Omar Rodríguez-López

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

• 2.1 Solo
• 2.2 with De Facto
• 2.3 collaborations

Life

Music career

His musical career began as a bass guitarist and later at the post - hardcore band At the Drive - In. After its dissolution in 2001, he founded with his longtime friend and bandmate Cedric Bixler - Zavala, the prog-rock band The Mars Volta, whose first album, De - loused in the Comatorium (2003 ) due to the versatile amalgamation of various genres from the press and the listener enthusiastic responses elicited. The Mars Volta broke up in 2013. However, Rodriguez -Lopez is also very active as a soloist. So far more than 20 solo albums have appeared in which various guests such as John Frusciante, Damo Suzuki and Jeremy Ward involved. Since 2012 he is also working on a new project called Bosnian Rainbows, whose first album was released on 28 June 2013.

As the cornerstone of his musical creativity may be called progressive rock, jazz and even salsa. His favorite guitar is his signature guitar, an Ibanez ORM1 ( left-handed version).

Directing career

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

Discography

Solo

• A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 (2004)
• Omar Rodriguez ( 2005) as " Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet"
• Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo (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)
• Mega Ritual ( 2009)
• Despair (2009)
• Cryptomnesia (2009) as " El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez "
• Los Sueños De Un Hígado (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, crossers, Osar y Callar (2012 )
• Octopus Kool Aid ( 2012)
• Equinox (2013 )
• Woman Gives Birth To Tomato! (2013 )
• Unicorn Skeleton Mask ( 2013)
• Azul, Wed Dientes (2013 )

With De Facto

• 456132015 (2001)
• How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub. You Plug Dub In. (2001)
• ¡ Megaton Shot Blast! (2001)
• Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues (2001)

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 by Hans Zimmer
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante (2010) with John Frusciante