I Heart Omar Rodriguez Lopez
The latest effort from the mastermind behind The Mars Volta, Old Money, was released digitally last year and placed #35 on our Top 50 albums of 2008. The album finally got a full media release last week, and I realized that I had completely forgot to do a post on it when it originally came out. Old Money was a possible follow up to 2006′s Amputechture until Omar decided to take the band in a different direction. He opted to do it instead as a solo work, and I think the results benefited from that choice. It is more Amputechture than Amputechture, and the lack of restraint afforded to his solo moniker works to create something special brimming with over-the-top psychedelics. It works especially well because the excessive music parallels the theme of the album. Not that any of his previous solo work was lacking in far out experimentation, but this might be his most successful to date.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez : The Power Of Myth
Omar Rodriguez Lopez : Private Fortunes
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group at Fuji Rock 2007:
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group: “Calibration” official video by Omar:
- Posted by Davy Minor on February 3, 2009 at 12:55 am
3 Responses to “I Heart Omar Rodriguez Lopez”
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chow Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
fyi, two more omar albums dropped last week. here’s a stream to one: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/41380139
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Davy Minor Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Wow, it is nearly impossible to keep up with his prolific output.
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chow Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
no doubt, the man’s a beast in every sense of the word
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chow Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
fyi, two more omar albums dropped last week. here’s a stream to one: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/41380139
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Davy Minor Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Wow, it is nearly impossible to keep up with his prolific output.
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chow Says:
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
no doubt, the man’s a beast in every sense of the word
