On January 29, 2008, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal Motown Records” labels released “The Bedlam in Goliath”, the fourth Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded 2006 – 2007, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, Rodriguez-Lopez’s home studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
Personnel:
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, synthesizers
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
- Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards
- Juan Alderete – bass
- Thomas Pridgen – drums
- John Frusciante – guitar
- Owen Levine – double bass
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards
- Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
- Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
- Henry Trejo – “Because”s on “Agadez”
- Nathaniel Tookey – string composition and arrangement
- Edwin Outwater – strings conductor
- Sam Bass – cello
- Edwin Huizinga – violin
- Anthony Blea – violin
- Charith Premawardhana – viola
Track listing:
All lyrics Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.
- Aberinkula
- Metatron
- Hyena
- Wax Simulacra
- Tourniquet Man
- Cavalettas
- Agadez
- Askepios
- Ouroboros
- Soothsayer
- Conjugal Burns
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