In the course of the eighties Jeff Mills was an influential radio DJ on WJL… Read Full Bio ↴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.
His albums and EPs are mostly separate tracks of his compositions, which Mills would mix into the live DJ sets for which he became a legend. Mills has been credited for his exceptional turntable skills. Tracks are almost chopped to bits to showcase the strongest fragments for his relentless sound collages. Three decks, a Roland 909 drum-machine and seventy records in one hour: at breakneck speed Mills manipulates beats and basslines, vinyl and frequencies. The live album "Mix-Up Volume 2" is a highly-regarded example of Mills' 1990's stage show (recorded at the Liquid Room in Tokyo). For a later live show (in 2004) try the "Exhibitionist" album.
More recently he appears to be taking extended forays into epic techno (such as his re-scoring of Metropolis (which he performed live with the original film) and his 16 September 2004 7 hour set with Laurent Garnier at Fabric. The epic proportions were further extended when his 2006 album "Blue Potential" was recorded with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra under Alain Altinoglu. There is a DVD of the concert at which the album recorded, an opportunity to see Mills in action, live on stage.
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.
His albums and EPs are mostly separate tracks of his compositions, which Mills would mix into the live DJ sets for which he became a legend. Mills has been credited for his exceptional turntable skills. Tracks are almost chopped to bits to showcase the strongest fragments for his relentless sound collages. Three decks, a Roland 909 drum-machine and seventy records in one hour: at breakneck speed Mills manipulates beats and basslines, vinyl and frequencies. The live album "Mix-Up Volume 2" is a highly-regarded example of Mills' 1990's stage show (recorded at the Liquid Room in Tokyo). For a later live show (in 2004) try the "Exhibitionist" album.
More recently he appears to be taking extended forays into epic techno (such as his re-scoring of Metropolis (which he performed live with the original film) and his 16 September 2004 7 hour set with Laurent Garnier at Fabric. The epic proportions were further extended when his 2006 album "Blue Potential" was recorded with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra under Alain Altinoglu. There is a DVD of the concert at which the album recorded, an opportunity to see Mills in action, live on stage.
Alarms
Jeff Mills Lyrics
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" " Alarm No good, no gore, no more, no way No good, no…
Calcutta Alarms Alarms you wear like someone would actually care A w…
coreys Yea I had a reason for all of this shit Yea…
Daphne & Celeste Heading up to the track, sky the blackest of blue Left…
dirk. Young girl you too Will someday soon Feel sad and lost And l…
F.HERO ไก่ขันหรือนาฬิกาความหมายไม่ต่างกัน ฉันต้องลุกไปทำงานเมื่อเสี…
Ghost Accuser We pass the distant lights I forgot my name I…
Lil 4D Lying here blank I'm an object Subject to all my foes Out…
M5.5 First things first, you don’t get to validate me I’m a…Of Valleys I don't care what you say or what you're gonna…
RIBS Are you safe, safe inside this dream? We're a ways…
The Projects I've come undone Over and over Time has spun A new soldier S…
v93r Annotate(Wake up, Wake up Wake up, Wake up) Thank God for t…
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Ai No Corrida I hold you I touch you In a maze can't find my…
AX-009A1 B1 (Pst, pst, turn up the music) Nothing in the world that…
i9 (Pst, pst, turn up the music) Nothing in the world that…
Segment1 (Pst, pst, turn up the music) Nothing in the world that…
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@vizulefllry
Why is it the simplest songs are always the greatest
@dymmalowitz5465
I believe that this thesis can be explained through the Pareto principle, although it comes from a very distant field. 20% of the effort gives 80% of the result, and the remaining 80% of the effort gives only 20% of the result. What do you think?
UPD: Fuck. I just noticed you posted that comment 11 year ago. LMAO
@beliVolidisko
We were raised that way :D
@Quim1441
Its the definition of minimal.
@popcycles
because they're heard in a mix.
@sawtoothiandi
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@rickroller99
this is my favorite techno track of all time!! everything purpose maker... hearing a true techno magician like richie hawtin on 4 decks playing purposemaker on all 4 decks bringing them in and out of the mix was a religious experience (Little Further 99, right outside of Dodgeville Wisconsin, and I was totally sober)
@Juanjuke6342
one of my favorite techno anthem ever with UR : the Illuminator / The final frontier / Amazon / jupiter jazz / Codebreaker B2 / red planet - star dancer, jeff mills - call of the wild / java / the bells / late night, laurent garnier : crispy bacon / wake up / dance 2 the music / flashback / the man with the red face, surgeon : death before surrender / magneze /returning to the purity of current / search, regis : ital / purification / guiltless, joey beltram : the start is up / forklift(luke slater filtered) / fractals (with the advent), fuzz / dragon / the alien chamber / game form, technasia & dj skull : acid storm, technasia & john thomas : undisputed life, robert hood : detroit one circle / bells at dusk / minus / never grow old / the greatest dancer / Rhythm of Vision (Original) / master builder / the family /superman / untitled sketch / baby baby / Protein Valve 1 (Re-Plant), luke slater (PAS) : freek funk / filter 2 / love / engine one / whip it good / mod / code warrior / rise up, Ken Ishii : Extra (Luke Slater Remix), speedy j alias public energy - three o three, speedy j : freq, krekc (full loudboxer album :) / tannga / electric deluxe / pannik, gaiden : point blank (speedy j remix), oscar mulero : anaconda / CV is dead / reverberation, dave clarke : the compass / wisdom of the wise / the wolf / way of life / thunder / the wiggle, henrik b : manwolf, orlando voorn : the nightripper (PAS remix), function : montage, paula temple : deathvox / gegen / contact, the advent : recreations (mike deadborn remix + michael Angelo remix), sketched for life ep (hi jack / in touch / the vault / temptation / travel) / bad boy / 3rd rail , the advent & industrialyzer : kosmos / blimey / going up / high octane / kudos / sketch mania / T1, green velvet : flash + the advent & industrializer remix, the advent VS joey Beltram : rock bottom, jay denham : smokers delight / black trax, alexander kowalski : belo horizonte ep / hot spot (the advent remix), oliver ho : metaphysical ep / earth / mutate and survive / reincarnation / awakening the sentient, johannes heil : paranoid dancer (kowalski remix), james ruskin : version / if / paranoia / detached, setaoc mass : inferno / true lies, cosmin trg : in your body, steve stoll : observer / jumpin off, steve bicknell : lost recording 3 (B1) / lost recording 4 (B2), how can we know (Life Definition / spirit / Steve Bicknell Redefined) / a day In the life 04 / Odyssey #2 / space 13, the primitive streak track 1 + track 3 / lox 1, scorp : crashed at the end, devilfish : strawberry fields, chris liebing : dandu groove (Thomas Krome Remix), ben sims : city life (marco bailey remix) / solartime / the basics / passion drums / moments (dope mix), Josh Wink : Are You There (Ben Klock Remix), yan cook : graphite, rodhad : spomenik, O phase : chasing the sun / insectoid, inigo kennedy : arcing, secret cinema : acid come, dj shufflemaster : geylang / fourthinter, spark taberner : blackbird, simon digby : fiesta del sol, hardcell & johan bacto - devils choice 3 ( Paul Mac Remix ) / detour, hardcell : the end / cold war A1, Hertz : atmosfear / mouldable, marco carola : diapason / 7th question / avalanche / playboy /ascent / open source, stanny franssen : mighty flyby / levantar / big crash . Enjoy !
@suprafunkin
A guy's not a dj without this track in his bag!
@joy1979
back in the 90's this was a huge momemt on a sound system. When Techno was all about close your eyes and go with the flow :)