Omar Rodriguez-Lopez + Deantoni Parks at Technoself Immersive (2019-05-17 - Atlanta, GA)

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Deantoni Parks playing a rare duo live set at the inaugural Technoself Immersive.
May 17, 2019
The Sound Bar / Space 2
Atlanta, Georgia

[@menteencoma]

finally back to two handed drumming !

[@adorno_gang37]

Deantoni's hypnotic style of drumming is really unique

[@JsRf13]

if I had to describe it in one word, that would definitely be the one I choose. it's just so brilliant...

[@JsRf13]

holy moly would love to have been here. what a great experience of two incredibly talented musicians jamming some great psychedelic chunage. Deantoni still blows me away at how good he is.

[@paradiddle16]

Deantoni Parks the underrated monster on drums. One of my absolute favs behind the kit.

[@Christone18]

Nice camera work, thank you for sharing.

[@oscwildle1]

Thank you Travis for posting this. I was not able to attend and I love these guys!!! Super stoked to hear/see the performance

[@loang0]

A true gem, thank you!

[@marsvolta1386]

Thanks for the upload !

[@MatthiasKotto]

Thanks for this. Saludos From Buenos Aires

[@CarlosRodriguez-cp4mw]

Would've loved to see this. Thank you for uploading

[@liiilliil3297]

thanks for this

[@seanmurphy26]

Dude Travis, the live khruangbin footage, and now this Omar Rodriguez Lopez! Not only is your music taste completely on point, but you have a awesome life!

[@nJur88]

thanks, it's great to see they're still playing together!

[@LaceChaser]

Omar has stated many times how much respect he has for Deantoni as an artist in general vs just a drummer. I was reading notes in a vinyl collection of his where he said Deantoni was one of his favorite drummers of all time and certainly a favorite to work with. I’m sure their friendship will last their lifespan honestly. He never talks about any of the other drummers he played with like he does Deantoni.

[@fvrmusicgr]

Damn awesome performance. The intense ending was the dopest.

[@Meganova]

Thanks for this

[@anotherdemian9090]

Thanks for this gift

[@cocedricomar]

thanks man, legend

[@trevorvillwock4846]

Thank you for this video, it looks and sounds incredible T u T

[@hansen2110]

Should be one of the most viewed performances ever

[@ShadesWade]

appreciate the upload Travis! this was great to see! wish i could have made it down to ATL to kick it with D and Omar!

[@sloburnjo]

right on!

[@tmcevily]

THIS IS GODLIKE... WOW

[@jamsforyams]

Hell yes

[@mfuendofseptember]

Deantoni is a phenomenal drummer. I dig Omar's more ambient style of improvising, but maybe they needed more rehearsal time together to make his playing over these songs less free-form, & more like the spectacular jams they could be. Nonetheless, I love these dudes. I love what Omar contributes to everything he's a part of, & there's some great moments here. Slow to start, but well worth listening through.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Omarrated.

[@lex_C_88]

@@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer whoosh

[@idonteatcheetos]

Funny, because I think the exact opposite of you. IMO Omar is trying too hard/ thinking too much and this jam really exposed his weaknesses as a guitarist, and would benefit from a more structured style

[@user-mi8tn2zz2k]

i was front row at this show holding a phone light so the guitar tech could fix the pedal board

[@LaceChaser]

Lol, Omar and his pedals. It’s intense. I always wonder how many pedals he owns in total. It must be near 1,000 or more by this point in life. Definitely jealous that you got to see this though! I met my wife at one of the first Bosnian Rainbows shows back in 2012 in Atlanta where Deantoni is from. I made a sign for Teri Gender Bender that said “KISS ME TERI!” she didn’t just kiss me, she basically mouth raped me! Hahaha then the next song she took her shoes off and put her socks in her mouth xD I was glad that she did that after the kiss.

[@growskull]

you are the luckiest person in the entire world in my eyes​@@LaceChaser

[@espe_cies]

Me inspiran Mendigos

[@growskull]

god deantoni is an absolute madman disguised as just an ordinary drummer at first

[@thejulianexperience]

good on ya boss

[@melsgad]

Pinche Omar sigue vivo.

[@vihamra1991]

This music represents my life right now.

[@moshirazi]

The new Mars Volta record is in here

[@socialtigerTV]

Mo Shirazi I hope not ......I miss the creative times when they did frances

[@MajicFreeman]

Such a bummer that orl's pedals went out. I had such a good time at this, omar and d were pretty easy to talk to. I mean d was there all afternoon before the show talking with anyone who wanted to.

[@gothsicle1921]

When did his pedals go out?

[@jeffriley2218]

Fucking awesome, wish I knew about that

[@trevorvillwock4846]

[@jimvanmeer]

I'll take 20 of these, please.

[@psychodfunk]

How does a person keep up/know when Omar’s gonna be playing shows?

[@cannabisdeathmorbs]

Ask ur mom

[@justinbird2605]

Telepathy

[@LaceChaser]

I’ve see. Him randomly on bass with Le Butcherettes, Book shows under his groups name and play new Mars Volta, etc. Really, you just gotta follow anyone connected to his label/anyone he’s played music with in the past and if they come to your state... buy a ticket because there’s a chance he could randomly chow up with them or be a temporary replacement for a band member. Otherwise it’s seriously almost impossible to know when this soft spoken genius who bursts out of his shell when he hears latin style drums and his guitar is suddenly flying around him as he dances and claps will be making an appearance. Never in my life have I seen a tour date list of his besides back when The Mars Volta was around or when ATDI got back together and played festivals.

[@gruwer92]

Does the song starting in 14:26 has a name ?

[@OnNightmareRadio]

Awesome video! its a shame you cant hear much of his ride (on his right, our left).... 7:30 area

[@sandwich675]

Anyone know where bass is coming from at 37:00?

[@LaceChaser]

I know you asked 2 years ago, but it’s a loop. I’m assuming Omar has a pitch pedal and lowered it for a moment to make a bass loop orrr Deantoni had it saved already on his laptop. He does most of the sound manipulation here. Omar is just there to backup his drummers new thing. Well, it was new at the time.

[@auxphoenix]

it's the floor tom :)

[@justinbird2605]

Is it happening tho?

[@hectormayorga8384]

ching-on a tope!

[@woobiehastelly]

Deantoni Parks is basically a randomized drum machine put on shuffle.

[@glossolaliaonline5229]

6:53

[@glossolaliaonline5229]

9:46

[@seanmurphy26]

I always liked Thomas Pridgen's display, and 'acrobatics', on the drums better. However, Parks is technically just as amazing

[@Tokk123]

Hmm. I’m a drummer and while I do think Deantoni put out a good show, I feel Omar did, too. This was solid and quite atmospheric performance.

[@nestorfacundotorrejongalva915]

Deantoni es muy bueno!!! No se que onda Omar que le costaba seguirlo. Problemas tecnicos o inspiracion. Pero Deantoni se pasa

[@iroveashe]

No le costo seguirlo, a ti te cuesta seguirlo a Omar. Dejalo que te lleve a donde quiere

[@nestorfacundotorrejongalva915]

@@iroveashe jaja tuvo mejores presentanciones! Hay que decirlo! Omar puede llevarnos a muchos lados pero esta vez no fue asi.

[@taylorschneider8513]

Signature ORL Ernie Ball Music Man

[@SoloNecr0zis]

It's a lefty custom St Vincent signature model. Love that guitar.

[@arfslmnsyh]

Mariposa

[@taylorschneider8513]

g33003030 you must consider yourself a fan.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Yeah, that's Omar's signature guitar, Not St. fucking Vincent. Ffs 😑😅

[@jamesmorris911]

Im really surprised omar still shows up to play. He looks burned out. How can you not like playing but crank out so much material?

[@superkatarsis]

What? This seems to be in your fantasy? Why shouldn’t he show up to his own gig?

[@iorch82]

I don't really think he's interested in playing guitar anymore - I would even say writing music - But who knows, perhaps all of the sudden he comes with another 10 solo albums from nowhere

[@adorno_gang37]

man Beto O'Rourke has like barely any policies, but please let him become president nonetheless so TMV can reform

[@Skippymoogoose90]

It's happening according to Cedric, but won't be playing old stuff

[@benjaminfowler4513]

Omar reminds me of early Syd Barrett here. I think he did great, people expect something from him and when they get something different all of a sudden he sucks. Lame ass people

[@idonteatcheetos]

I thought this was cool overall, but just a little disappointing, maybe I expected too much but this video really brought out Omar's weaknesses, he is a great songwriter but this made me think of a few things, these guys are very similar musicians, almost too similar, it's missing a lot of layers and effects and other musicians with different styles to help round things out. He used to be amazing live, maybe he needs a break to relax his mind and take a step back for a minute I almost would've preferred just to hear Deantoni by himself

[@lucasrpacifico]

i think omar dont wanna play guitar anymore..... he did nothing....

[@IDKSOMTHIN]

lucasrpacifico that’s what I’m getting. Or at least- he wasn’t doing a very good job. So anticlimactic.

[@moonbasemonkmode441]

It’s not his show, just supporting. Technoself is supposed to be Deantoni’s solo act.

[@IDKSOMTHIN]

Ian Brooken I mean technical difficulties doesn’t break your ability to play. Guess it highlights Omar relies too much on his pedals. I love Omar. He’s one of my heroes as well. But I completely agree that he seems disinterested with guitar. And I don’t blame him. The man has created and released so much music. He’s probably tired of it. It was hard to listen to- needless I hope this show comes to my town so I can check it out. Maybe his pedals will be working then.

[@dnlabd4553]

damn, omar really sucks on this one...deantoni saves it, at times. i like omar a lot, specially what he did with mars volta and at the drive in, but i think he's way overrated as a musician and composer. putting out 100 records doesn't make you good...most of them are boring as hell, just like his guitar jamming. and well, it's easy to not sound terrible if you surround yourself with great musicians like deantoni. just saying, everyone nut-rides omar. i pretty sure my next door neighbor would have done a better job at this....and he sort of sucks.

[@dnlabd4553]

@Ian Brooken didnt mean to hate on him bro, just saying what i feel: he did a terrible job of "backing him up" in my opinion...no taste, passion, flow...he basically made it worse. and i was REALLY looking forward to watching this :( . deantoni was tasteful in spite of omar's uninspired performance and all those sour notes he threw in. yes, hes prolific, no doubt...but to me, his solo music is boring as hell and very one dimensional. i like him better when he's the "effects guy" in bands. i think he's overrated cuz everyone talks about him like he's some tremendously gifted genius....and well, to me he's just a really productive dude that's just sort of ok as a musician. And, regardless of taste, you can see that deantoni is waaaaay on another level than omar, on musicianship in general. now, if u like omars monotonous, guitar delay jamming...good for you i guess. i can only take about 2 minutes of it.

[@jeremythomas4660]

I’ve heard Omar play so much better than this

[@Blackuzi]

there was a time his guy plaied like a god. Now, what i see is a little chindren that dont play nothin. Sad... very sad...

[@cesarvillasana9150]

Wtf is this nonsense? please bring the mars volta back and stop losing time. You guys are getting old

[@menteencoma]

they're working on new TMV as we speak

[@HarveyLeeMontana]

What the hell is this? Omar, you can do it better!

[@vihamra1991]

Te amo corazón, sos lo mejor que le paso a mi vida.

[@vihamra1991]

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[@user-mi8tn2zz2k]

omar stopped playing guitar years back he only does passive stuff now not leads. this was primarily a technoself show omar was just a guest. hes playing off the top of his head for an hour with no other reference to build on notes (drums not notes), not to mention his pedal board died for most of this set so he was just playing clean through the amp. yea idk man lets see you improv for an hour like that . most of the live jams with volta are heavily rehearsed so he knows where to go, this was just raw

[@glossolaliaonline5229]