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Released:1/03/08
Cat No. UCM 003
Debut solo album released through UCM Productions in March 2008. Antipodesia is a mix of ambient jazz and melancholic soundtrack in a sonic playground of looping brass drones, processed trumpet, voice and location specific field recordings. In my belief that location triggers creatives responses, these compositions have been recorded from improvisations during live performances over two years in Europe and Australia with further studio manipulation and embellishment.
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Once Upon a Time in Mingrelia (OUTIM) Mircan with Limbo
Production and performances on four acclaimed albums by Turkish singer, songwriter Mircan Kaya. Kul/Ashes and Sala were recorded in Istanbul and Numinosum and OUTIM (Once upon a time in Mingrelia) is a collaboration with British post jazz quintet Limbo, recorded and produced in Bristol, UK. UCM (UnCatalogued Music) is a label based in Istanbul dedicated to quality cross genre music.
Trumpet and Traffic is a composition based on selected samples of Bristol's urban traffic, street ambience and a three part trumpet improvisation..
Field recordings of Bristol's M32 traffic junction were chosen for their inherent tonality, rhythm and timbre, and as they were compiled and manipulated they began to dictate the notation of the trumpet improvisation.The resulting composition was selected for 2007 New Media Scotland DRIFT Radio and Resonant Cities CD compilation and has been played on various terrestrial & internet radio stations. The audio & video tracks are available as a CD-Rom on request.
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excerpt from Trumpet+Traffic (QuickTime, 1.8Mb)
Released:1/02/06
Cat No. Inc 001
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Celluloid Dreams - Sawtooth Concrete Dream Sequence
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Recorded and produced by Roger Mills, Celluloid Dreams is the debut album from Sawtooth UK, which draws influences from early Kraftwerk, Harry Parch and Pierre Henry. Sculpted electro-acoustic music with flute, tabla, trumpet and sitar, jettisoning you into a world of surreal mind cinema. Limited CDR edition of 100 hand printed and numbered.
Limbo Seven types of ambiguity Limbo
Cat No. Ast 001, Limb 001
Experimental improvised jazz at its most melodic. Limbo are UK based six piece and without mentioning names, feature a whose who line up of Bristol music. Both albums are are as eclectic as they are accessable with Bitches Brew / Silent Way overtones.
Released: 05.23.05
Cat No. ROP-001
Debut release for Canadian net label Robot Opera, Roger Mills' 'Spaces in Time' is an exploration of sonic art from manipulated field recordings collected over a period of two years and transformed into four accousmatic compositions that traverse a wide area of experimental sound art. This release is free to download, for further details follow link below.
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Siren Eludea Taking Me Over |
Debut album written and produced by Roger Mills, Hannah Bristow and Marc Day in the spring of 2002. Taking an ethic of bringing a live set back to the studio, Siren showcases tracks written over two years and includes performances by Radio Head strings supremo Jon Matthius, DJ Alpha Proxima [breakbeat culture] and Paul Wigens [Grand Drive / Blue Aeroplanes].
'Well crafted, memorable songs that have an intensity to make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end.' Steven Dalton – Melody Maker
Between Borders Here Nor There
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Between Borders Here
Nor There Momovili
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Debut album by the here nor there collective featuring Roger Mills (UK, Australia) Medea Tsulaia, Keti Nikoladze (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) & Natalie Deseke (Hanover, Germany). Inspired by the notion of a borderless cultural & philosophical world, the tracks mix and create new musical genres in much the same way. Written during the collectives many international residencies & performances, the album echoes the many melodies and rhythms that transcend the nation state.
Title track, Mingrelian Lullaby was also featured on UK Compilation Underwood Audio II, Saatchi Underwood Gallery, London 2002.
A Space Of The Imagination Here Nor There
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A Space of the Imagination Here Nor There City Peacher |
Eclectic mix of ambient dub and sound art written and produced by Roger Mills for the collectives gallery show at Kibla Media Centre, Slovenia in September 2002. Includes abstract reworkings of tracks featured on 'Between Borders' as well manipulated field recordings from New York, Athens, Bristol, Tblisi & Hanover.
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Walls Have Ears Roger Mills Theme
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A cinematic journey inspired by the stories contained within the two hundred year old walls of the Literary & Scientific Institute, Bridport. UK. The title track features a Musique Concrete composition from studio manipulations of the natural acoustics of the basement, recorded over a forty eight hour period. A mix of processed trumpet, melodica and cello, improvising haunting melodies over manipulated field recordings in a hybrid of sound art, jazz and dub.
Commissioned by PVA for the Swipe Festival 2000.