Scary Crazemas

Been serving up Omar Rodríguez-López for the Twelve Daze of Crazemas. Now for my Crazemas gift to all, a trio that ties everything up into a beautiful holly daze package.

Going back to The Mars Volta, the source material for my appreciation of all things OR-L.

A few months after their September 2022 self-titled seventh album heralded the return of Omar Rodríguez-López / Cedric Bixler-Zavala as The Mars Volta, the group recorded a potent reimagining of that reunion opus. Much more than a simple "unplugged" reiteration of The Mars Volta's 14 songs, this acoustic rendition furthers the mission of the source music, sharpening the focus of the traditional Latin influences that have always inspired TMV's music. 

 

The Mars Volta - Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon, Clouds Hill CH308, 2023.
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Blacklight Shine
Graveyard Love
Shore Story
Blank Condolences
Vigil
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Carazon
Cerulea
Flash Burns from Flashbacks
Palm Full of Crux
No Case Gain
Tourmaline
Equus 3
Collapsible Shoulders
The Requisition

 

 

Next, one from another of Omar's projects, El Trio de Omar Rodríguez-López.

From the Liner notes:
     "We wrote these songs together with the desire to celebrate the kinetic energy and imperfection of live music. The entire album was recorded in three days and each song was conceived in its entirety just before it was recorded. I only allowed us three rehearsals of the song and three takes (almost always using the first take as the final one). Three people, three microphones, three rehearsals, three takes, three days, all live. Thanks to this exercise, I have understood how much I still have to learn and how talented and almost perfect the other musicians who accompanied me are. I hope you enjoy it."

 

 

 

El Trio de Omar Rodríguez-López - Ciencia de los Inútiles,     

Rodriguez Lopez Productions – RLP006, 2010.

Side A -
Lunes    
Viernes    
Miércoles    
Noche Día    

Side B -
Martes    
Jueves    
Sábado    
Domingo

 

 

 

I mentioned in the First Daze that in the first part 2017, Omar continued his craziness with another ten releases every two weeks. I've put together a compilation of tunes from those offerings, the last NØ comp of 2024... 

Omar Rodríguez-López - Roman Lips to Doom Patrol: a Taste, NØ Comps., 2024

Roman Lips
Nowhere Sides
Hor
mor
Deseos Para Quemar
Merit
Sandra
Te Adoro
Loveless
Paint Yourself a Saint
Your Hazard Name
Nuclear Mysticism
Chew, Devour

 

 

 

Be back after the Crazemas craziness levels off,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Twelfth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Some Need it Lonely, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL12, Dec. 16, 2016.
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Bitter Sunsets    
We Might    
Sanity a Dream    
Zophiel    
Archangel Trophy    
Changes    
Back to the Same    
Zero Worth    
Barachiel is at it Again    
Ariel    
Mulu Lizi

 

 

Mary Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Eleventh Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Nom de Guerre Cabal, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL11, Dec. 1, 2016.
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Uncovering a Word    
Bitter Sunsets    
Healed & Raised by Wounds    
Riot Squid    
Life Proves it's Worth    
Victims of Power    
Violet Rays Again    
Nom de Guerre    
How Does One Love Go Blind

 

 

Larry Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Tenth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Zapopan, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL10, Nov. 18, 2016.
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Reap the Roots    
Tandem Happiness    
Fielding Souls    
What's Left in You    
Spell Broken Hearts    
If it Was a Snake it Would Have Bit You    
Hollow Change    
Archangel    
Harboring a Sadist    
Tentáculos de Fé    
Random Bouts of Shadow 

 

 

 

Wary Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Ninth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Weekly Mansions,Ipecac Recordings – IPC-ORL9, November 4, 2016.
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Essential Punishments    
Rotten Straw Lips    
Metallic Sweating for the Rich    
Science Urges    
Want, Need, Sream in a Dream    
Sophia as Well    
The Editor    
A Little Old Picnic in Fort Collins    
Disheartening Enveloppe    
Get in There Before You Sour    
Head is Made of Straw    
Right on My Finger    
They Ain't Kidding Me    
Bone Fat 

 

 

Very Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Eighth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Infinity Drips, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL8, Oct. 21, 2016.
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Na'ir al Saif    
Azha    
Jabhat al Akrab    
Microscopium    
Tania Borealis    
Lacerta    
Zuben el Genubi    
El Nath    
Nihal    
Baten Kaitos    
Edasich    
Er Rai    
Manir al Shuja

 

 

Hairy Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Seventh Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Cell Phone Bikini, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL7, Oct. 7, 2016.
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Childless Mother    
Holding Hell    
Amarillo    
Sell Myself In    
To My Fallen Head, I'm a Piece Paper    
Truth Blind Us    
Wolf    
Kisses Are Fishes    
Suerte y Aire

 

 

Carry Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Sixth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - El Bien y Mal Nos Uno, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL6, Sept. 23, 2016.
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Violencia Cotidiana    
Acuérdate    
Un Acto de Fe    
Amor Frio    
Perdido
Humor Sufi    
La Voz    
Yo Soy la Destrucción    
Planetas Sin Sol    
Estrella Caida

 

 

Fairy Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Fifth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Umbrella Mistress, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL5, Sept. 9, 2016.
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Saloenliaze    
Umbrella Mistress    
House Full of Hurt    
Eastern Promises    
Blood Count    
Through Wires    
Blue Pale Queen    
Tell Me What I Did Wrong     
Winter's Gone    
Diamond Teeth

 

 

Parry Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazemas - The Fourth Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Arañas en la Sombra, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL4, Aug. 26, 2016.
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No Hey Inteligencia    
Arcos del Amor    
El Vacio    
Piojos Histericos    
Un Mar Amargo     
Metamorfosis    
Extravagants Dientes    
Primitivo y Barbaro    
Semillas de Hez     
Araña el la Sombra     
Voluntad de los Ciegos    
Presencia

 

 

Airy Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazmas - The Third Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Blind Worm, Pious Swine, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL3, Aug. 12, 2016.
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Vanishing Tide     
Atlantis is Rising    
Black Mass
Lights     
Tunnel Riot    
Savage Letters    
Mariposa     
Swollen Neck    
Hieroglyphs from Hell    
Acacia    
Only Nothing Is

 

 

Bury Crazemas,
NØ

The 12 Daze of Crazmas - The Second Daze

Omar Rodríguez-López - Corazones, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL2, July 29, 2016.
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We Feel the Silence    
Running Away    
It was Her
Dead Heart    
Lola    
Sea is Rising    
Certainty    
Arrest My Father    
Some Sort of Justice    
Five Different Pieces    
If I Told You the Truth I Would be Made of Lies

 

 

Dairy Crazemas,
NØ

Now Begins the 12 Daze of Crazemas - The First Daze

This following set of shares are for everyone that I didn't get to with a personal gifting: for jonder, Stinky, & Art58koen; for Reb & Rob & Rev; for Brian, Richard, Inertia, Pat Trip Dispenser, aboynamedstew & all the others that I've inadvertantly overlooked; for all the anonymous commentors & non-commentors; for the lurkers & leechers; for everyone that gives purpose to this here misadventure. 

Wishing you all hippie, hoppy, holly Daze.

The 12 Daze of Crazemas

Last year I shared the 12 Dubs of Crazemas, a set of twelve releases from Mad Professor in the Dub Me Crazy series.

Here's another set of Craziness. In 2016, Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López announced that he would somehow manage to find time away from his other bands of the time:At The Drive In; Antemasque; & Bosnian Rainbows to release 12 new solo albums, one every two weeks from July 15th until December 16th on Mike Patton's Ipecac Records. On July 15, 2016 he released Sworn Virgins & reaching #12 on December 16 with Some Need it Lonely.

Omar's main diversion, the Mars Volta entered a hiatus in September 2012. Rodríguez-López started a new project, Bosnian Rainbows, then he & fellow MV Cedric Bixler-Zavala reunited in 2014 for a new project, Antemasque, then there were further At the Drive-In tours & recording sessions.

These releasess all contain material recorded between 2008-2013 & feature contributions from frequent Mars Volta collaborators. The first release is Sworn Virgins which features Le Butcherettes / Bosnian Rainbows Teri Gender Bender & Mars Volta / Bosnian Rainbows multi-instrumentalist Deantoni Parks.

If this doesn't qualify as Craziness, I don't know beans (well, OR-L did go on to release ten more albums basically every two weeks in 2017 finishing the madness with Doom Patrol). Here's the first Daze... 

 

Omar Rodríguez-López - Sworn Virgins, Ipecac Recordings IPC-ORL 1, July 15, 2016.
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Pineapple Face    
Not Even Toad Loves You    
To Kill a Chi Chi    
Trick Harpoon Stare of Baby    
High Water Hell    
Saturine    
Crow's Fest    
Heart Mistakes    
Logged into Bliss    
Fortuna    
Twice a Plague

 

 

Nary Crazemas,
NØ