Rob Mills | Music projects

TALE OF WHAT!

Tale of What! - is an art/music project
Tale of What! - is a music derived from graphic art
Tale of What! - is machine drawings
Tale of What! - is improvised
Tale of What! - is collage

Tale of What! is live at Lewisham Arthouse
with Rob Mills, Tom Scott, Nick Doyne Ditmas and David Aylward
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For more tracks visit www.myspace.com/taleofwhat
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Tale of What! graphic scores
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ROB MILLS / TOM SCOTT DUO

This duo perform improvised music and graphic-scores on saxophones, clarinets, electric violin, cello, and electronics. The reportiore includes - tone row melodies, matrix rythmns, electro-acoustic soundscapes, improvisations derived from collaged images and soundtracks to art videos.
Three CDs are currently available: 'Dripspot', 'Skillion' and 'The sun rose and kept rising'.
The duo have played most recently at - Cafe Oto, The Klinker, Lewisham Arthouse, Jazz Rumors and Shopping Trolly.
Additional tracks can be heard at www.myspace.com/taleofwhat

GNO QUINTET

Nick Lubran, Rob Mills, Julia Doyle, Paul Shearsmith, Dave Fowler.
More than twenty years playing and developing together lead to this particular melange of
Improvised music, New Orleans Jazz, Poetry, Punk Funk and Free Folk.
Most recent appearences at The Klinker, Hope and Anchor, Riverfront Jazz Festival .

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SOLO

Experimental, occasionally confrontational, often lyrical, sometimes conforming to a system, sometimes developing organically, a melange of effect, appeal to the inner self, reference to the blues and ritual.

Most recent appearences at Resonance FM, Boat-ting, The Klinker, Battersea Arts Centre, Lewisham Arthouse, Royal College of Art.

VIDEO

Short films with music.
Recent titles include: Simons Lake, Bronze Dreams Of The Sea, From Fred To Phyl Christmas 1963, Bronzen.
Films can be viewed at www.youtube.com/robmillstube

MUSIC WORKSHOPS

I have over 20 years experience leading music workshops. I have specialised in working with people with learning difficulties. I work both within established services and in community arts projects. My approach is integrative and has been aimed towards the development of a shared artistic language. I believe in a culture in which we can all speak and our voices be heard, in which we can all listen and feel part of something meaningful. As with all my work, I give primacy to human expressiveness and our desire to connect with each other. Recorded examples of music from this aspect of my work include 'Loss of the Church' - Echo City, 'We are happy now' Gascoigne music group, 'All around the world' - Flexitones.