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[b]Rodriguez Lopez Productions[/b] ([b]RLP[/b]) was an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California, and acting as the private imprint and core publisher for [a=Omar Rodriguez-Lopez] and his various associated bands and projects — most notably, [b][a=The Mars Volta][/b]. It was established by Rodriguez Lopez in collaboration with [l=Sargent House] as a successor to [l=Gold Standard Laboratories] (GSL), his primary label since 2001. Unlike Gold Standard Laboratories, which kept a small roster of unrelated acts (some predating Rodriguez Lopez), the new venture focused exclusively on Omar's oeuvre and his close friends and associates, such as [a=Bosnian Rainbows], [a=Zechs Marquise], [a=Deantoni Parks], and [a=Eureka The Butcher] (solo electronic project of Omar's younger brother, [a=Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez]). Active between 2007 and early 2016, Rodriguez Lopez Productions released 30 albums with [b]RLPxxx[/b] catalog numbers and published two independent films directed by Omar, [i]The Sentimental Engine Slayer[/i] (2010) and [i]Los Chidos[/i] (2012). After RLP went defunct, Rodriguez-Lopez signed with [a=Mike Patton]'s [l=Ipecac Recordings] and, most recently, with [a=Johann Scheerer]'s [l=Clouds Hill]. [b]Rodriguez Lopez Productions Team[/b] [a=Omar Rodriguez-Lopez] — owner, A&R [a=Cathy Pellow] — partner, label manager [a=Marc Jetton] — marketing & sales [a=Sonny Kay] — art director