A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One

A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One
Soundtrack album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	August 31, 2004
Recorded	2001 and some in 2004
Genre	Progressive rock Post-Rock Experimental
Length	52:52
Label	Gold Standard Laboratories
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One (2004) The Special 12 Singles Series (2005)

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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. A Manual Dexterity is the first of a two part soundtrack set to go along to a film directed by Rodriguez-Lopez. Omar's father was also featured on the album doing the vocal tracks on Deus Ex Machina.

The release of Soundtrack Volume Two, which was originally planned for Spring of 2005, and the film 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.^[1] However, Rodríguez-López stated that he does intend to release both Volume Two and the film at some point in the future.

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 Sheps – 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!"

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