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37-539: His group began as Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet , formed in 2005 when he toured Europe to support his self-titled solo record . The quintet included three other members of The Mars Volta: Juan Alderete , Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez and Adrián Terrazas-González as well as Money Mark of Beastie Boys fame. Omar began this group with these members within only a year or two of them joining The Mars Volta. The album features long, largely improvised instrumentals with Dutch titles. The quintet then collaborated with Damo Suzuki on

74-608: A 25-minute EP titled Please Heat This Eventually , which was largely taken from a night recorded on their European tour in November 2005. The EP was released exclusively by Gold Standard Laboratories on vinyl only in December 2006, then released widely in January 2007. Another collaborative EP followed later that year, this time between the quintet and Lydia Lunch , as well as the full-length record, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange , which

111-698: A Chicago date the night after New York, along with two west coast dates. Further touring of Russia and Europe were then scheduled for November/December, with The Mars Volta scheduled to play two festival shows in South America in October. Meanwhile, Deantoni had also performed as part of Juan Alderete's group Vato Negro for a California date, June 17, as well as the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in July. Omar joined his friends for

148-545: A couple records contain portions dating back as far as 2001. After a 6-year hiatus during which time Omar was occupied with Bosnian Rainbows, Antemasque, At the Drive-In, Crystal Fairy, and his film work, a ORLG concert was announced in May 2018 for 8 de Diciembre 2018 at Festival Catrina (El Festival Más Importante De Puebla) in Puebla, México. Omar's first solo performance in 6 years was at

185-528: A national broadcast segment that aired in 1982. He later explored jazz as a teen with Delbert Felix and chose to enroll at Berklee College of Music , where study with Lenny Nelson and exposure to Photek , Squarepusher , and Hidden Agenda turned his focus to the mechanistic beats of electronic music. In 1998, while living in Boston , Deantoni drafted the New Wave Manifesto. It was these beliefs that provided

222-424: A record of simply John and Rodriguez-Lopez, released April 30, 2010. Before this, the two had done a few collaborations and live guest appearances, even releasing a single titled "0=2" on The Special 12 Singles Series as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante in 2005 as 7" vinyl, and digitally in 2006. This was released before any of his group recordings, around the same time as Omar Rodriguez . The group

259-598: Is a composer and performer on the André 3000 “New Blue Sun.” Based in Atlanta, Georgia , Parks is the founder of Tech Art Fair, Technoself Immersive, the record label Humani Machina (via Alpha Pup distributed by Virgin/UMG), and private online school, Technoself School of Philosophy (since 2020). Parks has participated as faculty for Stanford Jazz Workshop and Berklee College of Music also performing workshops and clinics at Cooper Union , Georgia Tech , and Virginia Tech . Deantoni

296-581: Is an American new-wave / avant-garde / experimental musician. He is the co-founder, co-producer and drummer of the New York band KUDU along with artist Sylvia Black, and one half of the TV/Film scoring duo We Are Dark Angels alongside Nicci Kasper, also a member of KUDU. Parks was a member of progressive rock band the Mars Volta and (together with Kasper) a member of the alternative rock act Bosnian Rainbows . Parks

333-452: The Cryptomnesia album (recorded in 2006, released in 2009). Rodriguez-Lopez also released Ciencia de los Inútiles under the entity El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez . This trio comprises Omar, Ximena and double bass player Aaron Cruz Bravo. A quartet record was released digitally on May 30, 2010, including Juan, Marcel, and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante , as well as

370-766: The Clouds Hill Festival in Hamburg, Germany on the 23rd of November during which he debuted songs from Arañas en la Sombra , Weekly Mansions , Roman Lips , and Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats all released in 2016/2017 through the Ipecac Recordings series, as well as one unreleased song. He was joined by brother Marcel along with a female vocalist and female drummer previously unaffiliated with any of his work. number indicates order of release * annotates recorded in 2001, before formation of The Mars Volta annotates record sequence of those constituting

407-410: The "Amsterdam Series," recorded whilst Omar lived there 2005-2006 (all as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez" unless otherwise noted) Antemasque Bosnian Rainbows ORLG / TMV Omar Rodriguez (album) Omar Rodriguez is the 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

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444-545: The Edward Bunker novel of the same name. Deantoni Parks & Nicci Kasper as WE ARE DARK ANGELS scored the last scene of Director Paul Schrader's First Reformed . Lustmord Aka Brian Williams scored the rest of the film. Deantoni was featured as an actor and drummer in Mark Ruffalo 's directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious along with Juliette Lewis , Laura Linney , Orlando Bloom and Mark Ruffalo. He also performed on

481-454: The Group's 2010 touring, Mantra Hiroshima , the second record to feature drumming by Zach Hill , and the appreciatively titled Dōitashimashite , the Group's second live release capturing the U.S. tour, were delivered. Next came the anticipated studio album, Un Escorpión Perfumado , including Marcel, Deantoni, and more vocals by Omar by year's end. 2011 began with another ORLG tour, starting with

518-713: The Lime , King Britt , Curtis Vodka, Hess Is More, LingLing and others. Between summer 2006 and the fall of 2007 they performed at the Roskilde Festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark , Delta Tejo Festival in Portugal and Transmusicales held annually in Rennes , Brittany , France . Their last public performance was opening for Me'shell Ndegeocello at the Highline Ballroom in

555-496: The band played all instrumental material consisting mostly of the compositions which are believed to be from the upcoming Vato Negro album. In December 2011, the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Trio (Rodriguez-Lopez, Alderete, Parks) toured Australia, playing 7 concerts in as many days through 5 cities. On this tour they were supported by Le Butcherettes , with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez pulling double duty and playing bass for them. For

592-529: The band relocated to New York City in 2000. Kudu released their self-titled debut on Velour Recordings , a New York-based label, in 2001. The band eventually agreed to terms with Nublu Records and in 2006 the label released their Death of the Party album. NuBlu also released Back for More: A Remix Collection . The album featured a cherry-picked selection of unreleased tracks, B-sides, rare recordings and remixes by Armand Van Helden , Tommie Sunshine , Sinden, Drop

629-524: The departure of Blake Fleming . Touring with the band for two months, Parks was subsequently replaced by Thomas Pridgen . Regarding his exit from the band, Parks stated, "I was already working heavily with John Cale at the time, and also KUDU. And, to be honest, at the time, I was just more loyal to them, obviously. And, you know, [The Mars Volta] were looking for drummers too. I was just there to fill-in, or whatever. I mean I clicked really, really well with Omar and I always remember that so I never blocked out

666-580: The drummer for the 2010 tour. He had previously performed as drummer of The Mars Volta in September/October 2006 as a temporary fill-in, and has since remained great friends with the band. Lars Stalfors also joined the group on stage as sound manipulator in 2010. Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group has announced a performance at the Metamorphose Festival in Tokyo , Japan on September 4, 2010. Also added were

703-484: The fall of 2009. Despite KUDU's early success the group has not released an album since 2008's Back for More. Nicci Kasper, Sylvia Gordon and Deantoni have all continued to write and produce tracks for other artists including John Cale and Me'shell Ndegeocello. In early 2009 Deantoni and Nick Kasper began collaborating as the writing duo, We Are Dark Angels. Parks briefly joined The Mars Volta in September 2006, following

740-578: The festival show, as the three are working on a Vato Negro album. During December 2010, it was slowly revealed that Deantoni has returned as drummer of The Mars Volta, and has been working with them closely throughout the year. During 2010, Omar had also released a record of older material performed along with Elvin Estela (DJ Nobody) featuring no guitars, Tychozorente , and a collection of songs featuring Ximena & Lisa Papineau as vocalists, Cizaña de los Amores . Then, as surprise digital releases concluding

777-510: The final track remaining, "Victimas del Cielo", released in studio form on 2010's Cizaña de los Amores . Los Sueños de un Hígado follows the Damo Suzuki and Lydia Lunch collaborative EPs in being the only releases under the name "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group", two of which are essentially live recordings. A new group, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez , was announced in Spring 2009, featured on

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814-635: The foundation for the core song structures that ultimately led to the recording of the KUDU demo. He founded KUDU with his then girlfriend Sylvia Gordon, Nicci Kasper. KUDU was performing Photek, Roni Size and Cujo covers at venues (name specific venues or shows with select acts) around Boston. Due to Deantoni's ability to play these hyper/punk/virtuosic rhythms live, KUDU inspired and influenced many American drummers and live drum and bass acts from 2000 forward. Bill Laswell , Vernon Reid ( Living Colour ) and Jojo Mayer , were all seen at early KUDU shows after

851-560: The group's drummer for the three years he was also in The Mars Volta, replacing Marcel, who became percussionist and second keyboardist, much like his role in The Mars Volta. 2008 was the last year that Terrazas-González toured with Rodriguez-Lopez, in The Mars Volta or otherwise, after a mutual split planned for a few years. In March 2009, the group got together for another tour in Europe, this time featuring Omar's girlfriend Ximena Sariñana as

888-667: The idea of working with them again. It was just that time, it was a weird time for me to join then so that's why it didn't happen." Deantoni joined the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group on their autumn 2010 tour across Japan, the US and Russia. He has also recorded on many of Omar's albums since 2008's release Old Money , for which his contribution had been recorded when Deantoni first joined The Mars Volta in 2006. He rejoined The Mars Volta in late 2010 and stayed until their dissolution after 2012's Noctourniquet . During this timeframe he

925-600: The overdubs were done on the road in August 2005 (during The Mars Volta North American tour) and the album was mixed in September. Gold Standard Laboratories began offering a limited edition vinyl picture disc of this release for mail order in December 2006. The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet , which formed in unison with the release of this record, toured Europe in November 2005 in support of this new release. Joining then on stage for their November 14, 2005 performance in Cologne, Germany

962-470: The performance at 2012 Metamorphose Festival in Japan the trio was joined for the first time by Teri Gender Bender, Le Butcherettes vocalist, playing 3 songs from then-unreleased album Octopus Kool Aid . A new ORLG tour was announced in summer of 2012, consisting of more than 40 dates in Europe, USA and Japan. The group line-up was originally said to be Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Deantoni Parks and Teri Gender Bender (this time not including bassist Juan Alderete who

999-562: The performance at the Rodriguez Lopez Productions and Sargent House showcase at the SXSW Music Festival . A special guest was said to join the group on stage, which turned out to be Cedric in place of Ximena as vocalist. Most of the songs premiered during the tour turned out to be new songs of The Mars Volta , eventually released a year later on Noctourniquet . On several shows missed by Cedric due to his voice illness,

1036-491: The title track for the movie with The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. Deantoni appeared on the soundtrack of the Tamra Davis documentary, The Radiant Child , with Michael Holman and Jean-Michel Basquiat band, Gray. While touring the globe between 1998 and 2009, Deantoni collected hours and hours of video footage. In 2009, he compiled this footage and edited it with photographs from these travels to create

1073-450: The vocalist and Mark Aanderud on keyboards instead of Money Mark. In September 2009, a five-track live recording of the March 11, London concert was released digitally and on limited vinyl, titled Los Sueños de un Hígado . It featured songs from Rodriguez-Lopez's albums Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo , Old Money , and Solar Gambling , the last of which would be released 3 months later, with

1110-619: 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 also recorded at the same November 14, 2005 show and later released on The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange as the title track) is named after the street in which Omar lived during its recording in Amsterdam. All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López Antemasque Bosnian Rainbows ORLG / TMV Deantoni Parks Deantoni Parks (born November 2, 1977)

1147-622: Was a double album vinyl. The quintet has been dubbed Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group since 2006, as indicated on the back cover of Please Heat This Eventually , even though they were known as the Quintet at the time of the performance. The group played a live show in 2007 at Fuji Rock Festival, Japan, and featured Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Thomas Pridgen in the group for the first time, both also of The Mars Volta. During "Rapid Fire Tollbooth" performance, Alfredo Ortiz joined on percussion in addition to Marcel and Terrazas-González. Thomas Pridgen remained

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1184-433: Was also working on music with TMV members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Juan Alderete on their respective projects, although all are yet to see release besides Deantoni making appearances on Big Sir records. Together with Rodriguez-Lopez, singer Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and his KUDU/Dark Angels bandmate Kasper, Parks formed a new band called Bosnian Rainbows in 2012. Their first full-length, self-titled album

1221-551: Was born and raised in Newnan, Georgia . His family's musical preferences leaned towards funk, Southern soul and gospel and with their full support he began playing drums when he was two years old. He was put in the national spotlight before the age of five as a result of his practice and performance with the Newnan High School band. Xernona Clayton from The Xernona Clayton Show broadcast on WAGA-TV in Atlanta interviewed him for

1258-512: Was present in all the previous line-ups). Just before the first show of the tour it was revealed that new line-up is actually the whole new band called Bosnian Rainbows , also featuring Nicci Kasper, member of Dark Angels alongside Parks, on synthesizers/keyboards. The band released their debut album, recorded live at Clouds Hill Recordings in Hambourg, in June 2013. A live album of the 2012 one-off concerts

1295-411: Was released in 2017 as Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade . Along with this new live album were 22 other releases in 2016-2017 during which time Omar's attention had primarily shifted to At the Drive-In and film work. No concerts were performed in support of these bi-weekly album releases and no physical editions of the records have yet to be produced. They were largely recorded between 2008-2013, although

1332-462: Was released on June 25, 2013. Deantoni's work as an instructor at Stanford Jazz Workshop , and Berklee College of Music since '98 led to him to creating Technoself School of Philosophy in 2020 operating privately as an online school via Discord . Deantoni is composer as WE ARE DARK ANGELS alongside Nicci Kasper on Dog Eat Dog (2016). Dog Eat Dog is directed by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Mishima) and stars Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe. Based on

1369-578: Was scheduled to be performing for the first time in the United States on May 2, 2010 at Highline Ballroom in New York, though the date was pushed back to September 17 due to "key members" not being available. It was speculated that Dave Elitch, the current drummer of The Mars Volta, would be performing as part of ORL Group in the future, as he has been credited as having recorded with Omar apart from The Mars Volta on his website. An official statement has since confirmed former collaborator Deantoni Parks to be

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