Instruments Guitar | Years active 1993–present | |
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Born July 15, 1974 (age 42) ( 1974-07-15 ) Origin Seattle, Washington, United States Occupation(s) Musician, composer, art director, graphic designer Associated acts Æthenor, Burning Witch, Fungal Hex, Ginnungagap, Grave Temple, Khanate, KTL, Lotus Eaters, Nazoranai, Pentemple, Sarin, Sunn O))), Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer Albums Terrestrials, Shade Themes From Kair, Soused, Black One, Monoliths & Dimensions Profiles | ||
Stephen o malley steve noble cafe oto 18 08 10
Stephen O'Malley (sometimes referred to as SOMA) is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist from Seattle, Washington who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups (the most notable of which is Sunn O)))).
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- Stephen o malley steve noble cafe oto 18 08 10
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- Biography
- with Sunn O
- with Khanate
- with Burning Witch
- with Ginnungagap
- with Lotus Eaters
- with KTL
- solo works
- with Grave Temple
- with thenor
- various
- Songs
- References
Stephen o malley alexey tegin live in ges 2 moscow 22 02 17
Biography
O'Malley is a founding member of several groups including Sunn O))) (1998–present), Burning Witch (1995–1998), KTL (2005–present), and Khanate (2000–2006). Within these groups and alone, he has collaborated with a variety of artists including Greg Anderson, Merzbow, Eyvind Kang, Alan Moore, Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram, F.M. Einheit, Randall Dunn, James Plotkin, Julian Cope, Joe Preston, Attila Csihar, Stuart Dempster, Peter Rehberg aka PITA, Lee Dorrian, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nurse With Wound, the Japanese metal band Boris & Michio Kurihara, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino, Daniel O'Sullivan & Kristoffer Rygg (in the free improvisation act Æthenor together with Steve Noble), Aaron Turner, Oren Ambarchi, Alexander Tucker, and percussionist Z'EV.
O'Malley also produced work together with the French choreographer and theatre director Gisèle Vienne (the pieces "Kindertotenlieder" (2007), "Jerk" (2008), "Eternelle Idole" (2009), This Is How You Will Disappear (2010)), Last Spring: A Prequel (2011), American sculptor Banks Violette (various projects between 2005–2009), the Italian performance artist Nico Vascellari (2007–2011), Swiss art collective KLAT (2009), and the Belgian film maker Alexis Destoop ("Kairos" (2010), with Oren Ambarchi).
O'Malley has directed and produced album cover art and design since the early 1990s for groups including Earth, Burzum, Emperor, Melvins and Boris. He has also worked as a rock/metal music journalist & published a black metal fanzine called Descent in the nineties. He was involved with creation of both the Southern Lord label and the experimental/neofolk/black metal label The Ajna Offensive. In 2011 he began curating and art directing the Ideologic Organ record label, in association with the Viennese Editions Mego.
Although he is originally from Seattle, O'Malley's Web site indicates that he lives in Paris, France.
with Sunn O)))
with Khanate
with Burning Witch
with Ginnungagap
with Lotus Eaters
with KTL
solo works
with Grave Temple
with Æthenor
various
Songs
It Took the Night to BelieveBlack One · 2005
Black WeddingThe Grimmrobe Demos · 1999
AgharthaMonoliths & Dimensions · 2009