Stephen O'Malley
Stephen O’Malley is a guitarist, producer, composer, and visual artist who has conceptualized and founded numerous drone and experimental music groups for over two decades – SUNN O))), KTL, and Khanate being among his best-known projects.
Wildly prolific, O’Malley’s oeuvre defines remarkable breadth, complexity and multidisciplinary interests. It includes collaborations with a wide range of experimental musicians and composers, including Scott Walker, choreographer Gisèle Vienne, the authors Dennis Cooper and Alan Moore, composers Alvin Lucier and Kali Malone, artist Fujiko Nakaya, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, experimental music research centres IRCAM, INA grm (Paris), EMS (Stockholm) and many others.
O’Malley is also a vigorous live performer and has toured around the world since 2003.
