Biography

Contact: Robert Allen/robert@sha-lamusic.com

Other DownTown Mystic Releases:

DownTown Mystic: Acoustic Sessions

DownTown Mystic: AmeriKarma

DownTown Mystic: 21st Century Rock'n Roll

DownTown Mystic: Better Day

DownTown Mystic On E Street Deluxe

DownTown Mystic: Rock'n'Roll Romantic

DownTown Mystic: DownTown Nashville

DownTown Mystic: Used Records History 1979-1985

DownTown Mystic

With Bruce Engler:

Bruce Engler feat. DownTown Mystic: One More Chance

DownTown Mystic
Rock'n'Roll 4 The Soul
Sha-La Music/The Orchard/Sony Music
Digital UPC: 197190664119

1) Think A Little Louder (Radio Mix) 3:55
2) Eyes of The World (Shorefire Mix) 3:53
3) Turn Around and Go (Classic Mix) 3:38
4) Dead End Space (Alt Mix) 3:48
5) Soul'd Out (AC Mix) 4:13
6) Gongs of Karma (Alt Mix) 0:52
7) Brian Jones (Radio Edit) 3:27
8) And You Know Why (Album Mix) 3:54
9) Lost and Found (Radio Mix) 3:13
10) Think It Over (Alt Mix) 4:09
11) Redemption (Album Mix) 4:03
12) Last Teardrop (Alt Mix) 3:35

Produced By: Robert Allen
(p) & © 2024 Sha-La Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Rock'n'Roll 4 The Soulns contains 11 tracks, including the 6 core tracks that started the DownTown Mystic project—Turn Around and Go, Lost and Found, Brian Jones, Think It Over, Soul'd Out and Think a Little Louder. Like previous releases, the album features stellar musicians, including the Hall of Fame rhythm section of The E Street Band—Max Weinberg & Garry Tallent, as well as Steve Holley & Paul Page from Ian Hunter's Rant Band and PJ Farley & Steve Brown of Trixter.

Rock'n'Roll 4 The Soul is another strong example of the DownTown Mystic RnR Catalog. It brings the roots rocker back to where it all began. DownTown Mystic writer/producer Robert Allen remembers, "I was producing modern rockers The Discontent and started to get the urge to record my own music again. I decided to cut 6 songs with the band just to see how they would turn out." Robert continues, "I finished 3 tracks and decided to release Lost and Found as DownTown Mystic on a Radio Industry CD Sampler. I got a call that the track was played by tastemaker Jed The Fish as his "catch of the day" on World Famous KROQ in LA. That's how DownTown Mystic got discovered."

"From the captivating grooves to the soul-stirring melodies, each track on Rock‘n’Roll 4 The Soul is a timeless gem that harkens back to the glory days of rock'n'roll." JamSphere Magazine

“Musically superb, conceptually unafraid to take things to the true depths of the human experience." Stereo Stickman

“DownTown Mystic is taking us back to where it all started.” The Static Dive

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Biography

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The sound of DownTown Mystic is “vintage yet modern”. The music is rooted in all the great traditions of American Rock‘n’Roll, blending storytelling songs with vintage guitars and analog recording into a unique style that owes nods to Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, The Beatles and Rolling Stones but somehow manages to sound as contemporary as anything currently available.

DownTown Mystic is the alter ego of American Rocker, Robert Allen, whose passion for “old school” recording borders on obsession. Robert adds, “I grew up listening to all these great records and their sound and style has stayed with me”.

Robert is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, including drummer extraordinaire Steve Holley (Paul McCartney/Wings/Elton John/Ian Hunter) & urban legend Paul Page (Dion/Ian Hunter) on bass, as well as one of the great rhythm sections in the history of American Rock'n'Roll--Max Weinberg & Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.

2023 was been a banner year for DownTown Mystic with the release of the career defining album, AmeriKarma. This album comes on the heels of 2 major musical statements, 21st Century Rock'n'Roll in 2022 and DownTown Mystic On E Street Deluxe featuring Max Weinberg & Garry Tallent in 2021. 10 years earlier, DownTown Mystic’s 1st release, Standing Still, found critical acclaim overseas in 2011. That album made the Top 25 Euro/Americana Chart, which led to a Licensing Deal in Europe distributed by Sony Music.

Radio has played an important role in the career of DownTown Mystic. It started with veteran tastemaker, Jed The Fish, playing a DownTown Mystic track as his Catch Of The Day on “World Famous” KROQ in LA, one of the most influential stations in the US. This would be followed by the “Mayor of The Sunset Strip”, legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, playing another track and leading to national airplay.

Since then DownTown Mystic has been played on over 5000 stations in over 40 countries. The artist has also had a #1 single and #3 album on the Roots Music Report Charts, as well as going to #1 on the European Independent Airplay Chart. Other Radio achievements include a few #1 albums on the AirPlayDirect Top 50 Rock/AAA Chart, as well as debuting in the Top 5 Most Added on the Americana Music Assn. (AMA) Radio Chart.

Besides gaining recognition from Radio programmers, the DownTown Mystic Brand has been developing via Sync Licensing with music placed in movies and on over 240 TV shows, including The Voice on NBC, American Pickers on the History Channel, as well as shows on MTV, USA, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, TLC, WE TV, GACTV and Destination America. Many of these shows are also broadcast internationally, helping to spread the music of DownTown Mystic around the world.

"If names like The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Buffalo Springfield and Bruce Springsteen have occupied any significant time in your life, well, DownTown Mystic most certainly should be on regular rotation, too." Take Effect Reviews.com

“I have never heard a rock n’ roll band be so relentlessly high-quality, intelligent, thought-provoking, fun and just wonderful to hear; musically solid, and never-ever boring!” Rick Jamm/JamSphere

“Robert Allen AKA DownTown Mystic, took those old school influences that were planted in his musical soul, tended them with reverence, pollinated them with some fresh melodies and produced a tasty crop of tunes” Kath Galasso/OnStage Magazine

“brilliantly conceived piece of musical art”
Rod Ames/ReviewYou.com

“genuine emotions and lots of soul” Rune Hager/Rootsy/Sweden

“DownTown Mystic is a real pleasure: a pure sound with a brilliant production and top musicians gives the listener the feeling there is still reasons to hope in Music”
Mike Penard "The DJ" / "American Roots Music"/RadioISA/France

“With Robert Allen and DownTown Mystic we are in the field of best crafted rock'n'roll” Davide Albini/Roots Highway/Italy

"Allen's influences--Byrds, Beatles, Buffalo Springfield--permeate his guitar-driven songs, adding a retro sound to his more modern Americana leanings" Dave Curtis/Direct Current