Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Omar Rodriguez Lopez at the 2008 Latitude Festival

Omar Alfredo Rodriguez Lopez (born September 1, 1975 in Bayamón , Puerto Rico ) is an American guitarist , composer , music producer and film director .

Life

Music career

He began his musical career as a bassist and later guitarist with the post-hardcore band At the Drive-In . After their dissolution in 2001, he and his long-time friend and bandmate Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded the prog rock band The Mars Volta , their first album De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) due to the diverse fusion of different musical styles by the press and the listener provoked enthusiastic reactions. The Mars Volta disbanded in 2013.

Rodriguez Lopez is also extremely active as a soloist. So far over 20 solo albums have been released, in which various guests such as John Frusciante , Damo Suzuki and Jeremy Ward also participate. Since 2012 he has also been working on a new project called Bosnian Rainbows , the first album of which was released on June 28, 2013.

In 2014, a band, Antemasque , formed again with Bixler-Zavala and released their debut album of the same name on July 1, 2014.

Progressive rock , jazz and salsa can be described as cornerstones of his musical work . His preferred guitar is his signature guitar , an Ibanez ORM1 ( left-handed version).

Directing career

In 2011 he shot the film drama The Sentimental Engine Slayer as a composer, director, film producer and actor , which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival . In 2012, the romantic comedy Los Chidos followed, which he presented at the South by Southwest film festival . His third drama El Divino Influjo de los Secretos follows in late autumn 2012 .

Discography

→ Main articles : Discography of At the Drive-In  and Discography of The Mars Volta

solo

• A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 (2004)
• Omar Rodriguez (2005) as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet"
• Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo (2007)
• The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange (2007) as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet"
• Calibration (Is Pushing Luck And Key Too Far) (2007)
• Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus (2008)
• Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008)
• Old Money (2008)
• Megaritual (2009)
• Despair (2009)
• Cryptomnesia (2009) as “El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez”
• Los Sueños De Un Higado (2009) as “Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group”
• Xenophanes (2009)
• Solar Gambling (2009)
• Ciencia de los Inutiles (2010) as “El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez”
• Sepulcros De Miel (2010) as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet"
• Tychozorente (2010) as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez"
• Cizaña De Los Amores (2010) as “Omar Rodriguez Lopez”
• Mantra Hiroshima (2010) as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez"
• Dōitashimashite (2010) Live as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group"
• Un Escorpión Perfumado (2010)
• Telesterion (2011) 2CD or 4LP compilation from various solo albums
• Un Corazón De Nadie (2012)
• Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar (2012)
• Octopus Kool Aid (2012)
• Equinox (2013)
• Woman Gives Birth To Tomato! (2013)
• Unicorn Skeleton Mask (2013)
• Azul, Mi Dientes (2013)
• Sworn Virgins (2016)
• Corazones (2016)
• Blind Worms Pious Swine (2016)
• Arañas en La Sombra (2016)
• Umbrella Mistress (2016)
• El Bien Y Mal Nos Une (2016)
• Cell Phone Bikini (2016)
• Infinity Drips (2016)
• Weekly Mansions (2016)
• Zapopan (2016)
• Nom De Guerre Cabal (2016)
• Some Need It Lonely (2016)
• A Lovejoy (2016)
• Roman Lips (2017)
• Zen Thrills (2017)
• Chocolate Tumor Hormones Parade (2017)
• Ensayo de un Desaparecido (2017)
• Azul, Mis Dientes (2017)
• Gorilla Preacher Cartel (2017)
• Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats (2017)
• Solid State Mercenaries (2017)
• Birth of a Ghost (2017)
• Doom Patrol (2017)

With de facto

• 456132015 (2001)
• How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub. You Plug Dub In. (2001)
• ¡Megaton Shotblast! (2001)
• Legend of Scorpion à Quatre Queues (2001)

With Bosnian Rainbows

• Bosnian Rainbows (2013)

With Antemasque

• Antemasque (2014)

Collaborations

• The Special 12 Singles Series (2005) with John Frusciante
• Please Heat This Eventually (2007) with Damo Suzuki
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch (2007) with Lydia Lunch
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008) with Jeremy Ward
• The Burning Plain (2008) soundtrack with Hans Zimmer
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante (2010) with John Frusciante

Web links

Commons : Omar Rodriguez Lopez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Omar Rodriguez Lopez at Bandcamp
• Label page of his solo projects
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Exclusive Interview: Musician / Filmmaker Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Discusses Symbolism, Fairy Tales and More for Los Chidos . Dread Central. April 23, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
2. ↑ musikexpress.de
3. ↑ Visions 237 p. 65
4. ↑ Dennis Drogemüller: Antemasque singer comments on confusion about debut release . Visions .de. July 30, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
5. ↑ TRIBECA 2010: The Sentimental Engine Slayer Review ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ SXSW 2012: At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta Guitarist to Unleash Los Chidos . dreadcentral.com; Retrieved March 8, 2012.
7. ↑ The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez To Make Directorial Debut