Xenophanes (album)

Xenophanes
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released September 28, 2009
Recorded December 2008
Genre Progressive rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length 44:53 (CD and digital editions)
41:58 (vinyl editions)
Label Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Producer Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Los Sueños de un Hígado
(2009)		 Xenophanes
(2009)		 Solar Gambling
(2009)

Xenophanes is the twelfth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The same members of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group who toured Europe in March 2009 (and released Los Sueños de un Hígado around the same time) are featured on this record, created a few months beforehand. On September 28, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez-Lopez productions website as well as physically in Europe on both CD and yellow vinyl. The recording was released physically in the U.S. on November 10, 2009 on both CD and pink vinyl. A music video directed by Omar for "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" was released on YouTube on November 30, 2009.

According to drummer Thomas Pridgen, while he was recording for the album he was under the impression Xenophanes would be a Mars Volta album.[1]

In the liner notes, Omar wrote:

"This album is dedicated to and exists in celebration of Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Ximena Sariñana Rivera who have always believed in me and pushed me to be my true self. Thank you."

Concept

A conceptual journey through life, death, and rebirth, the album tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit. Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms, concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Azoemia"1 − 2:49
  2. "Mundo de Ciegos" − 4:00
  3. "Ojo al Cristo de Plata" − 7:06
  4. "Amanita Virosa" − 3:15
  5. "Sangrando Detrás de los Ojos" − 2:03
  6. "Desarraigo" − 5:54
  7. "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" − 4:06
  8. "Oremos" − 4:48
  9. "Perder el Arte de la Razón sin Mover un Sólo Dedo:" − 3:30
  10. "A) Flores de Cizaña" − 3:45
  11. "B) Maria Celeste" − 3:31

Notes

1 This track is omitted from both of the vinyl editions of the album.

Personnel

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
eMusic[4]
Highly Evolved [5]
Lords of Metal[6]
Metal Rage[7]
Pitchfork Media(5.7/10) [8]
Progarchives.com [9]
Sputnikmusic [10]
The Skinny [11]

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Worldwide September 28, 2009 Rodriguez-Lopez Productions Digital download
Europe September 28, 2009 Rodriguez-Lopez Productions CD/Yellow LP
United States November 10, 2009 Rodriguez-Lopez Productions CD/Pink LP

References

  1. ↑ "Featured Artist: Thomas Pridgen Talks Drumming, The Mars Volta, and The Memorials". Thesilvertongueonline.com. 2010-05-08. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  2. ↑ "Xenophanes - Release Info van Rodriguez Lopez Productions op Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ↑ Xenophanes (album) at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Stimulating Curious Musical Minds". eMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  5. ↑ ""Xenophanes" – ‘Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez’ [Joint Review] « Highly Evolved". Highlyevolvedau.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Xenophanes | Review | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - issue 98". Lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  7. ↑ Metalrage.com
  8. ↑ Review at Pitchfork.com
  9. ↑ Review at Progarchives.com
  10. ↑ Review at Sputnikmusic.com
  11. ↑ "Omar Rodriguez-López - Xenophanes". The Skinny. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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