Trinary System / paris_monster

Trinary System is Roger Miller’s current rock band. He plays guitar, sings and composes, accompanied by Larry Dersch (Binary System, A.K.A.C.O.D., etc.) on drums and Andrew Willis (the Web, Crappy Nightmareville, etc.) on bass, vocals and electronics.

Roger Clark Miller 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. Under his band leadership, Miller has recorded over 60 albums, all of which push various envelopes and have generally received high praise (NY Times, Rolling Stone, Boston Globe, Spin, Pitchfork, Pop Matters, etc...). His music tends to vacillate between the two poles of "rock" (guitar, small bands) and "modern" (prepared piano, chamber ensembles), often combining the two with open improvisation. His chamber music has been performed at the New England Conservatory, Tufts University, and other institutions. He is also a visual/conceptual artist, where his art installation "Transmuting the Prosaic" and his drawings have shown in many art institutions/galleries.

By 2012, Miller was looking for a way to free his guitar playing from the confines of a post-punk environment and conceived of Trinary System. He had played with Larry Dersch in Binary System, and knew that Dersch’s drumming would keep him on his toes. Miller met multi-instrumentalist Andrew Willis while Willis was engineering an Alloy Orchestra (now Anvil Orchestra) score. 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.

Trinary System released its first recording in 2016 on Fun World Records, a 5-song EP called Amplify the Amplifiers. Reviewing it, Boston’s The Noise noted: “There is skronk, feedback, flash, psyche, R & B vamps, classical and more. It is also a very rock ’n’ roll record, with choruses and everything. It just rocks a little weirder, and a lot better, than almost anything else you’ve ever heard in your life.”

The band really found its voice just before recording its first full-length album, Lights in the Center of Your Head (Feeding Tube Records, 2019). In it, Trinary System integrated minimalism, psychedelia, and post-prog structures into a raw indie aesthetic. The album was met with significant attention from MAGNET Magazine and other music publications. DUSTED Magazine, Aug. 2019 remarked that: “Trinary System continues in the elegant, abstract, agitated firestorm tradition of Miller’s Burma’s songs, with an unmistakable swagger. “Infinity in a Box,” is a Rubik’s Cube of a song, full of sharp, shiny, colorful edges that align in abrupt, unexpected ways and then, just as suddenly, go out of joint. “Lights in the Center of Your Head” is a surprising amount of fun, intricate when it needs to be, but solidly anchored in rock-hard foundations of rock, funk and blues.”

And this brings us to Cuneiform Records’ release of The Hard Machine where Trinary System is in full maturity mode, full-throttle, do or die. What else is there?

Beat-driven. Dirty, glitchy, lyric-centered, groove-based. Solid earth. Soaring soundscapes. A mass of noise. Volatility. Vocal Singularity. Employing heavy elements of funk and soul, paris_monster closes a gap between synthesized sound and garage; between modern detail and old-school grit.

Doors are at 7pm and music will begin at 730! Seating is first come first served!

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