"A Manual Dexterity - Soundtrack Volume 1 is half of a pet project that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, De Facto, The Mars Volta) has been recording since 2001. In its entirety, it will comprise the soundtrack for Rodriguez-Lopez's film of the same name. That this project steps back from the structured post-prog of The Mars Volta and bends more toward the esoteric experimentalism of De Facto is unsurprising - it takes its title from the opening track of De Facto's 2001 LP Megaton Shotblast. What is surprising is that an undertaking of such magnitude and rich detail remains so shrouded in mystery." Prog rock.
- Omar RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Guitare, Guitare basse, Percussion
- Omar RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Keyboards, Korg, Handclaps
- Omar RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Orgue, Drum machine
- Blake FLEMING Drums, Handclaps
- Cedric BIXLER-ZAVALA Percussion, Handclaps, Voix
- Cedric BIXLER-ZAVALA Lyrics
- Jeremy Michael WARD Mélodica, Guitare
- John FRUSCIANTE Minimoog, Guitare
- Angel Marcelo RODRIGUEZ Voix, Lyrics
- David LOPEZ Trompette
- Cecilio ORTIZ Guitare
- Alberto EL PORFESSOR ARAGONEZ Percussion
- Ikey Isaiah OWENS Piano
- Andrew SHEPS Trompette
- Sara Christina GROSS Saxophone
- 1 Around knuckle white tile
- 2 Dyna sark arches
- 3 Here the tame go by
- 4 Deus ex machina
- 5 Dramatic theme
- 6 A dressing failure
- 7 Sensory decay, pt.2
- 8 Of blood blue blisters
- 9 Dream sequence
- 10 The palpitations form a limit