Limited edition black-vinyl LP. Edition of 500.
 
Porcelain Hammer formed in 2018 for the purpose of expanding the direction of Ben Miller's multiphonic guitar work into a full ensemble. This new direction in Miller's music is the melding of art, psych, world and no-wave with lyrical hypnagogia. 

Miller played guitar in Sproton Layer with brothers Roger and Laurence (1969-71), The Fourth World Quartet (1975), Destroy All Monsters with Ron Asheton and Michael Davis (1977-78), the avant-power trio Nonfiction (1982-85), Chicago's Dirty Old Man River (1997-2000), and Third Border (2004-2010). 

This century, Miller performs solo multiphonic guitar and has produced several releases on his own imprint (Living Records), touring extensively across the east coast, midwest, and Europe. He performed and recorded with Glenn Branca's 100 guitar orchestra and toured with The Glenn Branca Ensemble, provided live multiphonic guitar-scape for NOX with renowned poetess Anne Carson and former Merce Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchel & Silas Riener, and played as principle actor in the multidisciplinary performance of RUINES with Franck Vigroux. Miller also formed NYC's Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. Now living in the Detroit metro area, Miller's focus is The Sensorium Chamber Orchestra furthering his composition in a multi-timbrel setting.

Miller plays a modified Gibson Kalamazoo that has an inverted neck pick-up over the first fret which is output, along with the bridge pickup, to stereo. Contact mics are placed on the body and headstock and are also split stereo.

"When creating spontaneous sound, with this instrument in particular, I view the process more as a visual artist than a musician; thinking in terms of texture and shape rather than melody and chords. Structure is intentionally loose, though with inherent formation appearing as if on its own. At times, I feel as though I am leaving the room. This is when I know I am on the right track." -- Ben Miller, 'In The Moment' liner notes.

Mike Khoury is a Palestinian-American composer, improvisor, and curator focused on performance and documentation. Khoury divides his time between his improvisational work and the Redford Civic Symphony Orchestra, of which he is a member of the first violin section. Current active projects include the ensemble Inscribe, a duet with percussionist Ben Hall, a duet with dancer/choreographer Leyya Tawil, and his work as a studio and live musician. Khoury has engaged in community building through his curation of the Entropy Studios space and the Entropy Stereo record label issuing music from artists such as Faruq Z. Bey, Wendell Harrison, Bobby Bradford, and Griot Galaxy.

Mike List is schooled in 20th Century techniques as well as being trained in India for tabla.

Deanna Lee is classically trained, involved in both theater and the Redford Symphony Orchestra. 
 
Text for Rome by Ben Miller and Phil Brooks. Narrated by Phil Brooks
Cluster Fk is in honor of Glenna Branca
All songs by Ben Miller, Neoteric Music BMI
except Oscillations by Simeon Cox III, Danny Taylor, and Stanley Warren

Recorded 2019-2020 at Entropy Recording Studios, Redford, MI
Engineered by Jeff Meier
Produced by Jeff Meier

Mixed by Jeff Meier, Ben Miller, and Mike Khoury
Mastered by Mark Gergis
Art and design by Mark Rudolph
'The Leaning Tower of Cake' by Ben Miller 2021

Ben Miller: vocal, stereo baritone guitar, bass
Mike Khoury: violin
Deanna McMullen Lee: cello
Mike List: drum kit, tablas, dumbec, riq
 
Tracklisting:
 
Born For Years
Island Lost
Rome
Bird of Paradise
The Dreamer's Wheel
 
The Living Moment
Cluster FK
Illuminated
Selim
Oscillations

Additional information at  benmiller.info