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Jeff Mills (born 18 June 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American techno DJ and producer.

 

Starting in the early 1980s, Mills, using the name "The Wizard", was a recurring guest DJ on "The Electrifying Mojo" radio show on WJLB. He performed DJ tricks like beat juggling and scratching during his sets, some of which were pre-recorded.

Mills and former Parliament bass player 'Mad' Mike Banks were founding members of Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance (UR), which embraced revolutionary rhetoric and only appeared in public dressed in ski masks and black combat suits.

Mills never officially left UR, but did relocate from Detroit, first to New York, then Berlin (as a resident at the Tresor club), and then Chicago. There in 1992, with fellow Detroit native Robert Hood, he set up the record label Axis, and later, sub-labels Purpose Maker, Tomorrow, and 6277, all aiming for a more minimal sound than most of the techno being produced in those years.

In his DJ sets, Mills usually uses three decks, a Roland 909 drum-machine, and up to seventy records in one hour. Mills' Exhibitionist DVD, from 2004, features him mixing live on three decks and CD player in a studio.

Albums

  • 1992 Waveform Transmission - Volume 1
  • 1994 Waveform Transmission - Volume 3
  • 1996 Mix-Up Volume 2 Live at the Liquid Room (a live DJ set)
  • 1996 Purpose Maker Compilation
  • 1997 The other Day
  • 1999 From the 21st
  • 2000 Every Dog Has Its Day
  • 2000 Metropolis (soundtrack to the Fritz Lang film)
  • 2000 The Art of Connecting
  • 2000 Lifelike
  • 2002 Actual
  • 2002 At First Sight
  • 2004 Exhibitionist (a live DJ set, also available as a DVD)
  • 2004 Choice: A Collection of Classics
  • 2005 The Three Ages (new soundtrack to the Buster Keaton film)
  • 2005 Contact Special
  • The Mission Objective (2005) (a live DJ set)
  • 2006 Blue Potential
  • 2007 One Man Spaceship
  • 2008 Gamma Player Compilation Vol 1: The Universe By Night
  • 2009 Sleeper Wakes
  • 2010 The Occurrence
  • 2011 The Power
  • 2011 2087
  • 2011 Fantastic Voyage

Axis

  • AX-001 - Tranquilizer
  • AX-004 - Mecca
  • AX-005 - Thera
  • AX-006 - More Drama
  • AX-008 - Cycle 30
  • AX-009ab - AX-009 Series
  • AX-009 cd - Actual
  • AX-009ef - Medium
  • AX-010 - Growth
  • AX-011 - Purpose Maker EP
  • AX-012 - Humana
  • AX-013 - Tephra
  • AX-015 - Other Day EP
  • AX-016 - Very (first released vinyls were perfume-scented to 'enhance the idea of influence through interaction)
  • AX-018 - Tomorrow EP
  • AX-019 - Apollo
  • AX-019 OUR - From the 21st part 1
  • AX-019 AFV - From the 21st part 2
  • AX-020 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 1
  • AX-021 - Lifelike EP
  • AX-022 - Metropolis
  • AX-023 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 2
  • AX-024 - 4Art/UFO
  • AX-026 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 3
  • AX-030 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 4
  • AX-036 - See the Light Part 1
  • AX-037 - See the Light Part 2
  • AX-038 - See the Light Part 3
  • AX-039 - Expanded
  • AX-040 - The Tomorrow Time Forgot
  • AX-041 - Suspense/Dramatized
  • AX-043 - Time Mechanic
  • AX-044 - Blade Runner (EP) (inspired by the Ridley Scott film)
  • AX-048 - Systematic/The Sin
  • AX-049 - Alpha Centauri
  • AX-052 - Flyby - X-102
  • AX-055 - The Good Robot (Coming Soon)

Purpose Maker

  • PM-001 - Java
  • PM-002 - Kat Moda
  • PM-003 - Force Universelle
  • PM-004 - Our Man in Havanna
  • PM-005 - Steampit
  • PM-006 - Vanishing Act
  • PM-007 - Live Series
  • PM-008 - Skin Deep
  • PM-009 - If/Tango
  • PM-010 - Circus
  • PM-012 - Jetset
  • PM-014 - Electrical Experience
  • PM-015 - Divine
  • PM-016 - Kana
  • PM-020 - The Bells [10th Anniversary]
  • PM-021 - Natural World
  • PMWCD9601 - Purpose Maker Compilation [CD]
  • PMWLP9601 - Purpose Maker Compilation [2xLP]

Tomorrow

  • TW-001 - Preview EP
  • TW-300 - Sculptures 1-3 CD
  • TW-400 - Europa CD
  • TW-800 - Time Machines CD

6277

  • MISSION 01 Elektrabel - Elektrabel EP 2003
  • MISSION 02 Hieroglyphic Being - Du Commencement A L'Eternite 2004
  • MISSION 03 Elektrabel - Crocks EP 2005
  • MISSION 04 Elektrabel - For Various Reasons 2005
  • MISSION 05 Sub Space - First Step EP 2005
  • MISSION 06 Zachary Lubin - Controllability 2005
  • MISSION 07 Various artists (Jeff Mills Mix) - The objective Mission [Top Secret] 2005
  • MISSION 08 Trefa - Elektrabel 2006
  • MISSION 09 Ben Gibson - No Signify EP 2006
  • MISSION 10 CounterPart - The Martian Mystique 2006
  • MISSION 11 Johannes Volk - The Mysteries Of Tharsis Montes 2006
  • MISSION 12 Jeroen - New Reality

Tresor Records

  • Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
  • The Extremist
  • Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
  • Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 (Detroit Cut)
  • Atlantis (under moniker X-103)

 

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