Omar Rodriguez Lopez And Jeremy Michael Ward - Omar A Rodriguez Lopez and Jeremy Michael Ward

The self-titled collaborative album between OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ (of THE MARS VOLTA) and his late bandmate, JEREMY MICHAEL WARD,
will come as something of a departure for fans of Rodriguez Lopez's vast catalog of rock-oriented albums. Originally recorded in 2001, after the
dissolution of AT THE DRIVE-IN and prior to the "Tremulant" EP which would announce the arrival of THE MARS VOLTA to the world at large, the
Rodriguez Lopez/Ward collaboration is a playful, abstract concoction of manipulated sounds and processed, unrecognizable recordings of household
objects, everyday activities, passing dialog, and similar ephemera. Ward (who passed away in 2003), sound manipulator for TMV as well as a
founding member of the dub-devoted DE FACTO project, was arguably as potent a partner in crime as Rodriguez Lopez's more wellknown
collaborator, Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Originally issued as a limited edition (200), minidisc-only release, the album has never enjoyed widespread
availability until now. Comparable to the work of minimalist composer Steve Reich, Rodriguez Lopez has stated that the album is illustrating the
crossdimensional elements linking his various solo projects and his more "traditional" work with DE FACTO and THE MARS VOLTA.

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