Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director. He is known for being the guitarist and band-leader of The Mars Volta from 2001 until their breakup in 2012, and is currently the guitarist for the alternative rock groups At the Drive-In, Antemasque and Bosnian Rainbows. He was also the bassist for the dub band De Facto. He has embarked on a solo career, both in studio and in concert, frequently described as experimental, avant-garde and/or progressive. Killing Tingled Lifting Retreats is the forty-fifth album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The album features material recorded between 2008 and 2013, while Rodríguez-López lived in Zapopan, Mexico and as well as his eventual return to El Paso.