Si the Sigh
06-07-2006, 10:46 AM
"Jeff 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 hip hop, they 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 (Tresor) ended up in Chicago. There he set up his most important record label, Axis, later followed by Purposemaker, Tomorrow, and 6277.
Mills has also 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.
In the course of the eighties he was an influential radio DJ on WJLB under the pseudonym The Wizard. Mills' sets were a hightlight of the nightly show from "The Electrifying Mojo," Charles Johnson. Complimenting Mojo's eclectic playlists, Mills would spin obscure Detroit Techno, Miami Bass, Chicago House and classic New Wave tracks.
More recently he taking extended forays into epic techno (such as his rescoring of Metropolis and his 16 September 2004 7 hour set with Laurent Garnier at Fabric. 2006 celebrated the 10th anniversary of the seminal techno anthem 'The Bells'.
This exclusive mix by Jeff himself provides a unique insight into the music that has been responsible for influencing the direction of his musical development"
1 Teddy Pendergrass 'You Can't Hide Yourself'
2 Rufus/Chaka Kahn 'Body Heat'
3 Chic 'I Want Your Love'
4 Sharon Brown 'I Specialize In Love'
5 Shirley Lites 'Lite It Up'
6 Brothers Johnson 'Stomp' (remix)
7 Lina 'I Am'
8 Full House 'Communicate'
9 Tracey Weser 'Sure Shot'
10 ? 'Love Break' (remix)
11 ESG 'Moody'
12 Ron Hardy 'Ron Hardy Edits'
13 Afro Beat 'Afro Beat #2'
14 Melba Moore 'Melba Pax 204A'
15 Stacy Kidd 'Boogie'
16 Lil Louis 'Conversation'
17 KDJ16 'KDJ16'
18 Stevie Wonder 'Don't You Worry About A Thing'
19 Machine 'There Before The Space Of God'
http://s5.simpleupload.de/f19f41374/Jeff_Mills_-_Influences-12-06-2006-DC.zip.html
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 (Tresor) ended up in Chicago. There he set up his most important record label, Axis, later followed by Purposemaker, Tomorrow, and 6277.
Mills has also 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.
In the course of the eighties he was an influential radio DJ on WJLB under the pseudonym The Wizard. Mills' sets were a hightlight of the nightly show from "The Electrifying Mojo," Charles Johnson. Complimenting Mojo's eclectic playlists, Mills would spin obscure Detroit Techno, Miami Bass, Chicago House and classic New Wave tracks.
More recently he taking extended forays into epic techno (such as his rescoring of Metropolis and his 16 September 2004 7 hour set with Laurent Garnier at Fabric. 2006 celebrated the 10th anniversary of the seminal techno anthem 'The Bells'.
This exclusive mix by Jeff himself provides a unique insight into the music that has been responsible for influencing the direction of his musical development"
1 Teddy Pendergrass 'You Can't Hide Yourself'
2 Rufus/Chaka Kahn 'Body Heat'
3 Chic 'I Want Your Love'
4 Sharon Brown 'I Specialize In Love'
5 Shirley Lites 'Lite It Up'
6 Brothers Johnson 'Stomp' (remix)
7 Lina 'I Am'
8 Full House 'Communicate'
9 Tracey Weser 'Sure Shot'
10 ? 'Love Break' (remix)
11 ESG 'Moody'
12 Ron Hardy 'Ron Hardy Edits'
13 Afro Beat 'Afro Beat #2'
14 Melba Moore 'Melba Pax 204A'
15 Stacy Kidd 'Boogie'
16 Lil Louis 'Conversation'
17 KDJ16 'KDJ16'
18 Stevie Wonder 'Don't You Worry About A Thing'
19 Machine 'There Before The Space Of God'
http://s5.simpleupload.de/f19f41374/Jeff_Mills_-_Influences-12-06-2006-DC.zip.html