In Los Angeles, where the weight and pressure of the city’s fast paced culture can make your legs feel like pillars, emerges psychedelic quartet, Levitation Room, to break the bonds of gravity with their cosmic wall of sound and thought provoking lyrics. “Just as their name suggests, Levitation Room’s music instills the listeners ears with a light feeling of floating. The dreamy guitar and Lo-Fi projections of psychedelic rock and garage are reminiscent of a deep 1960’s era, but still grounded in an alternative dreamgaze flavor that permeates modern indie music today.” – OC Weekly. Their decidedly hallucinogenic songs whisper and hum the same gentle refrain of their summer of love influences, conjuring up the cognitive imagery of sunny days at the park, spent with friends in a euphoric haze along with lyrical and sonic meditations on life, love, society and self-awareness.
In tradition, and much like the bands and musical troubadours that inspired them, Levitation Room started out with late night jam sessions in a dimly lit garage between fellow musicians and long time friends, Julian Porte and Gabriel Fernandez. Julian, a dedicated street musician who felt he needed a broader platform, found chemistry with Gabriel, who he knew as a guitar player in various teenage punk and garage bands around town. Coming together in 2012, they bonded over a shared love of British Invasion groups (The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones) and 1960’s psychedelic outfits like The Grateful Dead, Electric Prunes, The Pretty Things and began drafting their earliest tunes. It wasn’t until the late summer of 2012, that the band came to fruition when they found a rhythm section in two individuals with almost identical names; drummer, Johnathan Martin, and bassist, Jonathathan Martin. The four began writing songs, playing gigs and recording music out of a quaint studio in East LA.
After the release of their self recorded demo “Levitation Room Vol. 1”, they quickly began gaining momentum and performing at local music venues throughout Southern California. 2015 saw the release of their first official debut EP “Minds Of Our Own” released on Burger Records. Later in the spring of 2016, they released their first full length album, “Ethos”, with the help of their friend and new keyboardist, Glenn Brigman, who recorded and helped produce the record. Since 2014, Levitation Room has participated in various shows, tours and music festivals across the US and Europe and continues to see the growth in listeners and followers on YouTube, Soundcloud and Spotify (with nearly 2 million plays on their song “Friends”). With the promise of a potentially bright future, Levitation Room has begun to mix and finalize their second album that they hope will display their process of maturity in sound and song- writing, exploring new territories of influence in music and instrumentation, combining folk, jazz, raga, soul, pop and of course… psychedelia. Stay tuned!
Band Members:
Julian Porte : (Lead Vocals/Guitar)
Gabriel Fernandez : (Lead Guitar/Bck Vocal)
Brandon Graham : (Bass Guitar)
John Martin : (Drums)
Glenn Brigman: (Piano, Keys, Farfisa)
Dumbo Gets Mad
DUMBO GETS MAD
Dumbo Gets Mad is a psychedelic pop project founded in 2011 by Luca Bergomi, a songwriter, producer, and sound designer from Emilia.
The name of the project is inspired by the scene Pink Elephants on Parade, one of the most famous, surreal, and psychedelic sequences in Disney’s Dumbo (1941). It is a metaphor for the childlike spirit that confronts and confuses the absurd.
Initially conceived as a duo with Carlotta Menozzi, the project stems from the artist’s free vision, which unpredictably and playfully mixes styles, voices, languages, and genres filtered through his own taste.
The project debuted in Los Angeles with their first album, Elephants at the Door, which immediately attracted the attention of an international fanbase. The first single released, Plumy Tale, was included by critic Joe Tangari among the 50 best tracks of 2011 according to Pitchfork, while Marmalade Kids was chosen by NPR (the American public radio station) as ‘song of the day’.
In 2013, the second album, Quantum Leap, was released, which, compared to the debut, presents itself as a true psychedelic jam session; the song Indian Food consolidated the project’s presence on the US music scene.
The third album, Thank You Neil, was released in 2015: a soul-tinged record inspired by American astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Recorded entirely live, the album showcases a more elegant and minimalist approach to production and once again received widespread acclaim from international critics.
In 2019, the single Makes You Fly was released by the French label Nice Guys, anticipating the album Things Are Random And Time Is Speeding Up, released in February 2021 and followed by a tour in North America and Mexico.
In 2021, Dumbo Gets Mad collaborated with Marracash on the production of the album Noi, Loro, Gli Altri. A skit of the same name is also featured on the album.
Dumbo Gets Mad has performed more than 100 live shows in Europe and the Americas. He has played at major festivals in Mexico (Hypnosis Festival in Mexico City), Texas (South by Southwest, Levitation Festival), Idaho (Treefort Music Festival), the United Kingdom (Manchester Psych Fest), and in the most prestigious venues in the world: Babys’ Alright in New York, Lodge Room in Los Angeles, Empty Bottle in Chicago, Foro Indie Rocks in Mexico City, and Supersonic in Paris, to name a few.
In Italy, he has been a protagonist at the main Italian festivals and in 2022 he performed on the main stage of MIAMI FEST.
In April 2025, he played for the first time in Asia, with two shows in Tokyo and one in Taipei.
His live performances are known for their sonic and visual intensity, with meticulously crafted sets, layered arrangements, and a psychedelic aesthetic that has always characterized the project.
In 2025, he signed with the historic Italian independent label Carosello Records to develop his fifth studio album, preceded by the single Pariah. With his new album Dumbo Gets Mad, he places himself in the role of an observer of what is happening around him: reporting, rather than talking about, the facts, suggestions, and sensations that have crossed his mind during these years of writing. The album is shaped like an egg, a symbol that has always represented the birth of life itself and its fragility.
Discography
2011 – Elephants at the Door
2013 – Quantum Leap
2015 – Thank You Neil
2021 – Things Are Random And Time Is Speeding Up
2023 – Levitation Session (Live Album)
2024 – The Depth of an Answer (single)
2025 – Pariah (single)
2025 – FIVE EGGS (album)
