Robert Millis

Indian Talking Machine

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Available for pre-orders from Forced Exposure. Officially released on December 11, 2015.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/millis-robert-indian-talking-machine-78-rpm-record-and-gramophone-co-2cd-book/SF.099CD.html

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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

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Union Pool, New York, 2015

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

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13 questions interview…

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

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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

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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

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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.