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In the course of the eighties Jeff Mills was an influential radio DJ on WJLB under the pseudonym The Wizard. Mills’ sets were a highlight of the nightly show from “The Electrifying Mojo,” Charles Johnson. Complimenting Mojo’s eclectic playlists, Mills would spin obscure detroit techno, hiphop, electro, freestyle, miami bass, chicago house and classic new wave tracks.
In going on to create his own music Mills is credited with laying the foundations for legendary detroit techno collective, Underground Resistance, alongside ‘Mad’ Mike Banks, a former Parliament bass player. Just like Public Enemy did some years before in hiphop, these men confronted the mainstream music industry with revolutionary rhetoric. Dressed in uniforms with skimasks and black combat suits, they were ‘men on a mission’, aiming at giving techno more content and meaning.
Mills would never leave UR officially, but later on he still went his own way. He moved to New York and after a short stay in Berlin (recording for Tresor) ended up in Chicago. There in 1992, with Robert Hood, he set up his most important record label, Axis, aiming for a simpler more minimal sound than most of the techno being produced in those years. Later sub-labels were announced Purposemaker, Tomorrow, and 6277.
In going on to create his own music Mills is credited with laying the foundations for legendary detroit techno collective, Underground Resistance, alongside ‘Mad’ Mike Banks, a former Parliament bass player. Just like Public Enemy did some years before in hiphop, these men confronted the mainstream music industry with revolutionary rhetoric. Dressed in uniforms with skimasks and black combat suits, they were ‘men on a mission’, aiming at giving techno more content and meaning.
Mills would never leave UR officially, but later on he still went his own way. He moved to New York and after a short stay in Berlin (recording for Tresor) ended up in Chicago. There in 1992, with Robert Hood, he set up his most important record label, Axis, aiming for a simpler more minimal sound than most of the techno being produced in those years. Later sub-labels were announced Purposemaker, Tomorrow, and 6277.
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Purpose Maker Compilation
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At First Sight
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The Other Day
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Lifelike
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andrewtryder wrote:
Purposemaker Comp = best. Hard to find DJs that really can be in that 4/4 D-town style like mills masters--with an amazing style. Yet to see live but videos really augment your respect for such a master. So many DJs transmogrify their songs wich so much garbage, all bad boy bill style, yet Mills can still rock it with a quarter the samples. The closest I've ever found is Advent from various labels, who I assume Mills knows because of the Tresor connection
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biochip wrote:
Master! Sleeper Wakes is fantastic! :)
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TurdHeart wrote:
Sometimes I wish jukeboxes like Oakenfold would feel some shame in the shadow of the talents of DJs like Mills.
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gioRgioM wrote:
Live set @Brancaleone, Rome Italy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbWp1fcXcU&feature=player_profilepage
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MojodojoMedia wrote:
Massive on the Mills sounds. Much respect.
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stinkyskunk wrote:
Best Techno DJ I've ever seen, such a cool style of mixing
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Bln-Fm wrote:
Win Tickets to Jeff Mills @ Club Contemporary Classical in Berlin! http://www.bln.fm/2009/09/club-contemporary-classical-festival/
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Terrasidius wrote:
sweet
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Iksde5 wrote:
The Bells <3
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primalstatik wrote:
Pulled out Liquid Room from the archives today. Still as fresh as ever.
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Archie777 wrote:
не бздюмэ-не только такую..-а это кстати один из лучших образцов,данного жанра! да о чем ты ваще- что ты имешь против России?
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root20000 wrote:
заебца хуле!в россии тока такую музыку слушают!
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ps1ch0 wrote:
god of electronic music :)
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Triames wrote:
I saw him yesterday. There was a camera behind him proyecting everything he was doing with the decks, turntables and the 909 and, fuck, I've never seen anybody moving faster. It was nice having a living part of music history in front of me. He seemed pretty bored, though.
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humeka wrote:
remember watching Jeff Mills's dvd with a friend... looking to his fingers playing over the decks, we were like "is it accelerated?"... but no!
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creme42001 wrote:
love it
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somotitbee wrote:
don't you just LOVE that deep kicks in this style of Techno..captures a mood ..liquid stylee
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tsaktor wrote:
#1
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tekkie69 wrote:
Sinister Blues, its a vision
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TKAlex wrote:
Beat Is Murder!
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