ORZ - Press

"[One Ring Zero's] quirky ethnopop could have been played in the background of a Balkan-embassy party in the 1930s. The songs on the band's upcoming As Smart As We Are--which features lyrics by literary figures such as Paul Auster, Rick Moody and Margaret Atwood--touch on They Might Be Giants whimsy, Residents-style unease, Tom Waits clank and Marianne Faithful meloncholy." - Time Out New York - April, 2004

"I HAVE A CRUSH ON ONE RING ZERO, with their tweed sport coats and ties and tattered sneakers, their smarty-pants patter and killer acid-klezmer ways, and their theremin, claviola, and "other noises," oh my! Their forthcoming album, AS SMART AS WE ARE, births the equation Atwood + Auster + Eggers + Lethem + Moody and the like + One Ring Zero = A BEAUTIFUL SHEBANG OF LITERARY AND AURAL MISCHIEF. - The Village Voice - Dec, 2003

"Accordions, organs, theremins, and the occasional brass horn and homemade instrument combine to make soundscapes that are both haunting and entertaining." - The New Yorker - Feb, 2002

"....gypsy-klezmer circus-flea-cartoon-music you mainly hear in your dreams" - The Forward - Oct, 2003

"Nino Rota on processed sugar" - The Brooklyn Rail - Oct, 2003

"...le aportaba un toque más impresionista, circense y grotesco, entre la comedia y el drama..." - Margen Magazine (Barcelona) 2002

"….a hard group to describe…..original, experimental, humorous…" - WCVE One Ring Zero documentary - Feb, 2000

"They are the sounds of a circus parade passing through a cemetery" - Richmond Music Journal-.Nov. 1999

"Jewish wedding music played by ghosts and goblins, a buzzingly angular Balkan soundscape.." - Throttle magazine-Dec 1999

"Circus of the macabre without a ringmaster" - Richmond Music Journal, March 1999

"…unique and irresistible Middle Eastern circus music.." - Style Weekly 1998