De Facto (band): Difference between revisions

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| name = De Facto

| image = DeFacto.jpg

| caption = Left =to right: Omar Rodríguez-López, Jeremy Michael Ward, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens

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| backgroundorigin = group_or_band[[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.

| origin genre = {{hlist|[[Eldub Paso, Texasmusic|Dub]],|[[electronica]]|[[reggae]]|[[salsa United Statesmusic|salsa]]}}

| labelspinoff_of = [[At the = Drive-In]]

| associated_acts spinoffs = [[At the Drive-In]], [[The Mars Volta]], [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group]]

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*[[JeremyMarcel Michael WardRodríguez-López]]

*[[IsaiahTeri "Ikey"Gender OwensBender]]

'''De Facto''' was(alternatively aspelt as '''DeFacto''') is an American [[dub music|dub reggae]] band which has included [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]], [[Omar Rodríguez-López]], [[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens]] and [[Jeremy MichaelWard (musician)|Jeremy Ward]].

The band began as small jam sessions after [[At the Drive-In]] shows. The original band consisted of OmarRodríguez-López, CedricBixler-Zavala, and JeremyWard playing local shows around their home townhometown, [[El Paso, Texas]]. CedricBixler-Zavala said, "Yeah, actually, we used to be called the Sphinktators, that was early De Facto, just more rock." OmarRodríguez-López was actually the singervocalist of the Sphinktators and remembers, "We used psychedelic sounds, Cedric played the bass, Jeremy played guitar, and [[Ralph Jasso]] played drums."

For their first recording, they brainstormed the name De Facto Cadre Dub, which was later shortened to De Facto. The lineup of the band was switched around: CedricBixler-Zavala played drums like he did before in his earlier bands Foss and [[Los Dregtones]], OmarRodríguez-López played bass, and JeremyWard ran samples, sang, and did the sparse guitar work. Ralph Jasso moved to keyboards but soon quit the band. The [[De Facto (De Facto album)|self-titled]] recording was released as a very limited vinyl pressing in 1999; it would be re-released in 2001 as ''[[How Do You Dub? You Fight for Dub. You Plug Dub In.]]'', through Headquarter Records, now known as Restart Records. OmarRodríguez-López met [[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens|Ikey Owens]] at a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] show. They exchanged numbers, and then IkeyOwens met up with them during one of their shows and joined De Facto as their keyboard player midshow. After relocating to the westWest coastCoast, IkeyOwens joined the band full-time.

Following the break-up of [[At the Drive-in]] in 2001, OmarRodríguez-López and CedricBixler-Zavala switched their focus to working on De Facto. That year eventually saw all the band's releases come out, starting with ''[[456132015]]'' EP produced by [[Mario Caldato Jr.]]. De Facto's first full-length album, ''[[¡Megaton Shotblast!]]'' was released on the [[Gold Standard Laboratories]] label, and received moderate success, probablylikely in part due to the popularity of [[At the Drive-In]]. ''[[Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues]]'', which would be the last De Facto album, followed the same year, released through Modern City Records. Both albums combined the band's studio recordings made in 2000 with live recordings from the European tour in 2001.

In a radio interview conducted by [[Radionica]] [[Colombia]] on 28 October 28, 2008, Cedric Bixler-Zavala revealed that after returning from the South American leg of the current Mars Volta tour, new De Facto material maymight possibly be recorded.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Radionica: Cedric Bixler-Zavala interview | network = | station = Radionica | location = [[Colombia]] | airdate = October 28, 2008 }}</ref> In the same interview, Bixler-Zavala also stated that he willwould be returning to the drums for the production. To date, it has not been confirmed if the sessions actually happened.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Since 2001 the only new De Facto release had been thewas live footage from thea January 3, 2001, show at The Smell, Los Angeles, included on the [[Gold Standard Laboratories]] DVD ''GSL Lab Results Vol. 1 Live'' in 2007. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, however, mentioned the possibility of releasing a documentary from the band's European tours, as well as previously unreleased tracks from Mario Caldato Jr. sessions.

==Discography Band members ==

===Albums= Discography ==

=== EPs ===

*''[[456132015]]'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rodriguezlopezproductions.com/catalog-de-facto/ |title=Catalog – De Facto « Rodriguez Lopez Productions |publisher=Rodriguezlopezproductions.com |access-date=July |accessdate=2011-07-21, 2011 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816070500/http://rodriguezlopezproductions.com/catalog-de-facto/ |archivedate=2011-08archive-date=August 16, |df=2011 }}</ref>

=== Singles ===

*''12E07"120E7" (2001)''

=== Appears on ===

*[[Oven''Test Ready Volume 1]]Four'' (CD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Inside120 (De facto Remix)E7 UpliftoNova Records 20052001

[[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 20012003]]

[[Category:Musical groups from El Paso, Texas]]