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[b]Bosnian Rainbows[/b] was an American experimental/indie/alternative/art-rock band active in 2012 and 2013 and established by [a=Omar Rodriguez-Lopez] with [a=Teri Gender Bender] from [a=Le Butcherettes] and [url=https://discogs.com/artist/7062323]W.A.D.A.[/url] duo of Mars Volta's drummer [a=Deantoni Parks] and his frequent collaborator, keyboardist [a=Nicci Kasper]. The group's sole self-titled album, [i][m=566376][/i] CD/2×LP, came out in June 2013. Bosnian Rainbows remained dormant since, though not formally disbanded. In October 2016, Omar and Teri reunited as [b][a=Crystal Fairy][/b] with [a=Buzz Osborne] and [a=Dale Crover] of [a=Melvins]. Omar Rodriguez Lopez brought a new ensemble together in mid-2012 when he moved back to El Paso after [a=The Mars Volta] completed a European tour promoting its sixth studio album, [i][m=421982][/i]. Initially, he only planned to place TMV on a temporary break, but the band soon dissolved, with [a=Cedric Bixler-Zavala] publicly announcing his departure in January 2013. (Nine years later, [a=The Mars Volta] reunited.) In September 2012, Bosnian Rainbows embarked on its first tour with over 40 shows scheduled in the USA, Europe, and Japan. The concerts were already booked and announced for [a=Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group], with the new band only revealed shortly before the opening night. They chose [url=https://discogs.com/label/319671]Clouds Hill Studios[/url] in Hamburg, Germany, as the rehearsal base; Rodriguez-Lopez first met the studio's founder and owner, [a=Johann Scheerer], in 2009, working with his band [a=Taka-Takaz]. Bosnian Rainbows recorded one of the practice sessions, later released in December 2012 as part of [i][r=4098345][/i] 7×10"/DVD boxset, and on separate [i][m=1594171][/i] 10" in November 2013. In October 2012, on the break after the European leg of the tour, Bosnian Rainbows recorded studio material at [l319671], produced by [a=Johann Scheerer] on analog gear without computers in the signal chain. (According to Scheerer's subsequent posts on "The Comatorium," a now-defunct Mars Volta fan forum, they recorded enough material for several records. Circa 2016, an anonymous user leaked an unreleased album by Bosnian Rainbows online; one of the tracks was an alternative version of "La Uva" from [i][m=888493][/i], a third album by [a=Le Butcherettes].) The band's self-titled [i][m=566376][/i] came out on 25 June 2013, co-released in the USA by Omar's private label [l=Rodriguez Lopez Productions] with [l=Sargent House] on CD and 2×LP (on regular black vinyl and two colored editions). The album debuted at No. 2 on [url=https://discogs.com/label/1312199]Billboard[/url]'s "Top Heatseekers" chart in the United States. In Europe, [i]Bosnian Rainbows[/i] was co-released and distributed via [l=Clouds Hill Ltd.], with a CD and limited hand-numbered 2×LP edition of 600 copies in various colors. In February 2017, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez released [i][m=1611060][/i], his sixteenth solo album on [l=Ipecac Recordings], based primarily on live recordings made in 2012 with [url=https://discogs.com/artist/408658]Juan Alderete de la Peña[/url] on bass, [a=Deantoni Parks] drumming, and [a=Teri Gender Bender] as a vocalist. However, Omar re-recorded and overdubbed all bass parts in the studio, with the final release only crediting Deantoni and Teri. [b]Bosnian Rainbows[/b] [a=Omar Rodriguez-Lopez] — guitar, backing vocals, keyboards [a=Teri Gender Bender] — lead vocals [a=Deantoni Parks] — drums, keyboards [a=Nicci Kasper] — keyboards & synth