456132015

456132015 is the second EP by American dub-reggae band De Facto, released on March 1, 2001, through Grand Royal in Europe only.^[1] It is often considered as the band's first official release, as their debut De Facto was only available as a very limited pressing.

The EP, recorded by Robert Carranza and produced and mixed by Mario Caldato Jr.,^[2] is notable for its clean production and more polished sound compared to other De Facto recordings which were mostly made at members' home studios. It is also the band's most vocal-heavy release, and the only one to feature Cedric Bixler-Zavala lead vocals (on "120E7"). Alternate versions of "120E7" and "Vesica Pisces" would be later released on De Facto's second LP, Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues.

The title is a coded message using numbers and the corresponding letter of the English alphabet; it spells "DEFACTO" (4=D, 5=E, 6=F, 1=A, 3=C, 20=T, 15=O).

The EP was to be followed by a full-length LP also recorded with Caldato Jr., tentatively titled Black Hot Chrome.^[3] The album was shelved when Grand Royal went bankrupt the same year and remains unreleased to this day. Band members subsequently focused their efforts on a new project, The Mars Volta.