PAUL D. MILLAR INFO HUB
mfg in
Waco, TX, USA 1989
soldering iron
holder / audio tech, recording engineer
I fix 20th-century
electronic detritus and commit plunks and beeps to magnetic tape once
in a while
owner
and operator of fictitious zonk-rock construct "SLUGBUG" 2003-present
Lead synth / pro
audio tech at Switched On Music Electronics, Austin, TX Oct 2010 - Feb
2018
was in Austin
groups Pataphysics, the Tucker A&M Perry Foundation
toured w/ Gary
Wilson & the Blind Dates (bass & micromoog), EU, USA 2013 - 15
toured w/ Ariel
Pink (keyboards & gtr), west coast USA, EU, UK, Russia, Israel 2018
bench tech at Main
Drag Music Jul 2018 - March 2020
freelance audio engineer & tech, New York City 2018 -
present
Factory-unauthorized
component level repair on vintage
Arp/Moog/SCI/Roland/Korg/Yamaha etc synths,
mono thru 24 track analog
tape decks, space echos, studio outboard gear, Early Digital
Arcane problem-solving abilites, questionable social graces
I don't work on tube amps or home cassette decks anymore
Recording, mixing, mastering Weird music without computers (Computers Available But I May Judge You)
"credible engineer with good intentions" - Pitchfork Media
"frank bedside manner" - Rolling Stone
Youtube stuff
Instagram nonsense
Get the man on
the horn:
pdmillar@earthlink.net
(718) 635-2136
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY AND COMPLETION
DATES OF LOW/NO BUDGET ANALOG
RECORDINGS
Bug Sound, Waco/Austin TX 2005 - March 2018
Bug Sound East, E. Williamsburg, Brooklyn July 2018 - present
(recorded and mixed unless otherwise noted): discogs
link
Buy some stuff from the artists on bandcamp if you like it!!
Spotify pays us AT MOST USD $0.005 per stream! Insulting!
The Lemon Twigs "A Dream Is All We Know" LP, mastered for digital, production mastering on 1/4" tape for analog lacquer cut, Captured Tracks, 2024
Attic Ted "Starfish as Man" LP, rec by Mike Vasquez, 16-track 1" overdubs / mixing / mastering, 2023
Uni Boys "Buy This Now!" LP, 24-track 2", rec by the Lemon Twigs, mixed 8/12 songs and mastered for digital/lacquer cut, Curation, 2023
cumgirl8 "Phantasea Pharm" EP, 16-track 1", 4AD, 2023
The Lemon Twigs "Everything Harmony" LP, mastered for digital, EQ/ass'y to 1/4" for analog lacquer cut, Captured Tracks, 2023
cumgirl8 "Take Me Home Again" digital single, 16-track 1", 2022
Attic Ted "13 Select Home Recordings" LP, mixed from archival 4-track cass/digital, 2022
NEETS "Dossier" EP, 16-track 1", 2022
Sanchez & Walz "The Silent Strange" EP, mastered to 1/4" from stems, 2021
Midnight Wishers "Curtis Godino Presents The" LP, asst. engineered / mixed w/ C. Godino, 2021
Slugbug "0xBAADF00D" LP, 16-track 1", 2020
RAMBO s/t LP, 16-track 1", 2020
Julie Hill s/t LP, 16-track 1", 2020 (also played bass/gtr)
Ariel Pink's
Haunted Graffiti "The Doldrums" "House Arrest" "Worn Copy" reissues (tape archiving, audio restoration, mixing/EQ/assembly) 2019
Interstellar Funk & Robert Valera "Devil's Juice" 12", mixdown to 1/4", 2019
Macula Dog "Breezy" EP, 16-track 1", 2019
Attic Ted "Kafka
Dreaming" LP, 16-track 1", 2019
Sailor Poon's First Album: an Album by Sailor Poon, 16-track 1", 2018 (released 2020) Spotify
Ariel Pink's
Haunted Graffiti "Underground"
"Loverboy" "Oddities
Sodomies vol. 2" (tape archiving, audio restoration, mixing/EQ/assembly)
2018
Pataphysics "The
Future of Synth-Rock" LP, 16-track 1", 2018
Daniel Francis Doyle and the Dreams "Unrecognizable" EP, 16-track 1", 2016-17 (released 2019) Spotify
Sailor Poon
"B-Sides and Rarities" CS, 16-track 1", 2016 Spotify
Gary Wilson
"Gary Saw Linda Last Night Kissing John Cage" LP (synth, vinyl pre-mastering)
2017
Attic Ted
"Parade Dust Mischief" LP, 16-track 1", 2016
Gary Wilson
"Music for Piano" (tape transfer/restoration) 2016
Slugbug "Stupid
Rock" EP, 16-track 1", 2016
Pataphysics "My
Phone's About To Die" CS, 8-track 1/4" & 16-track 1", 2015
Ichi Ni San Shi
"Maybe Mobile" CD, 16-track 1", 2015
Spiked Punch
"Death of a Mango" (remix only) 2015
Big Bill "The
Second Bill" EP (with Tim Bond) 16- track 1", 2014 Spotify
Basketball
Shorts "Total BS EP" (remix only) 2014
Tucker A&M
Perry Foundation "A Gift From The," 8-track 1/4", 16-track 1", 2014 Spotify
Tele Novella "No
Excalibur" 7", 8-track 1/4", 2014 Spotify
The Mole People
"Lost Age" LP, 8-track 1/4",
16-track 1", 2014
Ichi Ni San Shi
"Slow Truth" LP, 8-track 1/4", 2013 Spotify
Slugbug "Truck
Month", 8-track cassette, 8-track 1/4" 2012
Os Ovni
"Holographic Dreams" 12", 8-track 1/4", 2011
Whale Watch 12",
8-track 1/4", 2011
Slugbug &
Pataphysics split 7", 8-track 1/4", 2011
Slugbug
"Pointless Journey" CD, 8-track cassette, 2009
Slugbug
"Shoe-Eatin' Time" CD, 4-track cassette, 2006
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