On September 12, 2006, “Gold Standard Laboratories” and “Universal” label released “Amputechture”, the third Mars Volta studio album. It was recorded November 2005 – May 2006, in Los Angeles, California, El Paso, Texas and Melbourne, Australia, and was produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez,
Personnel:
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, bass, sitar, direction
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals, tanpura
- Juan Alderete – bass guitar
- Jon Theodore – drums
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards, synthesizers, drums
- Isaiah “Ikey” Owens – keyboards
- Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
- John Frusciante – rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Sara Christina Gross – saxophone
- Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation
- Jonathon Debaun – engineer
- Robert Carranza – engineer
- Paul Fig – engineer
- Rich Costey – mixing
- Pablo Arraya – mixing assistant
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Jeff Jordan – artwork
- Sonny Kay – layout
Track listing:
All lyrics by Cedric Bixler-Zavala, all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.
- Vicarious Atonement
- Tetragrammaton
- Vermicide
- Meccamputechture
- Asilos Magdalena
- Viscera Eyes
- Day of the Baphomets
- El Ciervo Vulnerado
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