A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack, Vol. 1

1. Around Knuckle White Tile

2. Dyna Sark Arches

3. Here The Tame Go By

4. Deus Ex Machina

5. Dramatic Theme

6. A Dressing Failure

7. Sensory Decay Part II

8. Of Blood Blue Blisters

9. Dream Sequence

10. The Palpitations For A Limit

A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack, Vol. 1,Omar Rodriguez Lopez,Gold Standard Labora,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack, Vol. 1

Average customer rating:

Great Album
The Best of the All the ATDI/Mars Volta Side Projects
Charles in charge.
No Doubt That This Is Great
Mood Music

A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack, Vol. 1
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Manufacturer: Gold Standard Labora
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002J4866
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

Around Knuckle White Tile
Dyna Sark Arches
Here The Tame Go By
Deus Ex Machina
Dramatic Theme
A Dressing Failure
Sensory Decay Part II
Of Blood Blue Blisters
Dream Sequence
The Palpitations For A Limit

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-04-17

This album is a must have if you are a fan of Omar's work in At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, De Facto, and his other various works. It is very groovy and experimental. It features musical appearances from many popular and underground musicians. If you haven't looked into much of his work, then this would be one of the first to pick up.

The Best of the All the ATDI/Mars Volta Side Projects.......2006-04-02

It took me a year or so to appreciate all the places that this one goes, but after careful deliberation and a continuously ballooning obsession with Mars Volta, I have decided that this is better than DeFacto and Omar's newest solo album, the projects that have come outside ATDI and Volta. It goes all over the place, the highlight to this approach being the acid-soaked salsa freak-out "Deus Ex Machina." Really, this is true salsa, with a salsa singer singing about "la reina de [su] vida" or the queen of his heart. The whole time the traditional instruments are drenched in phaser and distortion, creating a salsa song like none you've ever heard.

There are some very intriguing guitar-noise experiments that differ from track to track, the whole thing being capped off with a song that sounds like Mars Volta since Cedric sings on it ("the palpitations form a limit"). The rest is pure instrumental esotericism. If you are curious to hear what Omar and Co. do outside of ATDI and Mars Volta, this is the place to start. I have a strong feeling that you will want to buy all the other side project material after this one, exposing you fully to the constant joy, wonder, and mind-blowing that goes with being a Mars Volta fanatic. I would love to describe all of these strange excursions on this album, but I am not going to mar with words the terrains that Omar plumbs with sounds. I am going to leave it up to your perception to discover them for yourself.

Charles in charge. .......2006-03-03

I really miss Charles Bronson. I'll bet OAR-L does too.
The brilliant Mars Volta guitarist completed this soundtrack for a film he's been working on the last few years. It's got a similar vibe to those 80's "Deathwish" scores Jimmy Page composed; lots of guitar squeals and synthesizer moans, conjuring images of a nighttime filled with dread and danger.
"Dyna Sark Arches" could be one of those creepy, calm before the storm moments, where Bronson examines his impressive collection of firearms, just before slaughtering various sneering, swarthy, evil men with greasy ponytails.
"Around Knuckle White Tile" is a cross between Floyd circa "Meddles" and "Puppets"-era Metallica. There's also the rock salsa of "Deus Ex Machina"; Santana crossed with 60's latin jazz albums from Blue Note and Verve.
Many great influences appear here. But the predominant one would seem to be that of an old man kicking some serious ass.

No Doubt That This Is Great.......2005-12-02

I like this kind of music in the first place so that was help already, wehn i frist lisented to it i thought it was great. The second time around i though it was mostly "garbage". I still listen to it and i do like it that one time was weird. It is mood music for sure no one can say it's not, most Mars Volya fans will like this. I am one of them.

Defenitly worth a good few listens in different places to set the mood

Mood Music.......2005-10-29

This album is one hundred percent mood music. It has very little actual structure to it, which should hardly surprise you if you think about the fact that its a soundtrack to what will probably be a very strange artsy movie.

I'll be honest, when I first heard it I was unimpressed. I skipped over half the tracks after a few minutes of listening to them. The one track that came recommended to me, Track 4, was the worst on the album.

I put the album away for about a year, then pulled it back out after exhausting the two Mars Volta and all the ATDI that I had. Turns out, I was wrong. The music is great for listening to when you are doing other things, like driving or playing a video game. It consists almost entirely of layered guitar tracks. The music is highly experimental and I can imagine that many people will not like it much.

The ambient noise on many tracks and the exceptionally low volume at the beginnings of most of the songs makes for a very inaccessible album. But once you've heard it a couple of times and your ears are accustomed to the sound, I can tell you that you will enjoy every moment.

The reason I gave this four stars: As an exception to my enjoy every moment comment above, you will probably hate track 4, I know I do. In addition, while the album is great on mood and layers, I find that it suffers somewhat from its lack of any kind of structure. If you are paying close attention to the songs, you will quite probably find them somewhat repetative. Not to say that it is totally without sections, but the sections tend to go on a long time without extreme variation.

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