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Stephen O'Malley
O’Malley with Æthenor in Rome 2010
O’Malley with Æthenor in Rome 2010
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
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer
Years active1993–present
LabelsSouthern Lord, Aurora Borealis, Editions Mego, Hydra Head, VHF
Websiteideologic.org

Stephen O'Malley (sometimes referred to as SOMA; born July 15, 1974)[1] is an American guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist from Seattle, Washington, who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups, most notably 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 Dorian, Thurston Moore, 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, 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

  • Khanate (CD & 12" 2001)
  • Live WFMU 91.1 (CD 2002)
  • No Joy (12" 2003)
  • Things Viral (CD & 12" 2003)
  • Let Loose the Lambs (DVD 2004)
  • KHNT vs. Stockholm (CD 2004)
  • Live Aktion Sampler 2004 (CD 2004)
  • Capture & Release (CD, 12", picture disc 2005)
  • Dead/Live Aktions (DVD 2005)
  • It's Cold When Birds Fall from the Sky (CD 2005)
  • Clean Hands Go Foul (LP & PLP 2008, CD Japan & CD+live DVD 2009)

With Burning Witch

With Ginnungagap

  • 1000% Downer (CD & 12" 2004)
  • Return to Nothing (CD 2004, 12" 2008)
  • Remeindre (CD & 12" 2005)
  • Crashed like Wretched Moth (12" 2006)

With Lotus Eaters

  • Alienist on a Pale Horse (CD & 12" 2001)
  • Four Demonstrations (CD 2001)
  • Mind Control for Infants (CD 2002, 2xLP 2009)
  • DR-55 (7" 2002)
  • Wurmwulv (CD 2007, 2xLP 2011)

With KTL

  • KTL (CD & LP 2006 on Aurora Borealis)
  • KTL 2 (CD & LP 2007 on Thrill Jockey)
  • KTL 3 (CD & LP on OR 2007)
  • Eine eiserne Faust in einem Samthandschuh (CD 2007 on Editions Mego) – limited to 300 copies
  • KTL – Live in Krems (LP released in December '07 by Editions Mego)
  • IKKI (CD 2008 on Editions Mego)
  • Victor Sjöström's The Phantom Carriage: KTL Edition (DVD 2008, USA DVD 2011)
  • KTL IV Paris Demos (CDR 2008)
  • KTL 4 (CD 2009, 2x12" & 7" Japan 2009, CD Japan 2009)
  • KTL V (CD 2012, 2xLP 2012)
  • KTL V INA GRM Studies (12" 2012)

Solo works

With Grave Temple

With Æthenor

Various

References

  1. ^ "Images". Sunn O))) & Boris. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. 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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