Omar Rodríguez-López, guitarist for The Mars Volta, has released his entire back catalogue whicg features previously unreleased content. The catalogue includes 62 albums, with 36 of them that have never been available on any digital service provider apps. His entire catalogue will now be available on streaming services.
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The release stems from the recent deal that was made between Rodríguez-López and Clouds Hill Music, who in the deal acquired the rights to his full catalogue for Rodríguez-López Productions and The Mars Volta.
Clouds Hill Music has already released an 18-LP box set from The Mars Volta, which dropped on April 23 of this year. The box set released the band’s entire discography along with previously unreleased material. More specifically, it included Rodríguez-López’s triple-solo album and the group’s Landscape Tantrums.
The newly released back catalogue features some of his more popular releases such as Cryptomnesia. It also features well-known collaborations with people like John Frusciante, guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, singer/poet Lydia Lunch and Japanese musician Damo Suzuki. The 7-track album with Frusciante was released back in April fo 2010. It was a 28-minute long collaboration between the two. It featured a ton of intense instrumental, unforgettable riffs and electrifying sounds. The following albums are all available to be streamed on music servicing apps:
The Clouds Hill Tapes Pts. I, II & III
Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats
Birth of A Ghost
Cell Phone Bikini
Solid State Mercenaries
Gorilla Preacher Carter
Azul, Mis Dientes
Ensayo De Un Desaparecido
Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade
Zen Thrills
Roman Lips
A Lovejoy
Some Need It Lonely
Blind Worms, Pious Swine
Zapopan
Infinity Drips
El Bien Y Mal Nos Une
Umbrella Mistress
Arañas en la Sombra
Corazones
Doom Patrol
Sworn Virgins
Weekly Mansions
Nom De Guerre Cabal
Sólo Extraño?
Exquinox
Unicorn Skeleton Mask
Octopus Kool Aid
Saber, Querer, Osar Y Callar
Un Corazón De Nadie
Telesterion
Un Escorpión Perfumado
Mantra Hiroshima
Cizaña De Los Amores
Tychozorente
Omar Rodríguez-López & John Frusciante
Solar Gambling
Xenophanes
Despair
Megaritual
Old Money
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus
Minor Cuts And Scrapes In The Bushes Ahead
Omar Rodríguez-López & Jeremy Michael Ward
Calibration (Is Pushing Luck And Key Too Far)
Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
Omar Rodriguez
A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Vol. One
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