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Benjamin
Rush Miller
Cultivating his technique since 1982, Ben Miller/degeneration presents a sonic tapestry that defies standard guitar playing. By using several pickups outputted separately through two chain of effects, Miller produces a texturous, multiphonic soundscape. With the addition of preparations, mis-tuned radio and analog tape, it is difficult to discern where any one sound originates.
NEW RELEASES for 2010:
"Polar Shifts" April/Obsolete Units
"Islands under Eyelid" May/Gulcher
"Live 2000-9" June/Tigerasylum
Other new releases this year will be "At Land's Edge" with brother Roger as M2 on Table of the Elements and "Post-Out" - a live trio set by Ben, Roger and Matt Weston on Hikikomori Records.
Miller is presently curating The Full Moon Audio-Visual Series. It's 2nd Event is awaiting confirmation for Sunday July 25th. This 2-hour event will include a host of visual and sound artists for a varied and mind-expanding experience.
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra is a 15-member ensemble featuring
13 saxophones ranging from bass to soprano and 2 percussionists. The orchestra's repetoire features Miller's "Symphony of Suspicious Activity", Terry Riley's "In C", and an intriguing arrangement of The Beatle's "Tomorrow Never Knows". The S.S.O. will be performing at Brooklyn Lyceum Friday June 25th @ 8pm. Don't miss NYC's first full-on saxophone orchestra!
"...a haunting dissonant swoon like that of battling church organs, or a swarm of bugs." Village Voice, Christopher Weingarten Aug. 2009
Thirdborder's new release Return Return is on sale now at CDBaby. This 11-song CD recorded at Kennel Studios, Brooklyn, NY with production by Wharton Tiers includes a version of Laurie Anderson's "O-Superman!"
THIRDBORDER is:
Ben Miller; guitar, vocal
Jerry Smith; bass
Jarrod Ruby; drums
Thirdborder's 2nd release "Sun of Water, Sea of Light" is also available at CDBaby. This 13-song CD includes a version of Syd Barrett's "Jugband Blues".
In 2000, Miller joined Burningword, an electronic publication, as a contributing writer. He is featured in the webzine The Tin Lustre Mobile and The Brand New Big Bridge. From 2006-08, he was one of the on-line music composers for The Mad Hatters Review , a multimedia ezine. Miller's first novel "On The Brink" is a surrealist read of an absurdist nature about escaping a murder conviction (amongst other things) by way of time travel. This book will eventually be made available here on this website if not eslewhere.
As a guitarist / saxophonist, Miller has explored psychedelic songwriting, freeform-based improvisation and notated scores in quasi-tonality. Miller was raised in the late 60's, Ann Arbor, MI having since formed and collaborated with various groups focusing solely on original music.
various photographers on this website: Orin Buck, Koury Angelo, Bill T. Miller, Bond Miller, Amy Fulgham.
Contact Ben Miller at info@benmiller.info
© 2003 Ben Miller
