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LIVING RECORDS
Merchandise available for purchase
S & H (depending on quantity): $4 U.S.A. --- International: $8+
Contact Ben Miller at info@benmiller.info |
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Living Records is Ben Miller's DIY record label releasing material specific to his work and those he collaborates with. Launched in 2000, Living Records has thus far released 9 CDRs and 1 CD. Products are distributed through this website, Cuneiform Records, at live Concerts and via Art into Life. CD/CDR packaging comes with full color print out on cardstock (single-fold) in a transparent plastic sleeve and a full color paper CD label. Occasionally you might find an informative insert, buisness card, picture magnet, or some other fun treat - much like commercial Cereal Boxes used to contain hidden toys, prizes or flexi discs many years ago!
PENDING RELEASES slated for May 2013;
"Glow White" Living Records/Cass/DL (The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra) Living Records
"Canalisation" Living Records Cass/DL (Ben Miller; multiphonic guitar - Denman Maroney; hyperpiano)
PENDING RELEASES slated for September 2013;
"eMpTy" Feeding TubeVinyl/DVD/DL (Ben Miller: all instruments, vocal.)
includes DVD created and produced by Orin Buck
"Live Performances and Radio Broadcasts Vol. 2" Living Records/Cass/DL & DVD (Ben Miller: multiphonic guitar w/treatment)
"Color of Heaven" Living Records Cass/DL (Ben Miller: multiphonic guitar featuring hexaphonic pickup)
PENDING RELEASES slated for 2014;
"The Feeling" label TBA; Vinyl/DL (GKW 1987; remixed/remastered)
Miller's Multiphonic Guitar work has also been released on the following labels;
"Eyelands Under Eyelids" Gulcher Records/CD 2010
"Live Performances and Radio Broadcasts" Tigerasylum Records/CDR 2010
"Polar Shifts" Obsolete Units/Cass. 2010
These products are all distributed legitmately through this website. Anomonous on Prom Night Records CDR/DL April 2013
Denman Maroney; hyperpiano, Josh Sinton; amplified contrabass clarinet, Ben Miller; tapes, found sound, voice
...an unexpectedly frightening sound _Ben Miller
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra: In C (CD)
Available on Living Records. June 2012
LISTEN: In C (excerpt)
Kevin Gosa; soprano. Bryan Beninghove; soprano. Terrell Reese; soprano.
David Schnug; alto. Adam Ramsay; alto. Benjamin Miller; alto, C-tenor.
Jonathan Moritz; tenor. Gabriel Yonkler; baritone. Stefan Zenuik; baritone.
Brian Landrus; bass. Hiroyuki Matsu; snare.
The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra's unique single-timbre version of Terry Riley's minimalist classic recorded at Creative Music Studios, Brooklyn NY in 2010.
"...I'm sure this will be a first for saxophone orchestra."
- Ann Riley / 2009
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bennmiller: Call to Arms (CDR)
Available on Living Records. June 2012
LISTEN: Call to Arms ... Glacier's Womb (excerpts)
Ben Miller; saxophone, objects, ammunition. $6
A sonic answer to our current global state of affairs.
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bennmiller: Traveling in The Dark (CDR)
Available on Living Records. Sept. 2008
LISTEN: Message to The Clandestine (excerpt)
Ben Miller; alto & c-tenor saxophone, MG1, SK1, tapes, electronics. $6
A venture into slow-moving dark ambience reminiscent of previous ensembles Miller has played in; Empool (1976-78) and GKW (1982-1994). In spite of requests, no radio or zine wrote a review for this release. Miller takes this as a good sign.
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Ben Miller: A Ripple in the Air (CDR)
Available on Living Records. Nov. 2011
LISTEN: Deep Water (excerpt)
Ben Miller; stereo arch top guitar, vocal. $6
Oblique, near-tonal, stereo archtop guitar extemporization, some vocal. You need it.
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Ben Miller/degeneration: Eylands Under Eyelid (CD)
Available on Gulcher Records, distributed by Living Records. July, 2010
LISTEN: Human (excerpt)
Ben Miller; multiphonic guitar, treatment. $10
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"...Closer to neurons firing inside the brain than harmonic referenced sounds, this music is both industrial and hyper-organic...that often sounds more like it was pre-composed..." - Roger Miller / 2010
"Layers of spooky intelligence and a kind of raw elegance" - Anne Carson / 2010
"The best way to describe this album would probably be Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music-lite. While it's nowhere near the aural assault of MMM--quite the opposite, in fact--it seems to be a kindred spirit, a quiet cousin of sorts. ...weaves sonic tapestries of unsettling thoughts, sparse, eerie soundscapes that draw the listener into a world of sound, darkness, and pure energy. There's also a symphonic element, almost Glenn Branca, amid the churning static. This is what noise should be: well thought-out constructions with a clear direction in mind, not aimless distortion and chaos." - Jack Rabbid, The Big Takeover / 2011
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Ben Miller / degeneration: Sirens of Phobos (CDR)
Available on Living Records. Aug., 2007
LISTEN: Sirens of Phobos
Ben Miller; multiphonic guitar, radio, electronics. $6
"Sirens of Phobos" features resonating soundscapes devised by radio, string vibration and electronics.
Includes collaborative voice and noise efforts by SPIN 17's Motoko Shimizu and Ed Chang.
"...This warped, questing music is sometimes like a game of blind man's bluff in a rotting warehouse: you feel that Miller has set things up so that he too doesn't quite know what's going on..." — Clive Bell / WIRE Magazine March 2008
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Ben Miller / degeneration: Layer (CDR)
Available on Living Records. Nov, 2005
LISTEN: 10/11/04; Pordenone, Italy
Ben Miller; multiphonic guitar, treatement. $6
"Layer" features Picture Music; sound collage composed according to visual art. In this case there are eight pieces written for eight of Roger Miller's frottage drawings. Titles for each piece are the same as the title for the drawings they are created for. These drawings allowed an overdubbed approach for its sonic-visual response. Includes inserts of miniatures of each drawing. In spite of requests, no radio or zine wrote a review for this release. Miller takes this as a good sign.
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Ben Miller / degeneration:
Over and Out (CDR)
Available on Living Records. July, 2004.
LISTEN: Catacombing (excerpt)
Ben Miller; multiphonic guitar, treatment. $6
Shortly after moving to NYC, Miller returns to a minimalist approach in prepared guitar.
" Ben Miller does just about everything to his guitar, except to play it conventionally...a wide range of wavering, droning tones and textures...more actively inventive than many more revered players. — Dream Magazine 2006
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Ben Miller:
Panchromatic (CDR)
Available on Living Records. April, 2001.
LISTEN: Three Episodes (excerpt)
Ben Miller; keyboards, etc. $6
music for film & dance.
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Ben Miller / degeneration: Intercom (CDR)
Available on Living Records. Jan., 2001
LISTEN: FromTheGreatMileu.mp3
Miller's first solo release features multitrack sound collage using a stereo archtop guitar. Some selections include multiphonic guitar, analog synth and bass guitar. $6
"If new expressionists closed their eyes and painted what they saw
then Ben Miller must be taping shut his ears and playing what he hears…blood
thrashing through arteries, nerves popping, synapses burning,..doors
knocking, feet bounding up echoed stairways... Formerly a part of the "anti-rock
band" Destroy All Monsters, Miller takes the "anti" idea a step further." — Detroit Metro Times 2001
"...a genre-defying album...no chord progressions or standard picking techniques are displayed here...
a mesmerizing effort from one of the most progressive guitarists around. " — Reckless Records, Chicago 2001
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Other releases
available for purchase
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Third Border: Return Return (CD)
release date Feb, 2010
Ben Miller; Guitar, Vocal. Gerard Smith; Bass. Jarrod Ruby; Drums.
special guests include Megan Leach; Viola and Chris Welcome; Cello.
Most songs written collectively. Produced by Wharton Tiers $10
RETURN RETURN includes a unique arrangement of Laurie Anderson's "O-Superman!"
In spite of requests, no radio or zine wrote a review for this release. Miller took this as a bad sign.
LISTEN: 876 excerpt
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Third Border: Sun of Water, Sea of Light (CD)
Available on Radial Records. Sept. 2006
Ben Miller; Guitar, Bass, Vocal. Pinky Weitzman; Viola and Stroh Violin.
Jarrod Ruby; Drum Kit. special guests include Gerard Smith; Bass. Lisa Donald; Cello. Laurence Miller; Bb Clarinet and Soprano Recorder. Roger Miller; Cornet
all songs written by Ben Miller. Produced by Roger Miller and Laurence Miller $8
NOTE: "Sun of Water, Sea of Light" was chosen with only 47 other candidates for possible Grammy nomination in the
2006 'Alternative Album of the year' category.
LISTEN: After You
Ben Miller played alto sax for Ann Arbor legends Destroy All Monsters during the group's second incarnation
with Niagara and Ron Asheton at the helm. As the driving force behind Third Border, however, Miller's talent as a writer and performer becomes clear,
and what leaps out is not without its own quirky charm. Rather than simply replay Miller's art punk past, Third Border mix Prog with 60s UK psychedelic pop.
Their timely version of Syd Barrett's "Jugband Blues" is a fine example of the latter, an eccentrically
orchestrated tribute which goes out in fine style with a mad marching band of saxophones and kazoos. — WIRE magazine Oct. 2006
R.I.P. Syd
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Third Border: Third Border(CDR)
Available on Living Records. April, 2004
LISTEN: Invitation
Ben Miller; Guitar, Vocal.
Jena H. Kim. ;
Violin.
a five-song release; Third Border's first effort as a duet. $4
Its original release included some instrumental pieces using prepared stereo guitar and scores for violin.
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M3: Unearthing (CDR)
Available on this website and on Sublingual Records.
Oct., 2001 (recorded Dec. 1998)
LISTEN: BatiqueSpaceXcerpt.mp3
Ben Miller: prepared archtop guitar, guitar, drums.
Roger Miller: prepared bass w/loops, electronics, drums.
Laurence Miller: drums, guitar, keyboards. $8
Psychedelic open improvisation with an occasional backbeat. Considered
to be akin to Syd Barrett playing with AMM.
"…operating in the realm where silence plays as much of a role
as sound, M3 builds soundscapes based on abstract scratching guitars,
ripples of electronic effects, and intermittent punchy drums....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
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Xanadu: Blackout in The City (7")
Black Hole Records, recorded Jan. 1979
Out of Print / Art Punk Rock
Features X-Destroy All Monsters Cary Loren, Ben Miller, Larry Miller, and Rob King; a recording-only project initiated shortly after the Miller brothers left D.A.M. (this is the original 4-song vinyl with original cover from 1979) $Out of Print
Only 2 in stock.
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