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Detroit disc-jockey Jeff Mills is a guru of techno's second generation,
founder of the Underground Resistance collective (with Robert Hood and
Mike Banks), who moved to New York in 1992.
The collaborations with Hood, such as
The Rings Of Saturn (1992), Atlantis (1993),
and Tranquilizer (Network, 1992), slowly defined the idea of
a stripped-down techno beat, led to
his lo-fi productions (The Punisher, Seawolf),
that peaked with Cycle 30 (Axis, 1994).
Mills' aesthetics coalesced in the experimental works titled
Waveform Transmission Vol 1 (1992), which contains the massive
Phase 4 and bends instrumental sounds to beats, and
Waveform Transmission Vol 3 (1994), which contains what are arguably
avantgarde compositions, The Extremist and Basic Human Design
(waveform transmission vol 2 was assigned to Robert Hood).
The EPs would be collected on Waveform Transmissions (Tresor, 1998).
X-103 Atlantis (Pow Wow, 1994) is a cycle of ambient-techno pieces dedicated to ancient myths.
Live At The Liquid Room Tokyo (React, 1996) documents his performances,
while The Other Day (React, 1997) collects rarities and
Purpose Maker (React, 1998) collects his singles permeated by
tribal beats (yet another direction).
Every Dog Has Its Day (Music Man, 2001) collects two namesake 2000 EPs
of "waveform transmissions".
Mills' career as a composer of soundtracks began with the one for
Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis (Tresor, 2000), and continued
with the imaginary film Actual (Axis, 2002) and
Three Ages (2005)
From the 21st (Sony, 1999),
The Art Of Connecting (Nextera, 2000) and
Lifelike (Music Man, 2000) collect singles and unreleased tracks.
Time Machine (Tomorrow, 2001) is a multi-part symphony.
The Exhibitionist (React, 2004) is a (terrible) dj mix.
Blue Potential (Self, 2006) is a live album with a symphony orchestra.
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