Omar Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, actor and director, who is best known for his roles as band leader of The Mars Volta and guitarist for At the Drive-In. He is also the former bassist of the dub outfit De Facto, punk band Le Butcherettes (for which he also serves as producer), and finally, an active member of Bosnian Rainbows, Antemasque, and Crystal Fairy (band). Omar has released an eclectic catalogue of music as a solo musician and has collaborated with a diverse range of artists and bands, such as El-P, Faust, John Frusciante, Lydia Lunch, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Damo Suzuki.
| Omar Rodríguez-López discography | |
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 Rodríguez-López at the Latitude festival 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 49 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 2 |
| Music videos | 5 |
| Producer | 55 |
This article represents the complete body of work released by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo musician and record producer.
Albums
editStudio albums
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| 2004 | A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One | — | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Omar Rodriguez
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| 2007 | Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo
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The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange
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Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
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| 2008 | Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus
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Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead
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Old Money
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| 2009 | Megaritual
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Despair
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Cryptomnesia
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Xenophanes
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Solar Gambling
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| 2010 | Tychozorente
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Cizaña de los Amores
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Mantra Hiroshima
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Un Escorpión Perfumado
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| 2012 | Un Corazón de Nadie
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Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar
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Octopus Kool Aid
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| 2013 | Equinox
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Woman Gives Birth to Tomato!
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Unicorn Skeleton Mask
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¿Sólo Extraño?
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| 2016 | Sworn Virgins
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Corazones
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Blind Worms, Pious Swine
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Arañas en la Sombra
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Umbrella Mistress
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El Bien y Mal Nos Une
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Cell Phone Bikini
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Infinity Drips
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Weekly Mansions
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Zapopan
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Nom de Guerre Cabal
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Some Need It Lonely
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A Lovejoy
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| 2017 | Roman Lips
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Zen Thrills
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Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade
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Ensayo de un Desaparecido
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Azul, Mis Dientes
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Gorilla Preacher Cartel
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Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats
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Solid State Mercenaries
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Birth of a Ghost
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Doom Patrol
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| 2020 | The Clouds Hill Tapes Parts I, II & III
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| 2023 | Is It the Clouds?
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| 2010 | Sepulcros de Miel
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| 2009 | Cryptomnesia
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| 2010 | Ciencia de los Inútiles
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As Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante
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| 2010 | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante
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As Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward
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| 2008 | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward
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Live albums
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| 2009 | Los Sueños de un Hígado
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| 2010 | Dōitashimashite
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Compilation albums
editAs Omar Rodriguez Lopez
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| 2011 | Telesterion
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Extended plays
editAs Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Damo Suzuki
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| 2006 | Please Heat This Eventually
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As Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch
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| 2007 | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch
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| 2012 | This Is Not Music, This Is Not Us and We Are Not Here
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As Kimono Kult
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| 2014 | Hiding in the Light
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Singles
editAs Nadie
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| 2014 | "Winter's Gone" | Non-album single |
As Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante
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| 2005 | "0=2" "0" |
The Special 12 Singles Series, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante |
Other appearances
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| 1991 | I Love Being Trendy | Startled Calf | Provides lead vocals. |
| 1993 | You Can't Change Me | Startled Calf | Provides lead vocals. |
| 2002 | Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three | Rollins Band | By various artists (Produced by Henry Rollins). |
| 2004 | Shadows Collide with People | John Frusciante | Performs slide guitar on "Chances", "23 Go in to End". |
| Inside of Emptiness | John Frusciante | Lead Guitar on "666". | |
| 2005 | Curtains | John Frusciante | Lead guitar on "Lever Pulled", joined lead guitar with John on "Anne" |
| Radio Vago | Radio Vago | The album was also produced by Omar Rodriguez. | |
| The Phantom Syndrome | Coaxial | ||
| The Special 12 Singles Series | Alavaz Relxib Cirdec | Wrote guitar and chorus section on "Private Booths". Co-wrote "Sapta Loka". | |
| 2006 | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Guitar solo on "Especially in Michigan". |
| 2007 | I'll Sleep When You're Dead | El-P | Also features Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens of The Mars Volta. |
| 2008 | New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) | Erykah Badu | Appears on "Twinkle". |
| The Burning Plain | Hans Zimmer | A collaboration between Omar Rodríguez-López and Hans Zimmer for the film The Burning Plain. The soundtrack was used in the film only and remains unreleased in any other format. | |
| 2009 | Leslie White | Taka-Takaz | Guitars on "Y sono la flauta" and "Por casualidad". |
| Terra Incognita | Juliette Lewis | Producer, Guitar, Bass, Organ (Rhodes). | |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious OST | Burnt the Diphthongs | Wrote and performed on the following songs for fictional band, Burnt the Diphthongs: "Playing for Nina", "Mark's Master" and "The Healing Song". |
| Negativa | Hour of the Monarchy | ||
| Entren Los Que Quieran | Calle 13 | Appears on the track entitled "Calma Pueblo". | |
| 2011 | The Golden Age of Knowhere | Funeral Party | Provides guitar solo on "Car Wars". |
| 2014 | Tercer Solar | Apolo | Featured on the track entitled "Siddhartha". |
| 2016 | ¿De Qué Sivre la Resistencia? | Yokozuna | Features Omar Rodríguez-López and Le Butcherettes. |
| 2017 | Residente[2] | Residente | Provides guitars |
As producer
edit| Year | Album | For | Comment |
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| 1997 | El Gran Orgo | At the Drive-In | Co-produced with Bryan Jones and other members of At the Drive-In. |
| 2000 | Sunshine / At the Drive-In | At the Drive-In | Co-produced "Extracurricular" and "Autorelocater" with the other members of At the Drive-In. |
| 2003 | De-Loused in the Comatorium | The Mars Volta | Co-produced with Rick Rubin. |
| Live | The Mars Volta | Co-produced with Cedric Bixler-Zavala. | |
| 2004 | A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 | Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez | Recorded in 2001. |
| 2005 | Frances the Mute | The Mars Volta | Recorded between July and October 2004 at Avatar Studios, New York. |
| Scabdates | The Mars Volta | Recorded between May 2004 and May 2005, at various live performances | |
| Omar Rodriguez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet | Recorded in June 2005. First release in the "Amsterdam Series". | |
| Radio Vago | Radio Vago | This was the only album to be released by the band. | |
| 2006 | Amputechture | The Mars Volta | Recorded between November 2005 and May 2006 in Los Angeles, California, El Paso, Texas and Melbourne, Australia. |
| Please Heat This Eventually | Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Damo Suzuki | Live segments recorded November 14, 2005, in Cologne, Germany. | |
| 2007 | Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in November 2005. Second release in the "Amsterdam Series". |
| Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch | ||
| The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet | Recorded in 2005. Third release in the "Amsterdam Series". | |
| Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in 2005. Fourth release in the "Amsterdam Series". | |
| 2008 | The Bedlam in Goliath | The Mars Volta | Recorded between 2006 and 2007 at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California and Rodriguez-Lopez's home studio in Brooklyn, New York. |
| Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward | Recorded in May 2001. | |
| Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in 2001. | |
| Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded between 2001 and 2002. | |
| Old Money | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded between 2005 and 2006. | |
| 2009 | Megaritual | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in 2006. Fifth and final release in the "Amsterdam Series". |
| Despair | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in 2007. | |
| Cryptomnesia | El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez | This is the first of three albums by the band. | |
| Octahedron | The Mars Volta | Recorded in August 2008 at 99 Sutton Street in Brooklyn, New York. | |
| Terra Incognita | Juliette and The New Romantiques | Also plays guitar, bass and organ (Rhodes) on this album. | |
| Los Sueños de un Hígado | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group | Recorded on March 11, 2009. | |
| Xenophanes | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in December 2008. | |
| Solar Gambling | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Recorded in 2009. | |
| 2010 | Ciencia de los Inútiles | El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez | |
| Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante | Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante | Recorded in the spring of 2003. | |
| Sepulcros de Miel | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet | Recorded in 2006. | |
| Tychozorente | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Co-produced with Elvin Estela. | |
| Cizaña de los Amores | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| Mantra Hiroshima | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| Dōitashimashite | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group | Recorded on September 13,14,17,18, 2010. | |
| Un Escorpión Perfumado | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| 2011 | Telesterion | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Compilation album. |
| Sin Sin Sin | Le Butcherettes | Provides bass guitar in addition to producing the album. | |
| 2012 | Noctourniquet | The Mars Volta | |
| Un Corazón de Nadie | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| Octopus Kool Aid | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| 2013 | Equinox | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | |
| Woman Gives Birth to Tomato! | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group | ||
| Unicorn Skeleton Mask | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| ¿Sólo Extraño? | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | ||
| 2014 | Cry Is for the Flies | Le Butcherettes | Provides bass guitar in addition to producing the album. |
| 2015 | Guardian | Apolo | |
| 2015 | A Raw Youth | Le Butcherettes |
Videography
editMusic videos
edit| Year | Title | For | Director |
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| 2008 | "Calibration" | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez |
| 2009 | "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez |
| 2010 | "Miercoles" | El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez |
| "Polaridad" | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | |
| "Agua Dulce De Pulpo" | Omar Rodriguez Lopez | Omar Rodriguez Lopez |
Rodriguez Lopez Productions catalog
editRLP001 Cryptomnesia
RLP002 Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare (by Zechs Marquise)
RLP003 Xenophanes
RLP004 Solar Gambling
RLP005 Los Sueños de un Hígado
RLP006 Ciencia de los Inútiles
RLP007 Sepulcros de Miel
RLP008 Octahedron (by The Mars Volta) - vinyl only
RLP009 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante
RLP010 Un Escorpión Perfumado
RLP011 N/A
RLP012 Sin Sin Sin (by Le Butcherettes)
RLP013 Cizaña de los Amores
RLP014 Tychozorente
RLP015 N/A
RLP016 N/A
RLP017 N/A
RLP018 Mantra Hiroshima
RLP019 Dōitashimashite
RLP020 N/A
RLP021 Telesterion
RLP022 N/A
RLP023 Getting Paid (by Zechs Marquise)
RLP024 Before Gardens After Gardens (by Big Sir)
RLP025 Noctourniquet (by The Mars Volta) - vinyl only
RLP026 Un Corazón de Nadie
RLP027 Octopus Kool Aid
RLP028 Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar
RLP029 Touch but Don't Look (by Deantoni Parks)
RLP030 The Sentimental Engine Slayer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Peaks on the US Heatseekers Albums chart:
- Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo and Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far): "Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- Cryptomnesia: "Heatseekers Albums: May 23, 2009". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Exposito, Suzy (April 4, 2017). "Calle 13's Residente Talks Exploring Global Roots on Star-Studded Solo Debut". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2017.