INVISIBLE ASTRO HEALING RHYTHM QUARTET S/T LIMITED EDITION 12' VINYL LP

In February 2012, the Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet assembled at Metro Galleries in downtown Bakersfield to record a live set of four original compositions in front of a packed house, with special guests Phillip Greenlief on tenor saxophone and Kris Tiner on trumpet. The show was organized by Epigraph Records, a new grassroots label devoted to presenting unusual and esoteric new music in Bakersfield. The IAHRQ are at the forefront of this scene. Blending Ethiopian funk with the outer realms of cosmic jazz and atonal psychedelia, these four young musicians weave a sound that is explicitly their own, while proudly paying tribute to their influences.

Limited to 500 copies, featuring full-color artwork by Alex Sarad.

“The quartet provides a base of electric jazz that brings Miles Davis and others to mind – that base is funk, psych, and definitely groovy… Cannot wait to hear more from this Bakersfield label.”
– KFJC 89.7 FM

“It's a West Coast outfit that starts where Miles Davis's last cohesive psychedelic band (the one with Pete Cosey) left off. It thrives on 
driving a riff out of the planet and into the heavens…”
– Gapplegate Music Review

“Interweaving, free-flowing white hot jams that just keep on delivering… Heal me more, Astro Quartet!”
– Weed Temple
credits
released November 19, 2013

Jordan Aguirre - electric guitar, organ
Andrew Koeth - electric bass, organ
Brenndan Morlan - electric guitar, electric bass
Alex Sarad - drums, percussion
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Kris Tiner - trumpet
Phillip Greenlief - tenor sax

Recorded live at Metro Galleries in Bakersfield, CA on 2/23/2012
Engineered and mixed by Chris Truitt, assisted by Brent Van Tassel
Mastered by Jeff Smothers at Dial Tone Mastering
Produced by Kris Tiner, Ronald Ramirez, and David Koeth
Cover art and design by Alex Sarad

Big thanks to Michael Fagans, Kio Griffith, and our Kickstarter backers.

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