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A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One

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Released
  
August 31, 2004

Length
  
52:52

Release date
  
31 August 2004

Recorded
  
2001 and some in 2004

Artist
  
Omar Rodríguez-López

Producer
  
Omar Rodríguez-López

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A Manual Dexterity Soundtrack Volume One (2004)
  
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Label
  
Rodriguez-Lopez Productions

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Experimental music, Post-rock

Similar
  
Omar Rodríguez-López albums, Progressive rock albums

A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One, the solo debut from The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López, was recorded in 2001 after the breakup of former band At the Drive-In and released in 2004. This was supposed to be the first volume of a two-part soundtrack set to go along to a film directed by Rodriguez-Lopez.

Contents

The release of Volume Two, which was originally planned for Spring of 2005, and the film itself were both delayed indefinitely due to legal problems. Conflicts over ownership of certain footage and Rodríguez-López's reluctance to revisit the project, which featured his late friend Jeremy Michael Ward in the lead role, were both cited as reasons for the delay. However, Rodríguez-López stated that he does intend to release both Volume Two and the film at some point in the future.

"Deus Ex Machina" is a version of a song "Reina de Mi Vida", written by Omar's father Angel Marcelo Rodriguez (also known as Marcelo Rod-Che) for the famous Puerto Rican salsa orchestra El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico; here, it is performed by Angel Marcelo himself.

Track listing

  1. "Around Knuckle White Tile" – 7:16
  2. "Dyna Sark Arches" – 4:38
  3. "Here the Tame Go By" – 5:11
  4. "Deus Ex Machina" – 5:03
  5. "Dramatic Theme" – 7:16
  6. "A Dressing Failure" – 2:54
  7. "Sensory Decay Part II" – 6:04
  8. "Of Blood Blue Blisters" – 4:53
  9. "Dream Sequence" – 6:11
  10. "The Palpitations Form a Limit" – 3:22

Personnel

  • Omar Rodríguez-López – Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Hand claps, Rolands VP 330, SH 1000, SH 101, SH 7, SH 2000, Korg MS 2000, Microkorg, Organ, Drum machines, Promars, Pianette, Piano, Yamaha QY 100, Rhythm sequence, Samples, TVs, Telephone, Typewriter, Breathing
  • Blake Fleming – Drums (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), Hand claps (2)
  • Jeremy Michael Ward – Melodica (2), Guitar pedals (5), Yelling (8)
  • John Frusciante – Mini moog (2, 3), A 100 (3), Guitars (5, 10)
  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – Percussion & Hand claps (2), Vocals & Lyrics (10)
  • Angel Marcelo Rodriguez – Vocals & Lyrics (4)
  • David Lopez – Trumpet (4)
  • Cecilio Ortiz – Guitar (4)
  • Alberto El Professor Aragonez – Percussion (4)
  • Isaiah Ikey Owens – Piano (8)
  • Andrew Scheps – Trumpet (8)
  • Sara Christina Gross – Saxophone (9)

    • Trivia

  • "Manual Dexterity" was also the name of a song that appeared on Omar's former band De Facto's second album "Megaton Shotblast!"

    • Songs

    1Around Knuckle White Tile7:16
    2Dyna Sark Arches4:39
    3Here the Tame Go By5:11

    References

    A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One Wikipedia
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