Robert Millis（ロバート・ミリス）
"INDIAN TALKING MACHINE"
He presents an illustrated lecture about shellac 78 rpm records (in Japan:“SP records”), about the early history of recording, Indian classical music, and about his recent book INDIAN TALKING MACHINE published by Sublime Frequencies.

The result of a year in India as a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, his talk features recordings of rare 78 rpm records, films shot by Millis of life and music in India, and a glimpse into the traditional thousands of years old shellac industry (records were made of shellac prior to vinyl). Millis will also touch on his work with Japanese 78 rpm collectors and discuss famed musicologist DEBEN BHATTACHARYA who until his death in 2001 travelled the world recording traditional music. In 1955, Deben drove a van from Paris through the Middle East and into India, making astounding recordings along the way. PARIS TO CALCUTTA: MEN and MUSIC on the DESERT ROAD produced by Millis is about this journey and was recently released by Sublime Frequencies.

ロバート・ミリス氏のプロフィール
Robert Millis is a musician, Fulbright scholar and sound artist. He has released many LPs and CDs including the soundtracks to the cult horror film Session Nine.  He has created installation works such as The Music Room at Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt in 2016, radio pieces including “The
Gramophone Effect” for Documenta 14, and authored the books Indian Talking Machine for Sublime Frequencies and Victrola Favorites for Dust-to-Digital. He has curated many releases and films for the Sublime Frequencies record label, including the book Paris to Calcutta: Men and Music on the Desert Road, and the documentary films This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope (2011) and Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan (2006). robertmillis.net

He is currently in Japan as part of the US-Japan Creative Artists program, through the International House, Tokyo.
https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/programs/activities/usjcap/artist_profile/

INDIAN TALKING MACHINE:
https://robertmillis.net/indian-talking-machine/