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Omar (also spelled Omer or Umar) (Arabic: عمر‎, ʿUmar) (Hebrew: אוֹמָר‎) can refer to:

Name[link]

• Omar (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname Omar, Omer or Umar as well

Places[link]

• Omar, Konar, a village in Afghanistan
• Omar, Sulu, a municipality in the Philippines
• Great Mosque of Gaza, alternatively named al-Omari in honor of Omar ibn al-Khattab

Entertainment[link]

• Omar, British soul singer, full name Omar Lye-Fook.
• The Omar, a society of cyborgs in the computer game Deus Ex: Invisible War
• Omar (album), album by Don Omar
• Umar Marvi (Sindhi: عمر ماروي), a Sindhi love story
• Umar (comics), the other-dimensional mother-in-law of Doctor Strange in the Marvel Universe

Other uses[link]

• Omarolluk, a feature sometimes found in sedimentary rocks
• Hurricane Omar, a 2008 Atlantic hurricane
• Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation, a charitable non-governmental organisation
• Pact of Umar (c. 717 AD), an edict of the caliph Umar ibn AbdulAziz concerning dhimmi
• Umar Khel, a division of the Pashtun tribe Kakazai

See also[link]

• Omagh, the county town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland
• Omar (Vaishya), Hindu surname
• Omar (Bible), the son of Eliphaz, Esau's eldest son in the Bible

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Zed Bias (born Dave Jones) is an English electronic musician who operates within the UK garage and broken beat genres, both as a producer and a DJ. Jones has also released material under the pseudonym Maddslinky, and is half of the Phuturistix duo, as well as other side projects.^[1][2]

Zed Bias is best known for his single "Neighbourhood," which reached #25 in the UK charts in July 2000.^[3] He has remixed artists ranging from Gabrielle, Kosheen, Maxim, Pharoahe Monch and the Streets.^[2] He runs the Sidestepper Recordings label.^[1][2] Zed Bias' releases which explore a more experimental or progressive side of the 2-step garage sound have been hailed as a crucial element in the establishment of dubstep as a definable sound or genre.^[4][5]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Make Your Peace (2003), Laws of Motion – As Maddslinky
• Feel It Out (2003), Hospital – As Phuturistix
• Breathe Some Light (2007), Phuture Lounge – As Phuturistix
• Experiments with Biasonics Vol. 1 (2007), Sick Trumpet
• Make A Change (2010), Tru Thoughts – As Maddslinky
• Biasonic Hotsauce: Birth of the Nanocloud (2011), Tru Thoughts

DJ mixes[link]

• Sound of the Pirates (2000), Locked On
• Bingo Beats Vol. 2 (2001), Bingo Beats

Notable singles[link]

• Neighbourhood (2000, UK #25), Locked On

• M-Flo - Been So Long (Zed Bias Remix) - 2000

See also[link]

• Phuturistix

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website,
• Biasphere Music^{[dead link]}, Zed Bias digital download store
• Experiments with Biasonics, Zed Bias podcast
• Zed Bias on Myspace
• Zed Bias discography at Discogs

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Don Omar
Omar at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida, October 4, 2008
Background information
Birth name	William Omar Landrón Rivera
Also known as	El Rey
Born	(1978-02-10) February 10, 1978 (age 34)
Origin	Puerto Rico
Genres	Reggaeton, pop, rap, R&B
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, composer, CEO, actor, rapper
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Orfanato Music Group (His Label) VI Music Universal Music Latino Machete Music
Website	Don Omar

Don Omar (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978 ^[1]), a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-rapper and actor. He is sometimes referred to by his nickname El Rey (Spanish: "The King").

Early life[link]

William Omar Landrón Rivera is the oldest son of William Landrón and Luz Antonia Rivera. He was raised in Santurce, a barrio in the Villa Palmeras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico. From an early age, he showed interest in the music of Vico C and Brewley MC.^{[citation needed]} During his youth, he became an active member of a Protestant church, Iglesia Evangélica Restauración en Cristo in Bayamón where he occasionally offered sermons. However, after four years, he left the church to dedicate himself to singing.^[2]

Career[link]

His first public performance in a night club was accompanied by disc jockey Eliel Lind Osorio. Afterwards he appeared regularly on compilation albums from popular DJs and producers including Luny Tunes, Noriega, and DJ Eric. He also worked as a backup singer for the duo Héctor & Tito. One of the members, Héctor Delgado, helped him produce his first solo album.^[2]

Don Omar's career rose to stardom with the release of his first studio album, The Last Don. Both the studio version and its live edition have been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Worldwide, The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] has sold over one million copies, according to his official website. He earned awards for Latin Pop Album of the Year and New Artist & Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2003. The Last Don: Live [CD & DVD] was also nominated for Urban Music Album at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards.

Omar's May 2006 album King of Kings, became history's highest ranking reggaeton LP in the top 10 US charts, with its debut at #1 on the Latin sales charts and the #1 spot on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Radio Chart with his single “Angelito”.^[3] Omar was also able to beat the in-store appearance sales record at Disney World's Virgin music store previously set by pop star Britney Spears.

With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's King of Kings entered at No. 7 with 74,000, beating Daddy Yankee's No. 24 entry with 2005's "Barrio Fino En Directo". In April 2007, Don Omar received the Latin Billboard award for Reggaeton Album Of The Year for King of Kings.^[4] Billboard recognized that King of Kings was the most successful album of the decade in Latin America, besides being the most successful in the history of the genre of reggaeton. Billboard estimated that the album sold over 4.1 million copies by the end of 2009.^[5]

The album's track "Salió El Sol" is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The songs "Los Bandoleros" and "Conteo" were featured in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in the ending credits.

Don Omar participated in Gilberto Santa Rosa's presentation in an event titled "Concierto del Amor", presented in the Madison Square Garden on February 9, 2008. He closed the event and performed reggaeton themes.^[6]

Don Omar's third studio album, iDon, was released on April 28, 2009. This album was dedicated to his cousin Cordell Brown. "Virtual Diva" became the most requested song on Latin radio stations.^[7][8] The second official single, titled "Sexy Robotica", was released on July 6, 2009.

The album Don Omar Presents: Meet The Orphans was released on November 16, 2010. The album features the artists under Don Omar's Orfanato Music Group label and other reggaeton artists. The album includes the promotional single Hasta Abajo and the album's lead single Danza Kuduro featuring Portuguese-French singer Lucenzo, as well as collaborations from Orfanato Music Group artists including Kendo Kapponi, Syko, Plan B, Zion & Lennox, Yaga & Mackie and Danny Fornaris. He is signed to VI Music and Machete Music through Universal Music Latino.

The album Don Omar Presents MTO2: The New Generation was released on May 1, 2012. The album features newly signed to Orfanato Music Group Natti Natasha as well as many other signed artists and other reggaeton artists like Zion Y Lennox. The album includes the singles Hasta Que Salga El Sol and Dutty Love featuring Natti Natasha. The album also features collaborations with Juan Magan, Mims, Syko, Vinny el Vendito, and Yunel Cruz. The album has been well received^{[citation needed]} and is a top seller on iTunes.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

William Omar Landrón is the father of four children. He married forecaster/journalist Jackie Guerrido on April 18, 2008.^[9] Divorce rumors surrounded the couple two years into the marriage and were compounded by comments Landrón made via Twitter.^[10] In March 2011, it was revealed they had divorced.^[11]

Controversies and legal issues[link]

On September 18, 2007, Don Omar was briefly detained in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia due to a legal dispute. A Bolivian concert promotor sued him and some of his management after he canceled a concert scheduled for earlier that year in La Paz as part of the international tour Up Close.^[12][13][14] The organization claimed that he had defrauded US$70,000 due to the cancellation.^[14] Landrón responded that he canceled the concert because the company did not provide air tickets in time.^[14] After the case was presented before a local judge, both parties reached an agreement.^[14] Landrón was allowed to leave the country in order to comply with a previously scheduled appearance in Buenos Aires on Argentine television and returned the next day to hold his concert in Santa Cruz's Tahuichi Aguilera soccer stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Landrón is banned from Univision.^{[citation needed]} After Univision became involved in his marriage and its end, he is no longer allowed to attend any award shows from Univision.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 2003: The Last Don
• 2006: King of Kings
• 2009: iDon
• 2010: Meet the Orphans
• 2012: Don Omar Presents-Meet The Orphans 2: New Generation

Live / special edition albums[link]

• 2004: The Last Don Live
• 2006: The Last Don: The Gold Series
• 2006: King of Kings: Armageddon Edition
• 2007: King of Kings Live
• 2012: Don Omar Present MTO 2 - New Generatio

Compilation albums[link]

• 2005: Don Omar Presenta: Los Bandoleros
• 2005: Da Hitman Presents Reggaetón Latino
• 2006: Don Omar Presenta: Los Bandoleros Reloaded
• 2007: Don Omar Presenta: El Pentágono

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

	Puerto Rico portal
	Biography portal
	Music portal

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• List of Puerto Rican songwriters

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Don Omar

• Official website
• Official website for iDon album
• Official page at MySpace
• Official page at Facebook

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Omar al-Bashir عمر البشير
President of Sudan
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 1989
Vice President	Zubair Mohamed Salih Ali Osman Taha John Garang Salva Kiir Mayardit Ali Osman Taha
Preceded by	Ahmed al-Mirghani
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-01) 1 January 1944 (age 68) Hosh Bannaga, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Political party	National Congress
Spouse(s)	Fatima Khalid Widad Babiker Omer
Alma mater	Egyptian Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Sudan Egypt
Service/branch	Sudanese Army Egyptian Army
Years of service	1960–1996
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	First Sudanese Civil War Yom Kippur War Second Sudanese Civil War

Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir (Arabic: عمر حسن أحمد البشير‎; born 1 January 1944) is the President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.^[1]

In October 2005, al-Bashir's government negotiated an end to the Second Sudanese Civil War, one of the longest-running and deadliest wars of the 20th century, by granting limited autonomy to Southern Sudan dominated by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Since then, however, there has been a violent conflict in Darfur that has resulted in death tolls between 200,000^[2] and 400,000.^[3][4][5] During his presidency, there have been several violent struggles between the Janjaweed militia and rebel groups such the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in the form of guerrilla warfare in the Darfur region. The civil war has resulted in over 2.5 million people being displaced,^[6] and the diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad being at a crisis level.^[7]

Al-Bashir is a controversial figure both in Sudan and worldwide. In July 2008, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, accused al-Bashir of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.^[8] The court issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on 4 March 2009 on counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for genocide.^[9][10] However, on 12 July 2010, after a lengthy appeal by the prosecution, the Court held that there was indeed sufficient evidence for charges of genocide to be brought and issued a second warrant containing three separate counts. The new warrant, as with the first, will be delivered to the Sudanese government, which is unlikely to execute it.^[10] Al-Bashir was the first sitting head of state indicted by the ICC.^[10] The court's decision is opposed by the African Union, League of Arab States, Non-Aligned Movement, and the governments of Russia and the People's Republic of China.^[11][12] A leak from WikiLeaks allegedly reveals that the Sudanese president had embezzled state funds amounting to US$ 9 billion. This is justified by the International Criminal Court prosecutor who said it has evidence of corruption.^[13]

Early and family life[link]

Al-Bashir was born in Hosh Bannaga, just north of the capital, Khartoum. He belongs to Al-Bedairya Al-Dahmashya a religious clan of the larger ja'alin tribe, an Arab tribe of hashimite origin in middle north of Sudan, then part of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan. He received his primary education there, and his family later moved to Khartoum where he completed his secondary education. Al-Bashir is married to his cousin Fatima Khalid. He also has a second wife named Widad Babiker Omer, who had a number of children with her first husband Ibrahim Shamsaddin, a member of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation who had died in a helicopter crash. He recently married for the third time. Al-Bashir does not have any children of his own.^[14]

Military career[link]

He joined the Sudanese Army in 1960. Al-Bashir studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo and also graduated from the Sudan Military Academy in Khartoum in 1966.^[15] He quickly rose through the ranks and became a paratroop officer. Later, al-Bashir served in the Egyptian Army during the Yom Kippur War in 1973 against Israel.^[16]

In 1975, al-Bashir was sent to the United Arab Emirates as the Sudanese military attaché. After his return home al-Bashir was made a garrison commander. In 1981, al-Bashir returned to his paratroop background when he became the commander of an armoured parachute brigade.^[17]

Presidency[link]

Governance[link]

Bashir arrives in the Southern capital Juba, 2011

On 16 October 1993, al-Bashir's powers increased when he appointed himself President of the country, after which he disbanded the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation and all other rival political parties. The executive and legislative powers of the council were later given to al-Bashir completely.^[18] In the early 1990s, al-Bashir's administration gave the green light to float a new currency called Sudanese Dinar to replace the battered old Sudanese Pound that had lost 90 percent of its worth during the turbulent 1980s. He was later elected president (with a five-year term) in the 1996 national election, where he was the only candidate by law to run for election^[19] and Hassan al-Turabi was elected to a seat in the National Assembly where he served as speaker of the National Assembly "during the 1990s."^[20] In 1998, al-Bashir and the Presidential Committee put into effect a new constitution, allowing limited political associations in opposition to al-Bashir's National Congress Party and his supporters to be formed, although these groups failed to gain any significant access to governmental power until the Darfur conflict became a subject. On 12 December 1999, al-Bashir sent troops and tanks against parliament and ousted Hassan al-Turabi, the speaker of parliament, in a palace coup.^[21] However, despite receiving international criticism regarding internal conflicts, Omar al-Bashir has managed to achieve economic growth in Sudan.^[22] This is partly because of the drilling and trading with oil from Southern Sudan.^[23]

Tensions with al-Turabi[link]

In the mid-1990s, a feud between al-Bashir and al-Turabi began, mostly due to al-Turabi's links to Islamic fundamentalist groups, as well as allowing them to operate out of Sudan, even personally inviting Osama bin Laden to the country.^[24]

The United States had listed Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1993,^[25] mostly due to al-Bashir and Hassan al-Turabi taking complete power in the early 1990s.^[26][27] U.S. firms have been barred from doing business in Sudan since 1997.^[28] In 1998, the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum was destroyed by a U.S. cruise missile strike because of its alleged production of chemical weapons and links to al-Qaeda. However the U.S. State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research wrote a report in 1999 questioning the attack on the factory, suggesting that the connection to bin Laden was not accurate; James Risen reported in the New York Times: "Now, the analysts renewed their doubts and told Assistant Secretary of State Phyllis Oakley that the C.I.A.'s evidence on which the attack was based was inadequate. Ms. Oakley asked them to double-check; perhaps there was some intelligence they had not yet seen. The answer came back quickly: There was no additional evidence. Ms. Oakley called a meeting of key aides and a consensus emerged: Contrary to what the Administration was saying, the case tying Al Shifa to Mr. bin Laden or to chemical weapons was weak."^[29]

After being re-elected President of Sudan with a five-year-term in the 1996 election with 75.7 percent of the votes,^[30] al-Bashir issued the registration of legalised political parties in 1999 after being influenced by al-Turabi. Rival parties such as the Liberal Democrats of Sudan and the Alliance of the Peoples' Working Forces, headed by former Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry, were established and were allowed to run for election against al-Bashir's National Congress Party, however, they failed to achieve significant support, and al-Bashir was re-elected President, receiving 86.5 percent of the vote in the 2000 presidential election. At the legislative elections that same year, al-Bashir's National Congress Party won 355 out of 360 seats, with al-Turabi as its chairman. However, after al-Turabi introduced a bill to reduce the president's powers, prompting al-Bashir to dissolve parliament and declare a state of emergency, tensions began to rise between al-Bashir and al-Turabi. Reportedly, al-Turabi was suspended as Chairman of National Congress Party, after he urged a boycott of the President's re-election campaign. Then, a splinter-faction led by al-Turabi, the Popular National Congress Party (PNC) signed an agreement with Sudan People's Liberation Army, which led al-Bashir to believe that they were plotting to overthrow him and the government.^[30]

Further on, al-Turabi's influence and that of his party's "'internationalist' and ideological wing" waned "in favor of the 'nationalist' or more pragmatic leaders who focus on trying to recover from Sudan's disastrous international isolation and economic damage that resulted from ideological adventurism."^[31] At the same time Sudan worked to appease the United States and other international critics by expelling members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and encouraging bin Laden to leave.^[32]

On al-Bashir's orders, al-Turabi was imprisoned based on allegations of conspiracy in 2000 before being released in October 2003.^[33] He was again imprisoned in the Kober (Cooper) prison in Khartoum in March 2004. He was released on 28 June 2005, in the height of the peace agreement in the civil war.

Civil war[link]

Civil war had raged between the northern and southern halves of the country for over 19 years between the northern Arab tribes and native southern African tribes, but the war soon effectively developed into a struggle between the Sudan People's Liberation Army and al-Bashir's government. The war resulted in millions of southerners being displaced, starved, and deprived of education and health care, with almost two million casualties.^[34] Because of these actions, various international sanctions were placed on Sudan. International pressure intensified in 2001, however, and leaders from the United Nations called for al-Bashir to make efforts to end the conflict and allow humanitarian and international workers to deliver relief to the southern regions of Sudan.^[35] Much progress was made throughout 2003. The peace was consolidated with the official signing by both sides of the Nairobi Comprehensive Peace Agreement January 9, 2005, granting Southern Sudan autonomy for six years, to be followed by a referendum about independence. It created a co-vice president position and allowed the north and south to split oil deposits equally, but also left both the north's and south's armies in place. John Garang, the south's peace agreement appointed co-vice president died in a helicopter crash on 1 August 2005, three weeks after being sworn in.^[36] This resulted in riots, but the peace was eventually re-established^[37] and allowed the southerners to vote in a referendum of independence at the end of the six year period, which will be in 2011.^[38]

Darfur conflict[link]

As the conflict in the south of Sudan began to subside, a new conflict had already begun in the western province of Darfur in early 2003. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War, this is believed to be an ethnic, rather than a religious war. The ethnic cleansing towards the non-Afro-Arab population by the Janjaweed (literally "devils on horseback") militia has reportedly reached a death toll between 200,000^[2] to 400,000,^[39] while the Sudanese government has denied this, saying the number of people who are killed in the conflict are less than 10,000.^[40]

The Sudanese government has been accused of suppressing information by jailing and killing witnesses since 2004, and tampering with evidence, such as covering up mass graves.^[41][42][43] The Sudanese government has also arrested and harassed journalists, thus limiting the extent of press coverage of the situation in Darfur.^{[44][45][46][47]} While the United States government has described the conflict as genocide,^[48] the UN has not recognized the conflict as such.^[49] (see List of declarations of genocide in Darfur).

In March 2007 the UN mission accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in "gross violations" in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there. After fighting stopped in July and August, on 31 August 2006, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 1706 which called for a new 20,600-troop UN peacekeeping force called UNAMID to supplant or supplement a poorly funded and ill-equipped 7,000-troop African Union Mission in Sudan peacekeeping force. Sudan strongly objected to the resolution and said that it would see the UN forces in the region as foreign invaders. The next day, the Sudanese military launched a major offensive in the region.

The United States Government stated in September 2004 "that genocide has been committed in Darfur and that the Government of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear responsibility and that genocide may still be occurring."^[50] Al-Bashir declared that the government had quashed the rebellion in February 2004, but rebels still operate within the region and the death toll continues to rise.

On 29 June 2004, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met with al-Bashir in Sudan and urged him to make peace with the rebels, end the crisis, and lift restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Darfur.^[51] Kofi Annan met with al-Bashir three days later and demanded that he disarm the Janjaweed.^[52] A high-level technical consultation was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 11–12 June 2007, pursuant to the 4 June 2007 letters of the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, which were addressed to al-Bashir.^[53] The technical consultations were attended by delegations from the Government of Sudan, the African Union and the United Nations.^{[54] [55]}

During an interview with Sir David Frost for the Al Jazeera English programme Frost Over The World in June 2008, al-Bashir insisted that no more than 10,000 had died in Darfur.^[56]

Omar al-Bashir has sought the assistance of numerous non western countries after the West, lead by America, imposed sanctions against him, he said- "From the first day, our policy was clear: To look eastward, toward China, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and even Korea and Japan, even if the Western influence upon some [of these] countries is strong. We believe that the Chinese expansion was natural because it filled the space left by Western governments, the United States, and international funding agencies. The success of the Sudanese experiment in dealing with China without political conditions or pressures encouraged other African countries to look toward China."^[57]

On October 26, 2011 Bashir said that Sudan gave military support to the Libyan rebels, who overthrew Col Muammar Gaddafi. In a speech broadcast live on state television, Bashir said the move was in response to Col Gaddafi's support for Sudanese rebels three years ago. Sudan and Libya have had a complicated and frequently antagonistic relationship for many years. President Bashir said the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), a Darfuri rebel group, had attacked Khartoum three years ago using Libyan trucks, equipment, arms, ammunition and money. He said God had given Sudan a chance to respond, by sending arms, ammunition and humanitarian support to the Libyan revolutionaries. "Our God, high and exalted, from above the seven skies, gave us the opportunity to reciprocate the visit," he said. "The forces which entered Tripoli, part of their arms and capabilities, were 100% Sudanese," he told the crowd. His speech was well received by a large crowd in the eastern Sudanese town of Kassala. But the easy availability of weapons in Libya, and that country's porous border with Darfur, are also of great concern to the Sudanese authorities.^[58]

Arrest warrant[link]

Wikinews has related news: International Criminal Court in The Hague issues arrest warrant for leader of Sudan

Al-Bashir is accused of directing attacks against civilians in Darfur.

On 14 July 2008, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, alleged that al-Bashir bore individual criminal responsibility for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since 2003 in Darfur.^[8] The prosecutor accused al-Bashir of having "masterminded and implemented" a plan to destroy the three main ethnic groups, the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa, with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation. The arrest warrant is supported by NATO, the Genocide Intervention Network, and Amnesty International.

An arrest warrant for al-Bashir was issued on 4 March 2009 by a Pre-Trial chamber composed of judges Akua Kuenyehia of Ghana, Anita Usacka of Latvia, and Sylvia Steiner of Brazil^[59] indicting him on five counts of crimes against humanity (murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture and rape) and two counts of war crimes (pillaging and intentionally directing attacks against civilians).^[9][60] The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for genocide.^[10][61] However, one of the three judges wrote a dissenting opinion arguing that there were "reasonable grounds to believe that Omar Al Bashir has committed the crime of genocide".^[61]

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told U.S. State Department officials on March 20, 2009 that President Bashir 'needed to be isolated.' Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion), it would change Sudanese public opinion from him being a “crusader” to that of a thief.^[62]

Sudan is not a state party to the Rome Statute establishing the ICC, and thus claims that it does not have to execute the warrant. However, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593 (2005) requires Sudan to cooperate with the ICC,^[63] and therefore the ICC, Amnesty International and others insist that Sudan must comply with the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court.^[10][64] Amnesty International stated that al-Bashir must turn himself in to face the charges, and that the Sudanese authorities must detain him and turn him over to the ICC if he refuses.^[65]

Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state ever indicted by the ICC.^[10] However, the Arab League^[66] and the African Union condemned the warrant. Al-Bashir has since visited Egypt and Qatar. Both countries refused to arrest him and surrender him to the ICC upon arrival. ICC member state Chad also refused to arrest al-Bashir during a state visit in July 2010.^[67] Luis Moreno Ocampo and Amnesty International claimed that al-Bashir's plane could be intercepted in International Airspace. Sudan announced that the presidential plane would always be escorted by fighter jets of the Sudanese Air Force to prevent his arrest.

The charges against al-Bashir have been criticised and ignored by interests in Sudan and abroad, particularly in Africa and the Muslim world. Former president of Libya and former Chairman of the African Union Muammar al-Gaddafi characterized the indictment as a form of terrorism. He also believed that the warrant is an attempt "by (the west) to recolonise their former colonies."^[68] Egypt said, it was "greatly disturbed" by the ICC decision and called for an emergency meeting of the UN security council to defer the arrest warrant.^[69] The Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa expressed that the organization emphasizes its solidarity with Sudan. The ICC warrant was condemned for "undermining the unity and stability of Sudan".^[70] The Organization of the Islamic Conference denounced the warrant as unwarranted and totally unacceptable. It was argued that the warrant demonstrates selectivity and double standards with concern to war crimes.^[71] There have been large demonstrations by Sudanese people supporting President Bashir and opposing the ICC charges.^[72] Others argue the warrant sets a dangerous precedent in international relations and could hamper efforts to bring peace to Sudan.^[73]

Al-Bashir has rejected the charges, saying "Whoever has visited Darfur, met officials and discovered their ethnicities and tribes ... will know that all of these things are lies."^[74] He described the charges as "not worth the ink they are written in".^[75] The warrant will be delivered to the Sudanese government, which has stated that it will not carry it out.^[10][63][64]

The Sudanese government retaliated against the warrant by expelling a number of international aid agencies, including Oxfam and Mercy Corps.^[76] President Bashir described the aid agencies as thieves who take "99 percent of the budget for humanitarian work themselves, giving the people of Darfur 1 percent" and as spies in the work of foreign regimes. Bashir promised that national agencies will provide aid to Darfur.^[77]

During a visit to Egypt, al-Bashir was not arrested, leading to condemnation by Amnesty International. In October 2009 al-Bashir was invited to Uganda by President Yoweri Museveni for an African Union meeting in Kampala, but did not attend after protest by several NGOs. On October 23, 2009, al-Bashir was invited to Nigeria by President Umaru Yar'Adua for another AU meeting, and was not arrested. In November, he was invited to Turkey for an OIC meeting.^[78] Later, he was invited to Denmark to attend conferences on climate change in Copenhagen.^[79]

It is alleged that by holding and winning legitimate presidential elections in 2010, al-Bashir hoped to evade the ICC warrant.^[80]

Al-Bashir was one of the candidates in the 2010 Sudanese presidential election, the first democratic election with multiple political parties participating in decades.^[81][82] On April 26, he was officially declared the winner after Sudan's election commission announced Bashir received 68% of the votes.^[80][83] However, "the voting was marred by boycotts and reports of intimidation and widespread fraud."^[84]

Al-Bashir also visited Kenya on 27 August 2010 to witness the President signing Kenya's new constitution into law.^[85][86]

On May 8, 2011, al-Bashir visited Djibouti to attend the inauguration of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's third term.^[87]

In June 2011, China's president Hu received al-Bashir as "friend and brother" in Beijing, fostering China's interests in Sudan's resources.^[88]

Bashir was received in Libya along with a high-level delegation on the 7th January 2012 in a bid to restore friendly relations and offer support to the new Libyan government after the fall of Gaddafi.^[89][90]

Genocide charges[link]

The initial ICC charges against al-Bashir, which included seven counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, were issued in March 2009 but did not include genocide counts. On appeal, the lower court was found by appellate judge Erkki Kourula to have erred in law and was ordered to reexamine the evidence for genocide. Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo anticipated that the reexamination could lead to charges within four to twelve months. Then, on February 3, 2010, the judges at the International Criminal Court held that the Pre-Trial Chamber had improperly dismissed the genocide charges against al-Bashir and ordered the Pre-Trial Chamber to reconsider them.^[91][92]

On July 12, 2010, the Pre-Trial Chamber applied the standard of evidence stated by the appellate court, and held that there was sufficient evidence to issue a second arrest warrant for the crime of genocide.^[93] A second arrest warrant for President al-Bashir was later issued with three added counts of genocide. The new warrant included the Court's conclusion that:

"There are reasonable grounds to believe that (Omar al-Bashir) acted with specific intent to destroy in part the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups in the troubled Darfur region".^[94]

The ICC released a further statement saying that al-Bashir's charges now include "genocide by killing, genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm and genocide by deliberately inflicting on each target group conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction" in three separate counts. The new warrant will act as a supplement to the first, whereby the charges initially brought against al-Bashir will all remain in place, but will now include the crime of genocide which was ruled out initially, pending appeal.

On 28 August 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya chose not to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on International Criminal Court (ICC) charges of genocide when he arrived on Friday for a ceremony for the East African nation's new constitution. He was escorted into Nairobi's Uhuru Park, where the signing ceremony was taking place, by Tourism minister Najib Balala. On 28 November 2011, Kenya's High Court Judge Nicholas Ombija ordered the Minister of Internal Security to arrest al-Bashir, "should he set foot in Kenya in the future".^[95]

See also[link]

• List of national leaders
• History of Sudan
• Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Omar al-Bashir

• Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir—Trial Watch
• Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir—the Hague Justice Portal
• "Sudanese President Threaten Wars," Sudan Inside, 18 November 2007.
• "A Cautious Welcome for Sudan's New Government," by Michael Johns, Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum No. 245, 28 July 1989.
• Arrest Warrant for Sudan's President Bashir: Arabs Are Leaving Themselves out of the International Justice System
• Playing it firm, fair and smart: the EU and the ICC's indictment of Bashir, Opinion by Reed Brody, March 2009, European Union Institute for Security Studies

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Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López
Born	(1975-09-01) September 1, 1975 (age 36) Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Origin	El Paso, Texas
Genres	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, experimental, electronic, math rock, post-hardcore, dub, punk jazz
Occupations	Musician, record producer, filmmaker
Instruments	Guitar, bass, drums, piano, synthesizer and other keyboard instruments, sitar, vocals, sampler, clavinet
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	At The Drive-In, De Facto, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, John Frusciante, Le Butcherettes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Juliette Lewis, Lydia Lunch, The Mars Volta, Radio Vago, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, Ximena Sariñana, Startled Calf, Damo Suzuki, Jeremy Michael Ward, Funeral Party
Website	Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Notable instruments
Squier Super-Sonic (At The Drive-In), Ibanez AX120 Custom Model, Ibanez JTK2 Jet King Custom Model, Ibanez ORM1 Omar Rodriguez Lopez Jet King Model

Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He is the composer, guitarist and producer for the progressive rock group The Mars Volta, and the former bassist and guitarist for the dub reggae band De Facto and the post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In, respectively. He has also embarked on a solo career, both in studio and in concert, frequently described as experimental, avant-garde and/or progressive. He has collaborated with numerous artists spanning from John Frusciante to El-P.

Biography[link]

Rodríguez-López was born in Puerto Rico^[1] and grew up in El Paso, Texas, but spent some of his childhood in South Carolina. He began playing the bass at age 12, but then switched to guitar at 15 because he "needed more strings".^[2] It was during this time that Rodríguez-López met Cedric Bixler-Zavala while practicing with friend Paul Hinojos. Since then Rodríguez-López has spent most of his career living and working with his close friend Bixler-Zavala. During this time he frequently collaborated with his friends and future bandmates from El Paso, which included people such as Paul Hinojos, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Julio Venegas and the late Jeremy Michael Ward. He attended Coronado High School in El Paso. He says enjoys the company of his close friends and family when not fulfilling obligations to his many bands and projects.

At the Drive-In[link]

At 17, Rodríguez-López left El Paso to hitchhike around the country for a year in the early 1990s, during which he acquired an addiction to opiates.^[3] Eventually he got in touch with friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala who suggested he come back to El Paso. With the help of Bixler-Zavala, he was able to return to El Paso where he could begin to reclaim his life from addiction and join At the Drive-In as backup vocalist and bass guitarist. After receiving a record deal with Flipside Records and recording Acrobatic Tenement with the band, he became their full-time bassist before switching to guitar. After several years and two more critically acclaimed albums, for a variety of reasons, Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala left At the Drive-In and the band went on "indefinite hiatus". The remaining members, Paul Hinojos, Tony Hajjar, and Jim Ward went on to form Sparta while the duo focused on other projects.

On January 9, 2012, At the Drive-In announced that they were reforming for a tour.^[4]

The Mars Volta[link]

They refocused their efforts on the dub reggae outfit called De Facto which also included Jeremy Michael Ward and Ikey Owens which they had started years before while still in At The Drive-In. Eventually the same collective of musicians in De Facto would be expanded into Rodriguez-Lopez's new band, The Mars Volta. Once again starting from scratch he wrote and toured with the band which consumed almost all his time and money.

On May 25, 2003 less than a month before the release of their first full-length album, De-Loused in the Comatorium, bandmate and close friend Jeremy Ward was found dead of a heroin overdose. This event, coupled with the memories of the suicide of his friend Julio Venegas years earlier, finally convinced both him and Bixler-Zavala to quit using hard narcotics. Since then he has been clean and credited his newfound musical work ethic on his new lifestyle. The Mars Volta's second album, Frances the Mute, would later be dedicated to Ward.

During the early years of the band he also worked on a low budget movie called A Manual Dexterity which starred Jeremy Ward. The soundtrack A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 was released in 2004. The release of the second volume, 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 were both cited as reasons for the delay.^[5] However, Rodríguez-López stated that he does intend to release both Volume 2 and the film at some point in the future.

On February 8, 2009, he and his fellow The Mars Volta bandmates won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with The Mars Volta live at LC Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet[link]

In 2005 Rodríguez-López relocated to Amsterdam, where he eventually wrote and recorded four separate albums. His first solo project was the "Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet". Rodríguez-López played several live shows in Europe with his quintet, which in 2005 also included three members of The Mars Volta Group (Juan Alderete, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez and Adrián Terrazas-González) and Money Mark.

The songs featured on this tour later appeared on the album Omar Rodriguez. It was characterized by long, improvisational songs with Dutch titles and no lyrics. The Quintet also performed live with Damo Suzuki, parts of which were recorded and incorporated into a 25-minute EP titled Please Heat This Eventually, which was released in 2007.

During this time Rodríguez-López was also working on The Mars Volta's 2006 record Amputechture and composing the score to the film El Búfalo de la Noche, a film by Guillermo Arriaga and Jorge Hernandez Aldana simultaneously to his work with the quintet.

On May 29, 2007 Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo was released. It was the third full-length solo album by Rodriguez-Lopez. It featured performances by Mars Volta members Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Marcel Rodríguez-López, Juan Alderete, Adrián Terrazas-González as well as cameos by Money Mark, John Frusciante, and John Theodore. It was written and recorded between 2005-2006 in California and Amsterdam.

The Quintet later resurfaced in 2007, now known as "The Rodríguez-López Group" to perform on the "white" stage at The Fuji Rock Festival in Japan on July 28.^[5] Performing with the group for the first time were singer, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and drummer, Thomas Pridgen.

Solo releases[link]

On October 8, 2007 the EP Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch, a collaboration with spoken word poet Lydia Lunch, was released.^[6] The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange is a double LP featuring the original quintet and was released on vinyl November 20, 2007.^[7] It was also released for digital download. Calibration, a record that Rodriguez-Lopez recorded during his stay in Amsterdam, was released February 5, 2008. It was described as being influenced by electronic music and acid-jazz.^[5]

On June 10, 2008 a recording titled Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward was released. It was a collaboration between the two and was recorded in 2001 before the formation of The Mars Volta. The LP consists of various ambient tracks based on field recordings in the musique concrète tradition. Rodriguez-Lopez has continued to release a series of albums recorded in 2001 which include Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus and Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead, both released in late 2008.

Another new album, Old Money was released in October 2008, with a vinyl version becoming available in early 2009 on the Stones Throw record label.^[8] Sonny Kay, co-owner of the former Gold Standard Labs label with Omar, created the album covers (and has done so for all future Omar releases). Two Omar Rodriguez-Lopez solo albums were released in Europe on January 26, 2009 from Holland-based record label Willie Anderson Recordings: Megaritual and Despair. Despair is best described as a field recording, while Megaritual is a collaboration jam between Omar and his brother, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez.

In mid-2009, a new entity has been created called El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez (the New Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group) to release the first in a series of three recordings completed in 2006. Thus far these recordings have only been known as the Omar and Zach Hill collaborations. The first recording titled Cryptomnesia was released on May 5, 2009. Vocals written and performed by Bixler-Zavala were recorded in 2008. The lineup for this entity is: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on guitar, Cedric Bixler-Zavala on vocals, Zach Hill on drums, Jonathan Hischke on synth bass, and Juan Alderete on bass.

The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group toured Europe in March 2009, supported by Zechs Marquise.

At the end of 2009, Rodriguez-Lopez released three albums, Los Sueños de un Hígado, Xenophanes and Solar Gambling digitally through Rodriguez-Lopez Productions. While Xenophanes was also released on CD and vinyl, Los Suenos De Un Higado and Solar Gambling only had a limited vinyl release. Rodriguez-Lopez also created a video for "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos", from Xenophanes, and posted it on YouTube on November 30, 2009.

In January 2010, Ciencia de los Inútiles was released under a new group, El Trio de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. The trio features Rodriguez-Lopez on acoustic guitar, Ximena Sariñana on vocals and Aaron Cruz on upright bass. A video for "Miércoles" was also released. In May 2010, he released a collaboration titled Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante with John Frusciante, free of charge through his website, with the option to donate. All money raised will go to the Keep Music In Schools programs. On May 30, 2010, the album Sepulcros de Miel by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quartet was digitally released, which also featured Frusciante.^[9]

The album Tychozorente was scheduled for release on November 1, 2010; however, it received an early release on September 14, 2010 as a digital download. Another album, titled Cizaña de los Amores, was digitally released on October 11, 2010. CD and vinyl versions of both albums are only available in Europe. Mantra Hiroshima, another Omar and Zach Hill collaboration, was digitally released on November 29, followed next day by Dōitashimashite, album of live material recorded in September during Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group first US tour. A video for "Agua Dulce de Pulpo" from the upcoming album Un Escorpión Perfumado was also released during that period, and the album itself was released on December 20 in digital form, with CD and vinyl versions to follow.

On April 16, 2011, Omar released Telesterion a compilation album featuring 38 songs from Omar's solo albums. Although this has been the only release of 2011, other projects have been hinted at, such as Двойственность вздохов (Russian for Duality of Sighs), a documentary about Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group Russian mini-tour, directed by Omar and shot by Paco Ibarra.^[10] The Vinyl edition of Telesterion also contained artwork for 6 solo albums that have yet to be released, and featured a new track, "Cásate Colmillo", off of an album supposedly titled The Somnambulists.

Creative Expansion[link]

Alongside his musical career, Rodriguez-Lopez wrote, directed, produced and starred in The Sentimental Engine Slayer. The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in February 2010, and is being screened in various theatres across North America. The Sentimental Engine Slayer is reportedly the third film Rodriguez-Lopez has created, although whether his first two films will ever be released is still unknown. Another film directed by Omar, Los Chidos, was premiered in March 2012 at SXSW.

Furthermore, Rodriguez-Lopez and Hans Zimmer worked together to compose the score for the 2009 Guillermo Arriaga film The Burning Plain.^[11] The film was his second collaboration with the writer/director after scoring the 2007 film El Búfalo de la Noche with The Mars Volta. In addition to some original material, the score consists largely of material used in Amputechture.

Musicianship[link]

Style[link]

Rodriguez-Lopez's compositional and playing style is characterized by, among other factors, riffs, melodies based in minor modes, changing meters, unresolving dissonances (in particular a heavy use of the tritone), chromatic passages, serial composition and lengthy improvisation. He is also known for his vast array of effects pedals; in a feature appearing in Guitar World, Rodriguez-Lopez stated that he "began to see effects as allies in my war against the guitar". In that interview he also stated that he hated the guitar for a very long time. He only utilized it because it was the instrument his bandmates could "relate to". He said he "wrestled" guitar by adding effects and playing oddly to attempt "making it sound like anything besides this thing I hate—the guitar!". However, he claimed to feel more comfortable with the instrument on Amputechture.^[12]

Rodriguez-Lopez plays guitar left-handed. He has cited salsa pianist and bandleader Larry Harlow as his primary influence.^[13] Both Rodriguez-Lopez and bandmate Cedric have often stated their admiration for early 1970s krautrock group Can, and have even recorded with former Can lead singer Damo Suzuki for the Please Heat This Eventually EP.^{[citation needed]} In the progressive rock genre in which The Mars Volta are often categorized, he has professed that he "like[s] a lot of those groups, particularly King Crimson and early Genesis."^[14] As such, he has cited Crimson's Robert Fripp as an influence, as well as jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin and Jimi Hendrix.^[15] He has also stated that film is a primary influence on him, likening his recording style to that of a film director, where the "scenes are shot out of sequence and the final creation is in the hands of the director.".^[13]

Omar has endorsed Ibanez guitars since The Mars Volta's inception in 2001, however, Omar has used his signature Ibanez guitar since 2006 in the studio and onstage. He uses Seymour Duncan Little '59 pickups as well. Although he tunes to E standard tuning, Omar uses Ernie Ball .013-.056 gauge strings with a wound G string, saying that "they feel more real than the really thin ones". Omar also plays through an Orange Rockerverb combo amp as well. As for his pedalboard, Omar has taken a very minimalistic approach to his pedals, which at one point was a very complex setup. Currently, he has a Boss DD5 Digital Delay, an MXR Phase 90, an Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy analog delay, a Boss PS-6 Harmonist, a Line 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler, an MXR M133 Micro Amp, an Ibanez WH10V2 wah-wah, an Ibanez TC7 tri-mode chorus, and a Line 6 DL4 delay modeler in his pedalboard. (Note: All of this information comes from his rig being used in the 2011 TMV shows with Soundgarden)

As producer[link]

Rodriguez is also notable for his recording, producing and songwriting techniques. He has been known to refuse to let other musicians in a session hear each other's parts, or the context of their own part, thus forcing them to play each part as if it's a self-sufficient song.^{[citation needed]} Yet Rodriguez has stated that he believes Octahedron will be the final album he records in this "gun-in-your-face mentality" as "gonna have to come up with something new, because everybody's getting used to it (2012's Noctourniquet was the last one).".^[16] He has claimed that he is "ignorant of music theory" and that thus he lacks knowledge in writing music in sheet music form, claiming that his songwriting "comes from emotion completely".^[17] Rodriguez claims to write all of the music for his projects, then dictates the performance to the musicians involved.^[18]

In addition to his producing credits with The Mars Volta and his solo albums, he also produced the only LP from the defunct LA-based band Radio Vago and in 2009, handled the production of a recording titled "Terra Incognita" from actress/singer Juliette Lewis' band The New Romantiques. Omar also produced (as well as contributed bass to) Sin Sin Sin, the debut LP from the band Le Butcherettes, which was released in 2011^{[dated info]} on Rodriguez-Lopez Productions.

Discography[link]

As a solo artist

• A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One (2004)
• Omar Rodriguez (2005)
• Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo (2007)
• The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange (2007; as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet")
• Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007)
• Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus (2008)
• Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008)
• Old Money (2008)
• Megaritual (2009)
• Despair (2009)
• Cryptomnesia (2009; as "El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez")
• Los Sueños de un Hígado (2009; Live; as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group")
• Xenophanes (2009)
• Solar Gambling (2009)
• Ciencia de los Inútiles (2010; as "El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez")
• Sepulcros de Miel (2010; as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet")
• Tychozorente (2010)
• Cizaña de los Amores (2010)
• Mantra Hiroshima (2010)
• Dōitashimashite (2010; Live; as "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group")
• Un Escorpión Perfumado (2010)
• Telesterion (2011; compilation)
• Un Corazón de Nadie (2012)
• The Somnambulists (TBA)

Collaborations

• The Special 12 Singles Series (2005)
• Please Heat This Eventually (2007; featuring "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group")
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch (2007; featuring "Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group")
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008)
• The Burning Plain soundtrack (2008)
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante (2010)

With Startled Calf

• I Love Being Trendy (1991)

With At the Drive-In

• Acrobatic Tenement (1996)
• El Gran Orgo (1997)
• In/Casino/Out (1998, re-release 2004)
• Vaya (1999, re-release 2004)
• Sunshine / At the Drive-In (2000)
• Relationship of Command (2000, re-release 2004)
• This Station Is Non-Operational (2005)

With De Facto

• 456132015 (2001)
• Megaton Shotblast (2001)
• How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub, You Plug Dub In (2001)
• Légende du Scorpion á Quatre Queues (2001)

With The Mars Volta

• Tremulant (2002)
• De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
• Live (2003)
• Frances the Mute (2005)
• Scabdates (2005)
• Amputechture (2006)
• The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
• Octahedron (2009)
• Noctourniquet (2012)

With Le Butcherettes

• Sin Sin Sin (2011)
• Cry is for the Flies (TBA)

Guest appearances

• Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three by Various Artists (Produced by Henry Rollins) (2002)
• Shadows Collide With People by John Frusciante (2004)
• Inside of Emptiness by John Frusciante (2004)
• Curtains by John Frusciante (2005)
• Radio Vago by Radio Vago (2005)
• The Phantom Syndrome by Coaxial (2005)
• Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
• I'll Sleep When You're Dead by El-P (2007)
• New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu (2008)
• Negativa by Hour of the Monarchy (2010)
• Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13 (2010)
• The Golden Age of Knowhere bu Funeral Party (2011)

As producer

• El Gran Orgo by At the Drive-In (1997) co-produced with Bryan Jones and other members of At the Drive-In
• Sunshine / At the Drive-In by At the Drive-In (2000) co-produced with other members of At the Drive-In
• De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta (2003) co-produced with Rick Rubin
• Live by The Mars Volta (2003) co-produced with Cedric Bixler-Zavala
• A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume 1 (2004)
• Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta (2005)
• Scabdates by The Mars Volta (2005)
• Omar Rodriguez (2005)
• Radio Vago by Radio Vago (2005)
• Amputechture by The Mars Volta (2006)
• Please Heat This Eventually (2007)
• Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo (2007)
• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch (2007)
• The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange (2007)
• Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007)
• The Bedlam in Goliath by The Mars Volta (2008)
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008)
• Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus (2008)
• Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008)
• Old Money (2008)
• Megaritual (2009)
• Despair (2009)
• Cryptomnesia (2009)
• Octahedron by The Mars Volta (2009)
• Terra Incognita by Juliette and The New Romantiques (2009)
• Los Sueños de un Higado (2009)
• Xenophanes (2009)
• Solar Gambling (2009)
• Ciencia de los Inútiles (2010)
• Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante (2010)
• Sepulcros de Miel (2010)
• Tychozorente (2010) co-produced with Elvin Estela
• Cizaña de los Amores (2010)
• Mantra Hiroshima (2010)
• Dōitashimashite (2010)
• Un Escorpión Perfumado (2010)
• Telesterion (2011; compilation)
• Sin Sin Sin by Le Butcherettes (2011)
• Noctourniquet by The Mars Volta (2012)
• Un Corazón de Nadie (2012)
• Cry is for the Flies by Le Butcherettes (2012)

Filmography[link]

As performer[link]

Feature films

• All Tomorrow's Parties (2009)
• The Sentimental Engine Slayer (2010)

As director[link]

Feature films

• A Manual Dexterity (2001) - unreleased
• Letters from Dystopia (2003) - unreleased
• The Sentimental Engine Slayer (2007) - released 2010
• El Divino Influjo de los Secretos (2008)
• Boiling Death Request (2008)
• La Venganza de los Labios Extranjeros (2009)
• Los Chidos (2011) - released 2012

Music videos

• "Inertiatic ESP" (2003) for The Mars Volta
• "L'Via L'Viaquez" (2005) for The Mars Volta
• "The Widow" (2005) for The Mars Volta
• "Wax Simulacra" (2008) for The Mars Volta
• "Aberinkula" (2008) for The Mars Volta
• "Ilyena" (2008) for The Mars Volta
• "Goliath" (2008) for The Mars Volta
• "Askepios" (2008) for The Mars Volta
• "Calibration" (2008) for Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• "Cotopaxi" (2009) for The Mars Volta
• "Since We've Been Wrong" (2009) for The Mars Volta
• "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" (2009) for Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• "Miercoles" (2010) for El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• "Polaridad" (2010) for Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• "Agua Dulce De Pulpo" (2010) for Omar Rodriguez Lopez
• "Shine Down" (2011) for Ximena Sariñana

Collaborations

• "Metronome Arthritis" (1999) video for At the Drive-In with Dan Tierney and other members of At the Drive-In
• "One Armed Scissor" (2000) video for At the Drive-In with other members of At the Drive-In

References[link]

Infrasonic Sound Recording Co.

External links[link]

• Omar Rodriguez Official Website
• Omar Rodríguez-López at the Internet Movie Database
• Omar Rodriguez interview