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Stephen O\u2019Malley is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone and experimental music groups for over two decades \u2013 SUNN O))), KTL, and Khanate being among his best-known creations. Wildly prolific, O\u2019Malley\u2019s 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 Gis\u00e8le 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\u2019Malley 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 \u2013 sorcery that challenges boundaries of space and time.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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