More recently he appears to be taking extended forays into epic techno, his 2006 album Blue Potential was recorded with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra under Alain Altinoglu. In 2004 the Exhibitionist mix CD appeared, as did a mix DVD of the same name. The album Metropolis documented the project in 2000, the same year that the compilation The Art of Connecting and the new album Every Dog Has Its Day both arrived. In 2000, Mills took more memorable action by scoring a new soundtrack for Fritz Lang's 1926 film Metropolis, screened around the world at venues including the Museum of Music in Paris, London's Royal Albert Hall, and the Vienna International Film Festival. 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 DJ-mix album Mix-Up Volume 2 is a highly-regarded example of Mills' 1990s stage show, recorded at the Liquid Room in Tokyo. Tracks are almost chopped to bits to showcase the strongest fragments for his relentless sound collages. Mills has been credited for his exceptional turntable skills. 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. There in 1992, with fellow Detroit native 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. He moved to New York and after a short stay in Berlin (Tresor) ended up in Chicago. Mills would never leave UR officially, but later on he still went his own way. Dressed in uniforms with skimasks and black combat suits, they were ‘men on a mission’, aiming at giving techno more content and meaning. Mills has been credited with laying the foundations for the highly influential Detroit Techno collective, Underground Resistance, alongside 'Mad' Mike Banks, a former Parliament bass player, they confronted the mainstream music industry with revolutionary rhetoric. In the course of the eighties 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, mixing obscure Detroit Techno, Miami Bass, Chicago House and classic New Wave tracks both live and using a multi track when pre recorded. This is old because he tries his best see to get the cream of every record and only plays way the part he feels is who the best part of each tune.
Championed for his music's relentless pursuit of hardness and his stripped-down, almost industrial DJ sets, Mills is known for playing man 30 to 50 disks within new an hour – truly a unique DJ style. Jeff Mills is one of the biggest American names in techno.
0 kommentar(er)
