3, aac, wma) |
Earthling Society - “Beauty
and the Beast” – FZ005 A fusion of West Coast psychedelia,
acid folk, and Krautrock – recorded in their
hand-built analogue studio - “Beauty and the Beast” is Earthling
Society’s fourth album… A farewell to their more obvious space rock leanings,
instead they have drunk deep from the well of visionaries such as Syd Barrett, Todd Rundgren,
Kevin Ayers and John Cale. Twelve string acoustics
replace the heavy monotonous riffs that are associated with modern day psychedelia. Autoharps, harmonies and mellotrons
weave in and out of concise kosmiche hymns. Earthling Society have
created a psychedelic sound that reflects the other side of the mirror or a
playroom steeped in summers dusk. Track Listing: Drowned World, Candlemass,
Tenement Song, Sundropped, untitled, A Modest
Flower, The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes, The Moonlit Road, Valerie A Tyden Divu, A Playground
mystery “… an uplifting floating relaxed psychedelic acid
folk thing”… Organ “Another wonderful CD containing ten effervescent songs”… Starship Overflow’s CD of the week “A very interesting step in a new direction and
quite successful”… Aural
Innovations Another release with
fantastic artwork by Stacie Willoughby, released 6th May 2008. Now
available for pre-order direct from us, from on-line stores including Amazon
(UK), Tower (US),
and Shinybeast ( A track from this album,
“The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes”, will be included on the covermount
CD of the May/June issue of Rock’n’Reel magazine,
and the Summer issue #22 of “Under The Radar” magazine. |
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Download a full length version of ‘Theatre’ and
‘Ways To Be Free’ free at Indiestore (mp3, aac, wma) |
Here & Now – “Coaxed Out
From From seventies free festival jam band… thru space
punk floating anarchists with Daevid Allen (as
Planet Gong) … thru reggae infused eighties indie space rock… thru nineties
psychedelic trance… to present day warped techno-retro with members of Eat
Static and Ozric Tentacles… Here & Now, along
with Hawkwind, are one of the most influential
space rock bands in the This release is a lovingly re-mastered version of
their self produced tape, “Coaxed Out from “A splendid documentary of one of the best live acts
of the era at the height of their power”… Rock’N’Reel,
January 2008 Track
Listing: 23 Skidoo (4:28), Heart Of
The City (3:43), The Mega Number (5:50), Salvador (3:21), Ways To Be Free (5:43), Theatre
(4:28), Heartbeat (5:25), Fantasy Shift (4:15), Secrets (9:45), Opium For The
People (5:17), Glad You’re Here (4:49), Bonus Tracks: Last Chance
(6:39), Stoned Innocent Frankenstein (2:44), Jimmy Mac (7:14) "Space cadets will swoon”… Hugh Fielder,
Classic Rock, September 2007 “… absolutely describes their spirit: all spacey
atmospherics, chanted lyrics and cranium-expanding bass lines”… Ian Abrahams,
Record Collector, October 2007 “They smoothly blend psychedelic space rock with
punk and dub”… Peppermint
Iguana “…captures that space and time, that spirit of the
age, that great coming together of hardcore activist punk rock and the
(sometimes misguided chaotic) ideals of anarchy and free-festival
free-thinking creativity”… Organ “excellent re-mastering revealing a sparkling set of
tunes crackling with energy”… Terrascope Online “Coaxed Out from “one hell of a live space rock album”… Progressiveworld.net “In summary, an outstanding set”… Aural
Innovations #38 Limited edition of 1000
copies with super psychedelic artwork by Stacie Willoughby. Released on 22nd
October 2007. For further details please see the release
sheet. |
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Download a full length version of ‘gas, grass or
ass’ and ‘electric muse’ free at Indiestore
(mp3, aac, wma)
Poster, designed by Nat Russell, for Mushroom’s 10th
anniversary shows |
Alison Faith Levy &
Mushroom – “Yesterday, I Saw You Kissing Tiny Flowers” – FZ003 Space rock / psychedelic jazz groovers
join forces with acid folk singer/songwriter Alison Faith Levy, known for her
own albums (with members of Camper Van Beethoven) and as a member of the Loud
Family (featuring Scott Miller of Game Theory). With Mushroom, Alison soars
soulfully into another realm - that one reviewer described as "The Space
Rock Eartha Kitt.".
This release is culled from their best live performances plus some fantastic
studio material – all previously unreleased. Track
Listing (click symbol for sound clip):
Electric Muse (2:25), Josh Pollock (11:05), Clay Alison (6:00), gas, grass or
ass – nobody rides for free (5:19) "Levy shows her ability to seduce and
smoulder... singing is strong and soulful in the mould of the ladies of West
Coast psychedelic scene"… Nick "…kick off your
sandals, pull on your dancing feet, raise your freak flag and lose your
inhibitions to this pulsating throb monster”… Terrascope Online “From lullaby gentle, to extrapolated electric blues
grooving, moody slow motion torch songs, to percolating polyrhythmic Miles
Davis-like funk jazz”… Dream Magazine,
#8 “heady, trippy mishmash of
songs so genially, stimulatingly weird that you'll want to open your own “psychedelicatessen”… Mark Keresman,
East
Bay Express “dreamygauzysexycool”…
Fred Mills, Harp
Magazine July/August 2007 “Krautrock that swirls and
undulates like an oil projection…” Josh Potter, Jambands.com “Always ambitious and artful, dispatches from
Mushroom-land are welcome any time” Jesse Jarnow, Relix Magazine August
2007 “the sound of their city,
San Fran, in past days becomes their focus”… Dave Cantor, Rock-A-Rolla Jul/Aug 2007 “Levy reminds me enough of Grace Slick to make this
sound like a postmodern, not to mention postrevolution,
Jefferson Airplane”… Tom Hull, Jazz Consumer Guide “… sexual drench and curtains of smoke”… Progressiveworld.net “Great CD for the musically adventurous” Lowcut
Magazine “Alison becomes a member of the band, her voice
acting as another instrument in the ensemble, perfectly integrating into the
Mushroom sound” Aural
Innovations #37 “An acquired taste, but one that is extremely
rewarding” Concrete
Web “Krautrock west-coast
Velvet Underground glam jazz with a bit of PJ Harvey and Mazzy
Star” Fred@E-Society “… washes of free jazz, grunge and electronica and what sounds like rhythmic sidewalk
spitting”… Signal To Noise #47, Fall 2007 “Here is a
collaboration that could have been made in Heaven”… Ian Abrahams, Spacerock
Reviews “Levy fits right into the Mushroom ethos, a spirited
jazz-meets-groove improvisational attack”… Expose,
#35 “draws a direct line between 60s San Franciscan
experimentalism and present day jam band discourse” Mitch Myers, Downbeat, January 2008 “ethereal loose-form psychedelia
as defined by Daevid Allen-era Gong, pre-Meddle
Pink Floyd, and Limited edition of 1000
copies in six panel digipak with stunning artwork
by Nat Russell. Released 26th May 2007. For further details please
see the release
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Preview and download this song free at Indiestore
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Alison Faith Levy & Mushroom
– “Gas, Grass Or Ass – Nobody Rides For Free” – FZ002
Track Listing (click symbol for sound clip): Gas, grass or ass - nobody rides for free
(5:20) Limited edition of 100
copies. Released 5th February 2007. Copies available to DJs and
reviewers. Free downloads available to all… and free to anyone who buys a CD
direct from us (but there’s only a few left). |
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Download a full length
MP3 of ‘My Brain Hurt…’ here
(other formats available free at Indiestore) |
Mushroom – “Really Don’t Mind If You Sit This One Out”
– FZ001 “Here’s a listen to the first year and half of
Mushroom’s career, including 2 songs from their first gig ever. Since those days,
during the past 8 years, they’ve taken so many paths – from funky jazz to
soundtracks to acid folk – but in retrospect it’s those first few years that
are the most visceral and vibrant. Take off your face and recover from the
trip you’ve been on – you know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good” –
Calvin Tennett, WBAI Radio Eastbayexpress thought ‘Really Don’t Mind..’ one of the best
records of 2006 Track
Listing (click symbol for sound clip):
Klonopin (17:57) , Kyle loves a funny bunny
(10:48) “The music undulates like a Frank Gehry building”… Jambands.com “Quality, high-energy strangeness presented by
musical heavy hitters” jambase.com “Excellent space rock excursions… a wonderful
inferno of passion and intensity”… Terrascope Online “A hearthrobbing,
head-rattling, improvisational jam session… A fine introduction to this
wonderful bands’ humble beginnings”… foxy
digitalis “Mushroom are one of the greatest space rock/Krautrock/jazz rock oufits
you’ve probably never heard of”… All
Music Guide “A windfall for those who enjoy sounds to get lost
in”… jazzreview.com “An absolutely killer stretched out jamming, rocking
and grooving space/kraut/acid-psych/jazz combination”… Aural
Innovations “Killer stuff that takes you on a trip” … LowCut
magazine “lengthy, sprawling percussionscapes
that lurch all over the musical horizon”… Concreteweb “A most welcome release”… Expose, #34 Limited edition of 1,000 copies.
For further details, please read the release
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Like the poster? You can download a full size
version to print here |
Where to Buy: Our
CDs are available from leading
independent on-line retailers (Aural Innovations, Rustic Rod’s, Freak Emporium, Wayside Music, Home Grown Music, Dusty Groove, Downtown Music
Gallery, Music Masters
Worldwide, Ultima Thule, The
Kazbah at the Planet Gong, Rhythm Online, Swamp Room) and UK stores
(Rough Trade, Sister Ray). In
the In
In
the You
can buy CDs direct from 4 Zero Records. If you live in the If
you would rather pay to download tracks from our albums then go to Indiestore.
(If you want all the tracks then it is much cheaper to select the album tab).
You can also preview our music there. Future Releases: Our
next release will either be a new studio album by space rock stalwarts Here
& Now, or an “Indian, raga/drone/folk-rock” epic by San Fran pysch groove masters, Mushroom. The Here & Now album will
include songs already previewed in their live shows, and will be recorded at orginal drummer Kif Kif’s new studio. The Mushroom album was captured in
sessions last year and will be mixed in June. There’s also a possibility of some
more Here & Now archive releases… Check
back regularly for further details of these and other forthcoming releases.
Or drop us an e-mail to receive regular updates. About/Contact: 4
Zero Records was formed in 2006 to release the best in pysch
and space-rock music, from innovative bands with a track record of studio and
live performance. If you have an idea for a release that you think we ought
to consider then drop us an e-mail
and tell us about it. You can also visit us at MySpace. |
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