The Anvil Orchestra: 2020 to Present.
“The Adventures of Prince Achmed” CD. Score recorded July 2026.
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” CD. Score recorded live at the American Film Institute Theater in Silver Spring, MD. 2025
“Music from “THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR” (Dziga Vertov). 2022, Cosmic Cowboy Records.
POP Record/evolving. 12″ Record
Fun World, 1985. Released as a 7″ by RRRecords. 1991. OOP. New copies custom made to order by Miller (see “Store”).
Record of record noise, b/w Bach inscribed with a screw-driver.
Art New England, 1986:
“POP Record/evolving is a recording of the pops and scratches that constitute the same “patina” Marclay’s “Record without a Cover” exploits. Miller’s record, however, consists ONLY of these pops and scratches.”
Roger Miller: XYLYL and A Woman in Half (CD/LP/cass)
New Alliance, 1991. OOP
The Xylyl ensemble was put together to play a show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Boston. A Woman in Half is a soundtrack to Michael Burlingame’s film of that name.
Your Flesh, ’91:
“Miller remains true to form here: building on his musical past and probing a few potential sonic futures, he does his damnedest to illuminate and entertain at the same time. He succeeds.”
Roger Miller’s Exquisite Corpse: Unfold (CD, cass)
SST, 1994. OOP
Digital copy HERE.
Milwaukee Journal, ’95:
“Some of the most ancient instruments appear alongside samples and percussion assembled from scrap, endowing this disc with a timeless spirit.”
M2: At Land’s Edge
LP Feeding Tube 2013. (OOP).
Digital copy HERE.
Brothers Roger (prepared piano) and Benjamin Miller (multiphonic guitar) in an entirely improvised setting.
Snakes and Eagles, July 2013:
“The record sounds gorgeous, with the disguised instruments pushing their way effortlessly past the barrier of unfamiliarity and into a realm of breath-taking beauty, and at times the combined noise is like a 21st-century refit of Harry Partch.”
M-3: M-3 (CD, cass)
New Alliance, 1993. OOP.
Digital copy HERE.
Roger, Laurence and Benjamin Miller (see Sproton Layer), recording together for the first time in 20 years.
Guitar Player, June ’94:
“Juggling stylistic touchstones like King Crimson, Beefheart, Can, and Zappa, M-3 chip away at dense, guttural improvs and clusters of percussive, metallic sound… One of the richest guitar albums to emerge this year.”
M-3: Unearthing. (CD)
Sublingual Rare Editions, 2001. OOP
“As if the screws and bolts that hold music to normal scaffolding have all been removed.”
Ranaldo/Hooker/Miller: Monsoon
Atavistic Records, 2009. OOP
Miller; bass/sampler; Lee Ranaldo, guitar; William Hooker, drums.
Free improvisation recorded by Richard W. Harte at The Knitting Factory, NYC in 2008.
Alloy Orchestra: 1998 to 2020.
Silent Film accompaniment ensemble/trio. Keyboardist, composer.
3 CDs and over 15 DVDs/Blu-Rays of silent films with their original scores:
“The Best in the World at accompanying silent film”, Roger Ebert. 2004.
Man with a Movie Camera, Double-LP
Third Man Records, 2014.
