Miller, Roger Clark - Curiousity For Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble CD

SKU Rune 543
Roger C. Miller : Custom Stratocaster 6-string; three Rogue lap-steels (on legs), two prepared, one tuned unison E; multiple foot-pedals/sound-altering devices; Boomerang III Looper

“The post-punk 6-string hero takes a deep dive into sonic surrealism with his new album, a loop-driven collection of riveting soundscapes.” – Premier Guitar

“Most impressive is the guitarist's tonal control - this music may emerge from the fog of sleep, but Miller's deft handling is crystal clear.” - The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, Sept.2022

“His skills as a guitar player and his bottomless imagination have collided in a perfect encapsulation of the two traits, bringing forth a third strand that just can’t be imitated by anyone else, no matter how hard anyone should try.” – Pop Matters

“The dance between composition, performance and improvisation is unique, the end result of Miller's long journey into these lands.” – All About Jazz (it was also in their “Best of 2022”)

“Roger's playing and creativity follows a unique path that's constantly surprising and fascinating...some of it jarring and edgy, some of it rotating loops with solos, some of it totally freeform and very experimental...it's not only a surprising album, but remarkable really, right down to the quite bonkers final track.” – Audion

Roger Clark Miller is best known as the guitarist in Mission of Burma, where he expanded the vocabulary of rock guitar by incorporating elements of free jazz and 20th Century classical music. Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble is an expansion upon his previous ground-breaking release I>Eight Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble .

There are four Dream Interpretations on this album, structured by dreams from his dream journal. New techniques have developed since the previous album, and the Lap-steels are used more extensively.

There is also “Curiosity on Mars”, a longer composition which partakes of Miller's “Natural Phenomena” composing technique for generating structure/form. Five photographs taken by NASA's Mars Rover “Curiosity” are used to organize the five sections of the piece. Occasionally the music is impressionistic, but mostly the music follows the specific arrangement and shapes of rocks and minerals in the photographs.

Miller has performed his “Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble” music from Toronto to Washington, DC. It is performed on multiple guitars with multiple loops and devices. While the sounds produced are sometimes dizzying, they are always physical and made in real time.

  • LabelCuneiform
  • UPC045775054322
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