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Gilles Aubry & Rob Millis Jewel of the Ear tour schedule:

October 6 – Spektrum, Berlin, 20h

October 7 – Goldsmith University, London, 19h

October 8 – Café Kino, Bristol, bang the bore series, 20h

October 9 – The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow

October 10 – TUSK festival, Newcastle, with Aaron Dilloway, 6pm

October 11 – Cave 12, Geneva, with Jerome Noetinger, Pre-LUFF night, 21h

October 14 – Phonofon, Frankfurt, 20h45

October 15 – Recyclart, Brussels, 20h30

October 16 – Phono Museum, Paris, 19h!

October 17 – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, 21h

Union Pool, New York, 2015

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http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/06/robert-millis-april-10-2015-union-pool-flacmp3streaming/

13 questions interview…

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http://preparedguitar.blogspot.com.es/2015/05/robert-millis-13-questions.html

US TOUR with SIR RICHARD BISHOP

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03/26/15 @ The Fox Cabaret in Vancouver, Canada

03/27/15 @ Sunset Tavern in Seattle, WA

03/28/15 @ Palomino Club in Spokane, WA

03/29/15 @ VFW in Missoula, MT

03/31/15 @ Rhythm Records in Bismarck, ND

04/01/15 @ The Aquarium in Fargo, ND

04/02/15 @ Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

04/04/15 @ Constellation in Chicago, IL

04/07/15 @ Trinosophes in Detroit, MI

04/08/15 @  Ratio in Toronto, Canada

04/09/15 @ Casa Del Popolo in Montreal, Canada

04/10/15 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY

04/11/15 @ Clarendon Presbyterian Church in Arlington, VA

04/12/15 @ The Rotunda in Philadelphia, PA

04/13/15 @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, VA

04/14/15 @ The Mothlight in Asheville, NC

04/15/15 @ The Pinhook in Durham, NC

04/16/15 @ The Pilot Light in Knoxville, TN

04/17/15  @ The New Vintage in Louisville, KY

04/19/15 @ Eyedrum in Atlanta, GA

04/20/15 @ Circle Bar in New Orleans, LA

04/21/15 @ Walter’s in Houston, TX

04/22/15 @ Mohawk in Austin, TX (with Jandek)

04/23/15 @ El Cosmico in Marfa, TX

04/24/15 @ Exploded View Tucson, AZ

04/25/15 @ Whistle Stop in San Diego, CA

04/27/15 @ Cinefamily in Los Angeles, CA (with Neil Hamburger)

04/28/15 @ Brick and Mortar in San Francisco, CA

04/29/15 @ Shine in Sacramento, CA

05/01/15 @ Bunk Bar in Portland, OR

US TOUR with SIR RICHARD BISHOP

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03/26/15 @ The Fox Cabaret in Vancouver, Canada

03/27/15 @ Sunset Tavern in Seattle, WA

03/28/15 @ Palomino Club in Spokane, WA

03/29/15 @ VFW in Missoula, MT

03/31/15 @ Rhythm Records in Bismarck, ND

04/01/15 @ The Aquarium in Fargo, ND

04/02/15 @ Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

04/04/15 @ Constellation in Chicago, IL

04/07/15 @ Trinosophes in Detroit, MI

04/08/15 @  Ratio in Toronto, Canada

04/09/15 @ Casa Del Popolo in Montreal, Canada

04/10/15 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY

04/11/15 @ Clarendon Presbyterian Church in Arlington, VA

04/12/15 @ The Rotunda in Philadelphia, PA

04/13/15 @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar in Charlottesville, VA

04/14/15 @ The Mothlight in Asheville, NC

04/15/15 @ The Pinhook in Durham, NC

04/16/15 @ The Pilot Light in Knoxville, TN

04/17/15  @ The New Vintage in Louisville, KY

04/19/15 @ Eyedrum in Atlanta, GA

04/20/15 @ Circle Bar in New Orleans, LA

04/21/15 @ Walter’s in Houston, TX

04/22/15 @ Mohawk in Austin, TX (with Jandek)

04/23/15 @ El Cosmico in Marfa, TX

04/24/15 @ Exploded View Tucson, AZ

04/25/15 @ Whistle Stop in San Diego, CA

04/27/15 @ Cinefamily in Los Angeles, CA (with Neil Hamburger)

04/28/15 @ Brick and Mortar in San Francisco, CA

04/29/15 @ Shine in Sacramento, CA

05/01/15 @ Bunk Bar in Portland, OR

Performance at Berghain, Berlin January 16, 2015

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January 16, 2015

Berghain

Berlin

In collaboration with Gilles Aubry


Jewel of the Ear:
“Jewel of the Ear” is a new collaborative sound and research project by Gilles Aubry and Robert Millis. Its title derives from the English translation of Manikarnika, the Hindi name of the most important funeral temple in the city of Varanasi in India. Located next to the holly Ganga river, this temple is the main site of Hindu religious body cremations, following a precise symbolic ritual based on cosmic renewal and endless cycles of time.
By combining cremation recordings by Aubry together with early Indian 78 rpm music recordings from Millis’ collection, the authors will create a new sound work which will explore the possible existing links between ideas about cultural preservation, audio recording, colonialism and funeral practices.

As a product of the 19th century Western Christian society, the technology of audio-recording is strongly rooted in ideas about the material fixation of sound for the purpose of preservation after death. On the contrary, Hindu religion posits the necessity of the material destruction of the body in order to achieve the perpetuation of the cosmic cycle of life, where cremation becomes a synonymous for creation. Beside actual recordings of body cremations, early Indian 78 rpm records  provide another opportunity to reflect on death and preservation. Audio-recording technology was introduced in India at the beginning of the 20th century (1902) by the British occupiers in order to establish new markets for the growing record industry, which was dominated by competing European and American companies. Much of the early music recorded in India is religious and concerns various spiritual functions including funerary practices.
Aubry & Millis will approach such topics by creating an performance with sounds from their respective archives, mixing fires, voices and atmospheres from Manikarnika together with selected Indian musics emerging from the abstract surface noise of the 78 rpm records. The spatial articulation of audible differences between various recording media (digital, tape and phonograph) will serve as a composition principle, simultaneously allowing for a renewed cultural interpretation of the various dimensions of recording practices.

2015 / 19:20 – 19:40 [gmt] DKULTUR / Live from Berlin

thanks to

http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/klangkunst.1021.de.html

Performance at Oslo10, Basel, Switzerland

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Dissonant Archives

January 10, 2015

In collaboration with Gilles Aubry

Oslo10

Oslostrasse 10

4142 Münchenstein

Switzerland

http://www.oslo10.ch/en/events/dissonant-archives/

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New LP on Sublime Frequencies I produced.

Reviewed on Dusted: http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/102626764866/v-a-the-travelling-archive-folk-music-from-bengal

 

tour info…

http://sublimefrequenciescommunique.blogspot.com/2014/05/robert-millis-european-tour-may-june.html

european tour dates coming together…

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14/5
Berlin

21/5 
GENEVA
Cave 12
4 Rue de la Prairie

23/5
AALST
Houtkaai z/n
9300 Aalst

24/5
AMSTERDAM
OCCII
Amstelveenseweg 134
1075XL Amsterdam

25/5
BRADFORD
Threadfest @ Fuse Art Space
5-7 Rawson Place
BD1 3QQ
1pm Free entry

26/5
COVENTRY
The Coal Vaults
Coal Vaults
CV1 4LY

27/5
LONDON
Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin St
Dalston 
E8 3DL

28/5
HELSINKI
Korjaamo
Töölönkatu 51 a-b
00250 Helsinki

29/5
TAMPERE
Telakka
Tullikamarinaukio 3
33100 Tampere

30/5
BRIGHTON
The Cowley Club 
12 London Rd
BN1 4JA

31/5
GLASGOW
The Old Hairdressers
20-28 Renfield Lane
G2 6PH

1/6
BRISTOL
Cube Cinema
Dove Street South
BS2 8JD

7/6
PARIS
Espace en Cours
56, rue de la Réunion
75020 Paris 
+ Tara Jane O’Neil

Installation at the Institut Francais de Marrakech

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marrakech

Climax Golden Twins Magma Festival

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Rare CGT performance as part of a tribute to Harry Smith.Image

more info: Hollow Earth Radio

Sublime Frequencies presentation Berkley Art Museum Feb 16

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As part of the POSSIBLE

an exhibition at the Berkley Art Museum

Alan Bishop and I will be showing some film excerpts, listening to some radio collage, unearthing strange audio and talking about Sublime Frequencies on Sunday Feb 16 at 1:00pm at the Berkley Art Museum

Facebook event HERE if you care about such things.