Trinary System - The Hard Machine CD

SKU Rune 540
Roger C. Miller – Guitars, vocals, Mellotron, cornet, piano
P. Andrew Willis – Basses, micro-synths, vocals
Larry Dersch – Drums, Whisky flask

“I think of Trinary System as my third, and last, really good rock band.” – Roger C. Miller
1969 : Sproton Layer
1979 : Mission of Burma
2012 : Trinary System

“Trinary System continues the elegant, abstract, agitated firestorm tradition of Miller’s Burma songs, with an unmistakable swagger…” – Dusted Magazine

Roger Clark Miller was born in 1952 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began studying piano at age 6. Inspired in 6th grade by seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, he picked up guitar and bass guitar in middle school, and played french horn in the orchestra to avoid study hall. He was profoundly affected by the psychedelic movement which was full-blown by 1967 - here was real mind-altering music. He did psychedelic lettering for the Ann Arbor rock club "The 5th Dimension", which allowed him to get into the club for free (he saw Jimi Hendrix there on the ‘kicked off the Monkees’ tour). Miller found his voice as a song-writer, composer and improviser in 11th grade (1969/Sproton Layer).

He moved to Boston in 1978 and co-formed the highly influential post-punk rock band Mission of Burma on guitar and voice in 1979. He continued playing keyboards and other instruments during and after Mission of Burma, starting with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, ultimately resulting in over 60 albums under his leadership.

When Mission of Burma inexplicably reformed in 2002, things took an amazing turn. But by 2012, looking for a way to free his guitar playing from the confines of a post-punk environment, Miller conceived of Trinary System. He had played with Larry Dersch in his duo Binary System, and knew that his drumming would keep him on his toes. He met multi-instrumentalist Andrew Willis while Andrew was engineering a project for him; he found his comments intriguing, and, never having seen him play a note, asked him to join Trinary System on bass and synthesizer. It was the right decision. Trinary System began loosely, based on previous non-Burma Miller compositions, but covering Miles Davis' "Black Satin" and Can's "You Doo Right" were turning points. Once the value of each player became clear, Miller began composing for the group in earnest.


  • LabelCuneiform
  • UPC045775054025
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