Cancel your weekend plans and say goodbye to your loved ones, because Omar Rodríguez-López just dropped his entire catalog on the return of streaming services. It’s a whopping 62 albums, including 36 that have never been used before on DSPs, including a fan favorite Cryptomnesia, a partnership with John Frusciante, and oh more.
This is part of his extensive partnership with Clouds Hill Music, which in March acquired the complete catalogs of Rodríguez-López Productions and The Mars Volta. It’s been a fruitful two months. So far, Clouds Hill has treated fans to a budget payout The 18-LP box from The Mars Volta, the lost album Landscape Tantrum, and ORL’s triple-solo album The Tapings at Clouds Hill. But all of that was just a light rain compared to the storm that hit streaming services.
Rodríguez-López has released 48 albums under her own name, additional releases such as DeFacto and Antemasque, their collaborations with Jeremy Michael Ward, Lydia Lunch, and Damo Suzuki, and a variety of ORL outfits. including the Omar Rodríguez-López Group, the Omar Rodríguez- López Quartet, the Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet, El Trio de Omar Rodríguez-López, and El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodríguez-López, which was responsible for the demolition, experiment Cryptomnesia.
There’s a lot to take, but guitar fans are straight ahead Omar Rodríguez-López & John Frusciante, an instrumental throwing of the ax between the two most famous. The seven-track, 28-minute effort features a hefty count of riffs, grooves, and all-around wizardry, and you can check them out below.
Above all, fans may have the new The Mars Volta in store. Shortly before the epidemic, singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala hinted at a meeting, talking about a “new chapter, ” andadding that “it happened.”
From now on the entire catalog behind Omar Rodríguez-López will be available on all streaming services. 62 albums, 36 of which are now available digitally for the first time! pic.twitter.com/8ycUzTrWbI
– Clouds Hill (@cloudshillmusic) May 21, 2021
For anyone wondering, you can find all the releases under the following artist names: pic.twitter.com/3rNhMPN5I1
– Clouds Hill (@cloudshillmusic) May 21, 2021