Omar Rodriguez (album)
Omar Rodriguez is the self-titled second studio album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" (written and recorded in the city in early June 2005). Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005. Gold Standard Laboratories began offering a limited edition vinyl picture disc of this release for mail order in December 2006.
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Released | December 5, 2005 | |||
Recorded | June 2005 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, experimental | |||
Length | 43:09 | |||
Label | Willie Anderson Recordings | |||
Producer | Omar Rodríguez-López | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.1/10)[2] |
The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet, which formed in unison with the release of this record, toured briefly in the Netherlands in the fall of 2005 in support of this new release. Joining then on stage for one performance was Damo Suzuki, for the song "Please Heat This Eventually" which would resurface on the next two releases from the group.
The centerpiece of the album, Jacob van Lennepkade (which was later reworked on The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange)[3] is named after the street in which Omar lived during its recording in Amsterdam.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Een Ode Aan Ed van der Elsken" (A Tribute to Ed van der Elsken) | 3:22 |
2. | "Regenbogen Stelen Van Prostituees" (Stealing Rainbows from Prostitutes) | 10:06 |
3. | "Jacob van Lennepkade" | 17:27 |
4. | "Vondelpark Bij Nacht" (Vondelpark by Night) | 7:11 |
5. | "Spookrijden Op Het Fietspad" (Wrong-way Driving on the Bicycle Path) | 5:03 |
Total length: | 43:09 |
Personnel
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, sitar, bass, gong, percussion
- Adrián Terrazas-González – saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
- Marcel Rodríguez-López – drums, keyboards, gong, percussion
- Juan Alderete – bass (2)
- Jon Debaun – recording engineer, bass (3)
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala – tambora (4)
- Eric Salas – drums (5)
References
- Allmusic review
- Pitchfork Media review
- Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine