Jeff Mills

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

Mills became known as The Wizard in the early to mid 1980s thanks to his musical skills as a DJ.

Mills formed Underground Resistance in the late 1980s with fellow Detroit technologists 'Mad' Mike Banks and Robert Hood, but the group disbanded to pursue a career as a solo artist in the early 1990s.

In 1992, Mills founded Axis Records.

The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is responsible for the publication of a substantial portion of his solo work. Mills has received international acclaim for his work as both a DJ and producer.

Mills was also included in Man From Tomorrow, a documentary about techno music produced by Jacqueline Caux, a French filmmaker.

He continued shooting in film, releasing Life to Death and Back, a film he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum where he also spent four months.

Mills was awarded the Ordre des Lettres by French Culture Minister Jack Lang in 2017 for his contributions to the arts.

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Career

Mills, a 1981 graduate of Mackenzie High School, began his career in the early 1980s as "The Wizard." During his sets, he demonstrated DJ tricks such as beat juggling and scratching, some of which were pre-recorded. He appeared on WDRQ and later on WJLB under the same name. He will feature local techno artists, including Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins.

Mills had many residencies in the Detroit area early in his career. He cites The Necto as the residency where he was able to experiment with new techno music. Mills appeared on The Necto, where he began to incorporate ideas such as various equipment layouts, as well as seating himself on the dance floor with the people. Mills had a music budget to use for his radio DJ spots. Mills will also drive as far as Toronto or Chicago to purchase newly released music.

Mills is a founding member of Underground Resistance, a techno group that formed with former Parliament bass player 'Mad' Mike Banks. The group embraced radical ideology but only appeared in public dressed in ski masks and black combat gear. Mills never "officially" left the company, but he did begin to pursue his own interests outside of the company. Several of Underground Resistance's early releases were the result of various experiments by Banks and Mills, both solo and in collaboration, before Mills left the group in 1991 to achieve international recognition as a solo artist and DJ. The group is still a majorstay of Detroit's music scene.

The aesthetics of early Detroit Techno coincided with the turbulent socioeconomic, political, and economic conditions that followed on from Reagan-era inner-city economic recession, with uncompromising music aimed at raising hopes and facilitating political transition. The songs on U.R. ignited a sense of self-exploration, experimentation, and the ability to change yourself and circumstances. In addition, the University of Rhode Island wanted to find a way of identifying beyond traditional lines of ethnicity and ethnicity. The rejection of the commercialization of techno was another component of UR's rebellion. This is apparent in the messages scratched out of UR's albums, songs, and sounds that imply economic independence from major record labels.

Mills left Underground Resistance in 1991 to pursue his own ventures. He went from Detroit, first to New York, then Berlin (as a Tresor club member), and then to Chicago. He formed Axis in 1992, alongside fellow Detroit native Robert Hood, and later developed Purpose Maker, Tomorrow, and 6277, all aiming for a more minimalist sound than most of the techno being produced in those years.

Mills released Blue Potential in 2006, a live album of him playing with the Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005. Following live performances such as Radiohead, the album was a reinterpretation of classical interpretation. Where Light Ends, a Japanese explorer Mamoru Mohri's album based on him and his first flight to space, was released in 2013. Mills earned an E.P. in 2018. With legendary afro-jazz drummer Tony Allen, The Harvest will be published on Tomorrow.

Mills appeared on stage in San Francisco, California, in January 2015. The set was produced with four turntables to create a cinemix soundtrack for Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang's 1929 silent film. During a screening of the film at the center, the scene was recreated. Mills has previously completed work highlighting Lang's career, including writing, performing, and releasing a soundtrack to Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis, which was released in 2000.

Mills became involved in film with the support of French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux. He was instrumental in the creation of Man From Tomorrow, a documentary about experimental music starring Mills. With the debut of the independent film Life to Death and Back, which he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum in France, the same museum where he had been on display for four months, he continued in filmmaking.

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