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Stephen O'Malley
Stephen O'Malley with Richard Serra's "Out-Of-Round X" in 2011
Stephen O'Malley with Richard Serra's "Out-Of-Round X" in 2011
Background information
Born (1974-07-15) July 15, 1974 (age 50)
OriginSeattle, Washington, United States
GenresDrone metal, experimental metal, doom metal, dark ambient
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, art director, graphic designer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1993–present
LabelsSouthern Lord, Aurora Borealis, Editions Mego, Hydra Head, VHF
Websiteideologic.org

Stephen O'Malley (sometimes referred to as SOMA)[1] is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist from Seattle, Washington who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups (the most notable of which is Sunn O)))).

Biography

O'Malley is a founding member of several groups including Sunn O))) (1998–present), Burning Witch (1995–1998), KTL (2005–present), and Khanate (2000–2006). Within these groups and alone, he has collaborated with a variety of artists including Greg Anderson, Merzbow, Eyvind Kang, Alan Moore, Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram, F.M. Einheit, Randall Dunn, James Plotkin, Julian Cope, Joe Preston, Attila Csihar, Stuart Dempster, Peter Rehberg aka PITA, Lee Dorrian, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nurse With Wound, the Japanese metal band Boris & Michio Kurihara, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino, Daniel O'Sullivan & Kristoffer Rygg (in the free improvisation act Æthenor together with Steve Noble), Aaron Turner, Oren Ambarchi, Alexander Tucker, and percussionist Z'EV.[2]

O'Malley also produced work together with the French choreographer and theatre director Gisèle Vienne (the pieces "Kindertotenlieder" (2007), "Jerk" (2008), "Eternelle Idole" (2009), This Is How You Will Disappear (2010)),[3] Last Spring: A Prequel (2011), American sculptor Banks Violette (various projects between 2005–2009), the Italian performance artist Nico Vascellari (2007–2011), Swiss art collective KLAT (2009), and the Belgian film maker Alexis Destoop ("Kairos" (2010), with Oren Ambarchi).

O'Malley has directed and produced album cover art and design since the early 1990s for groups including Earth, Burzum, Emperor, Melvins and Boris. He has also worked as a rock/metal music journalist & published a black metal fanzine called Descent in the nineties. He was involved with creation of both the Southern Lord[4] label and the experimental/neofolk/black metal label The Ajna Offensive.[5] In 2011 he began curating and art directing the Ideologic Organ record label, in association with the Viennese Editions Mego.

Although he is originally from Seattle, O'Malley's Web site indicates that he lives in Paris, France.

Discography

with Sunn O)))

with Khanate

with Burning Witch

with Ginnungagap

with Lotus Eaters

with KTL

solo works

with Grave Temple

with Æthenor

various

References

  1. ^ "Images". Sunn O))) & Boris. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "recording credits". Discogs.com.
  3. ^ "productions". Gisèle Vienne homepage.
  4. ^ Wray, John (May 28, 2006). "Heady Metal". New York Times. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  5. ^ "The Ajna Offensive". Metal Maniacs. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
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