Despair (album)

Despair
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	January 26, 2009
Recorded	April 2007
Genre	Musique concrète, Experimental, Noise music
Length	38:52
Label	Willie Anderson Recordings
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Megaritual (2009) Despair (2009) Cryptomnesia (2009)

Despair is the tenth solo record by The Mars Volta Guitarist/Composer Omar Rodríguez-López released by Willie Anderson Recordings. Prior to beginning the studio sessions for The Bedlam in Goliath, Rodriguez-Lopez recorded Despair, inspired by his experiences in and around Jerusalem and using material culled from field recordings and studio experimentation.^[1] This record was pressed on white vinyl.

Track listing

Every track is named after a film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Despair.

1. "In einem Jahr mit 13" – 2:18
2. "Liebe ist kälter als der Tod" – 2:28
3. "Satansbraten" – 3:20
4. "Angst essen Seele auf" – 2:03
5. "Martha" – 1:16
6. "Rio das Mortes" – 6:14
7. "Warnung vor einer heilgen Nutte" – 1:56
8. "Chinesisches Roulette" – 14:37
9. "Lola" – 1:33
10. "Angst vor der Angst" – 3:07

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United Kingdom	January 26, 2009	Willie Anderson Recordings

References

1. ^ http://www.willieandersonrecordings.com/