Biography
Robert Millis is a founding member of Climax Golden Twins, Messenger Girls Trio, and AFCGT (A Frames and Climax Golden Twins). Solo or in collaboration he has composed soundtracks, worked with choreographers, created sound installations and released numerous CDs and LPs, including the soundtrack to the horror film Session 9, and 120 on Etude Records.
He performs solo utilizing field recordings, 78rpm ambiance, collage, guitar, old murder ballads and half remembered drones. Rob works extensively with the Dust-to-Digital and Sublime Frequencies record labels on archival projects that document traditional and folk music, including Victrola Favorites (released on the Dust-to-Digital label) and the documentary film "Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan", about a Thai Buddhist ghost festival (released on DVD by Sublime Frequencies). For these and other projects he has worn several hats - cameraman, film editor, designer, etc. An experienced sound and recording engineer, he has produced several documentary CDs of music and ambiance from Asia, recorded "in the field."
Partial discography:
2010 Messenger Girls Trio - "Excelsior Salon Trio" (Uzu Audio)
2010 MY FRIEND RAIN (Sublime Frequencies)
2010 AFCGT "Untitled" (Subpop Records)
2009 Climax Golden Twins "Eerie Fragrance" (Etude Records)
2009 ROBERT MILLIS "120" (Etude Records)
2008 AFCGT "Untitled" (Uzu Audio)
2008 AFCGT "Untitled" (Dirty Knobby)
2008 Victrola Favorites "Book/CD" (Dust to Digital)
2007 Climax Golden Twins "5 cents a piece" (Abduction Records)
2007 MY FRIEND RAIN "Feature Documentary" (Sublime Frequencies)
2006 PHI TA KHON: GHOST OF ISAN DVD (Sublime Frequencies)
2006 SPIRIT HOUSE short film (Sublime Frequencies)
2006 Climax Golden Twins "Insect Agents DVD" (Muang Sing Music)
2006 Climax Golden Twins "Conspiracy" (Conspiracy Records)
2005 Climax Golden Twins "B Sides" (Testing Ground)
2005 HARMIKA YAB YUM "Folk Sounds from Nepal" (Sublime Frequencies)
2004 Climax Golden Twins "Highly Bred and Sweetly Tempered" (NEI Recordings)
2004 LEAF MUSIC DRUNKS DISTANT DRUMS (Sublime Frequencies)
2004 THE PHONOGRAPHER'S UNION "Live on Sonarchy Radio" (Accretions)
2004 Climax Golden Twins "Live in the 21st Century" (Kabukikore Records)
2003 NAT PWE: Burma's Carnival of Spirit Soul DVD (Sublime Frequencies)
2002 Climax Golden Twins "Lovely" (Anomalous Records)
2002 MESSENGER TRIO "N/T" (Anomalous Records)
2001 Climax Golden Twins "Session 9" (Milan International)
2001 Climax Golden Twins "Untitled" (Fire Breathing Turtle, Since1972)
2000 Climax Golden Twins "Dream Cut Short in the Mysterious Clouds" (Meme Records)
1996-2000 Victrola Favorites "10 volume series of cassettes" (Fire Breathing Turtle Records)
2000 Climax Golden Twins "Live Four record set, I-IV" (Anomalous Records)
1998 Climax Golden Twins "Locations" (Fire Breathing Turtle Records)
1996 Climax Golden Twins "Untitled 7" (Roadcone)
1996 Climax Golden Twins "Imperial Household Orchestra" (Scratch Records)
1995 Climax Golden Twins "Untitled 3 inch cd" (Fire Breathing Turtle Records)
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