Jeff Mills

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 TR-909 drum-machine, and up to seventy records in one hour. ... (Read more at Wikipedia.)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * None

Sessions
Four sessions, including one with Laurant Garnier, all DJ sets live at Maida Vale. No known commercial release. #3 selected in Peel Sessions: The Best 125.

1. Recorded: 1998-05-19, live at Maida Vale. First broadcast: 19 May 1998. Repeated:
 * live DJ set

2. Recorded: 2002-05-22, live at Maida Vale. First broadcast: 22 May 2002: Repeated: 06 June 2002 (Donna Legge standing in for JP, due to connection problem with Peel Acres)
 * live DJ set (limited set details) (photos)

3. Recorded: 2003-02-28, live At Maida Vale. First broadcast: 26 February 2003. Repeated: 21 January 2004, 29 July 2004 (following connection problem to Peel Acres).
 * live DJ set

4. Recorded: 2004-09-15, live From Maida Vale. First broadcast: 15 September 2004. Part 2 (Laurant Garnier) broadcast 16 September 2004.
 * live DJ set (set details)

Other Shows Played

 * 1993
 * 28 February 1993 (BFBS): Phase 4 (double 12"EP Waveform Transmission Volume 1) Tresor
 * 08 March 1993 (Ö3): unknown
 * 08 March 1993 (BFBS): Phase 4 (double 12" EP Waveform Transmission Volume 1) Tresor
 * 07 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Phase 4 (EP - Waveform Transmission Volume 1, double 12 inch) Tresor


 * 1994
 * 13 May 1994: The Extremist (12 Inch) Tresor
 * 14 May 1994 (BFBS): (EP - Music For The Progressive)
 * 21 May 1994: The Extremist [Retro Mix] (12 inch ) Tresor
 * 04 June 1994 (BFBS): The Extremist (DNA Mix) (12" Promo White Label) Tresor
 * 19 August 1994: DNA (album - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 27 August 1994 (BFBS): DNA (album - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 10 September 1994: DNA (album - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 17 September 1994 (BFBS): DNA (album - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 23 September 1994: The Extremist (CD: Wave Form Transmission Vol.3) Tresor


 * 1995
 * 27 October 1995: Purpose Maker (EP: Purpose Maker) Axis


 * 1998
 * 10 February 1998: Workers (2x12" - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 17 February 1998: Solid Sleep (2x12" - Waveform Transmission Vol. 3) Tresor
 * 25 February 1998: The Extremist (LP: Waveform Transmission Vol.3) Tresor
 * 19 March 1998: Reverting (CD-Purpose Maker Compilation) white label
 * 24 March 1998: The Bells (LP: Purpose Maker Compilation) white label
 * 01 April 1998: Outsiders (CD-Purpose Maker Compilation) React/ Purpose Maker
 * 07 April 1998: Masterplan (CD-Purpose Maker Compilation) React
 * 29 September 1998: Where's My Rabbit (LP: Vanishing Act) Purpose Maker


 * 1999
 * 18 March 1999: The Sweet Scent Of Fear (EP: Preview) Tomorrow


 * 2000
 * 03 October 2000: Keeping Of The Kept (Axis)
 * 26 October 2000: ?
 * 31 October 2000: The Keeping Of The Kept (LP: Metropolis) Tresor
 * 27 December 2000: Robot Replica (CD-Metropolis) Tresor


 * 2001
 * 24 January 2001: (EP-Metropolis) Tresor
 * 20 June 2001: 4 Art (12 inch 4 Art) Axis (JP mentions a recent encounter with Jeff Mills in Barcelona)
 * 26 June 2001: UFO (4 Art 12") Axis
 * 10 July 2001: 4 Art (12") Axis


 * 2002
 * 21 May 2002: Encore (EP – Vanishing Act) Purpose Maker
 * 20 August 2002: Aperture (LP - At First Sight) React
 * 29 August 2002: More Black Matter (React)
 * 05 September 2002: Stark (Detroit Story) (React)
 * 01 October 2002: Hypnotist (LP- True Spirit) Tresor


 * 2003
 * 03 September 2003: The Extremist (LP - Tresor Never Sleeps) Tresor


 * 2004
 * 13 April 2004: Expanded (12 inch-white vinyl) Axis (plays from the middle outwards)
 * 27 April 2004: Expanded (12") Axis
 * 22 July 2004: unknown (12” – The Tomorrow Time Forgot) Axis
 * 29 July 2004: Man Made (12 inch-The Tomorrow Time Forgot) Axis
 * 23 September 2004: Expanded (12") Axis