Infinity Drips

Infinity Drips
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released October 21, 2016
Recorded 2007-2012
Length 34:11
Label Ipecac Recordings
Producer Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
Cell Phone Bikini
(2016) Cell Phone Bikini2016		 Infinity Drips
(2016) Infinity Drips2016		 Weekly Mansions
(2016) Weekly Mansions2016
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Antemasque
(2014) Antemasque2014		 Infinity Drips
(2016) Infinity Drips2016		 Crystal Fairy
(2017) Crystal Fairy2017
Scrapped LP cover

Infinity Drips is the thirty-fourth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 21 October 2016. It is his eighth release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings.[1]

"Zuben El Genubi" was uploaded in advance as the album's single. Much of this music has been sampled in various other recordings by Omar: 'Azha' appears in 'Happiness' from Unicorn Skeleton Mask and the first three tracks off of Zapopan, 'Edasich' in 'Suenos Salvajes' from Equinox, and 'Healed and Raised by Wounds' off of Nom De Guerre Cabal, and 'Manir al Shuja' in 'Ocho' from Un Corazon de Nadie. All tracks are Arabic names for stars.

Background

Infinity Drips shares its name with a piece of artwork created by Omar's longtime artistic collaborator Sonny Kay.[2] It appeared in the booklet for the compilation album Telesterion, so it was assumed that the piece would become cover art for a future release by Rodriguez-Lopez. The album however features a different artwork and Sonny's cover went on to be used for Anywhere II in 2018.

The album has Middle Eastern aesthetic and diverse instrumentation. Teri Gender Bender talked about the album in an interview with The Seventh Hex regarding Bosnian Rainbows in 2015: "My mother loves Indian music, so when I was little I had the fortune of being in an environment of spices and Middle Eastern music. Omar and I worked on an album where it’s just Indian [sic] music, samples turned into neatly crafted hymns with some Spanish lyrics, some others are English lyrics… At the end of the day it’s always great to try new things for one self. Who knows, maybe someday we’ll release it."[3][4]

Track listing

  1. "Na'ir Al Saif" – 1:05
  2. "Azha" – 1:43
  3. "Jabhat Al Akrab" – 1:26
  4. "Microscopium" – 1:16
  5. "Tania Borealis" – 2:24
  6. "Lacerta" – 4:51
  7. "Zuben El Genubi" – 3:08
  8. "El Nath" – 1:51
  9. "Nihal" – 4:50
  10. "Baten Kaitos" – 1:48
  11. "Edasich" – 3:38
  12. "Er Rai" – 1:48
  13. "Manir Al Shuja" – 4:23

Personnel

Production

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Worldwide October 21, 2016 Ipecac Recordings Digital download[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ipecac Recordings Issue 12 Omar Rodríguez-López Releases".
  2. ↑ "Sonny Kay Art".
  3. ↑ "Bosnian Rainbows Interview".
  4. ↑ "ORL Projects".
  5. ↑ "Infinity Drips - ORL Projects".
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