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M3
M3 (Roger, Laurence and Ben Miller) started it's long-distance collaboration in 1989 when the Miller bros. began recording together for the first time since Sproton Layer in 1970. Over a period of 4 years they recorded their first self-titled release, consisting of three collaborative efforts, three solo compositions and one improvisation. Instrumentation included guitars, drums, keyboard, sampling, sequencing, violin, alto saxophone, b-flat clarinet, vocals and found sound. It was released by New Alliance in 1994.
"Juggling stylistic touchstones like King Crimson, Beefheart, Can and Zappa, M-3 chip away at dense gutteral improvs and clusters of
percussive, metallic sound...one of the richest guitar albums to emerge this year"
Guitar Player Magazine 1994
"Sounds as if Devo, Gang of Four, and Danny Elfman decided to get together and destroy all terms of rational thought
as we know it..."
CMJ, 1994.
Their 2nd release, "Unearthing", was almost entirely improvised using vague structures; drop-dead psychedelic ambience. Unlike their first CD,
there are no vocal tracks, although words were written in the form of Exquisite Corpse and included on the CD insert.
Roger Miller: Bass and electronics w/looping system, drums.
Ben Miller: arch-top guitar, guitar, violin, drums.
Laurence Miller: Drums, keyboard, guitar.
Unearthing was recorded in 1998 and released in 2001 by Sublingual Records.
"…operating in the realm where silence plays as much of a role as sound....It's clear from early on that very few rules govern the situation...M3 aims to break stereotypes, and this the trio does with abandon." All About Jazz 2001
M3 performed live exactly twice; Boston and Chicago in 2001 to promote Unearthing. And now that it's 2008, with another 10 years behind them, M3 is stirring once again with intentions of yet another one-per-decade audio experiment!
Contact Ben Miller at info@benmiller.info
© 2003 Ben Miller
