Stephen O’Malley is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone and experimental music groups for over
two decades – SUNN O))), KTL, and Khanate being among his best-known creations.
Wildly prolific, O’Malley’s oeuvre is defined by its
remarkable breadth, complexity and multidisciplinary interests. It includes collaborations with a wide range
of experimental artists, including Scott Walker, Kali Malone, Alvin Lucier, choreographer Gisèle Vienne, the authors Dennis Cooper and Alan Moore, Peter Rehberg, Fujiko Nakaya, Jim Jarmusch, Johan Johansson, experimental music research centers IRCAM, INA-GRM (Paris), EMS (Stockholm) and many others.
O’Malley is also a vigorous live performer and has toured around the world since 2000. His live performances
feature a reverberating fog of electric guitar minimalism – sorcery that challenges boundaries of space and time.
Photo by Philippe Levy