Browse by Artist: MILLS, JEFF

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Exhibitionist
Label:	AXIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	AX 041CD

"The Exhibitionist is Jeff Mills' first domestically released mix compilation. The Exhibitionist features a not-to-be-missed mix of the finest futuristic electronic dance music available, including classic Jeff Mills material culled from his entire solo production career." 45 tracks, including: Oliver Ho, Samuel L. Sessions, Jesper Dahlback, Octave One, Ben Sims, Oscar Mulero, Monika Kruse, Andreas Saag, John Arnold, Paul Mac, Mark Williams, DJ Zank, Aztec Mystic, etc.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	From the 21st Part 1
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	AX 019-OUR

"From the 21st is a judicious peak into the future. It marks a momentous start point for all that have interest in the field of future music exploration. Masterfully scripted by Jeff Mills, he compresses expectations, fears and hopes that we have about the 21st Century into a wonderful tale of mystic and intrigue. Previously released in Japan, the land of the rising sun (1999) through Sony Music to mark the coming of the year 2000. Though a 12" single was scheduled to be released shortly after the release of the CD/LP, Mills abruptly decides to hold back the 12" single release for astronomical reasons. We now have the green light to release these much sought-after 12" singles. This particular version is designed to tell a sympathetic approach to the new century. Compositions are more structured than minimal. It was intended to project a unique wariness to the listeners. Thought-provoking and spiritually applicable. Music for mind more than the mayhem."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	UFO/4ART
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	AX 024

Produced and mixed by Jeff Mills for Axis Records 2001. "I've been testing this record for about 4 weeks, the response from the people is a very good one. 'UFO' is a track that was produced back in 1995 along with a cluster of rave-oriented tracks that never officially released. Designed to be dangerous and heavy, my vision was to create the feeling of UFOs swooping down towards the listeners. I've found that using 2 copies of UFO, to repeat the introduction works very well. '4ART' was previously released on AX-015 'The Other Day' EP. I had always thought that this track was rather unique and interesting because my attempt was to give the impression that the lead keyboard sounds were actually talking and saying words. I believe this track was overshadowed by the other tracks on the Other Day EP, 'i9'. Enjoy!" -- Jeff Mills

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Expanded
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	AX 039

"It has been said that the most remarkable thing about knowledge is that it not only has the ability to sustain the weather of opinion but also self-improves with each given instance the mind encounters. Ways and the means to be acknowledged become more elusive as the spiraling of life easily engulfs the impatient. By putting down the guard, letting loose of the reins and residing with the unknown puts forth a gesture in investing for a better understanding of the questions when?, where? and more importantly, why? The AX-010 Growth EP saga continues."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Power
Label:	AXIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	AX 042CD

"As the Sleeper Wakes saga continues, we arrive at a crucial point where the integration back into Earth's Culture becomes difficult and the drift towards a different type of isolation begins. Traveling 4 years throughout the Universe in search of discoveries has taken its mental toll and the price of an intervention is high. This album demonstrates the process of a person who gradually loses their sense of belonging. Obscure illusions brought on by an unique ability to control Electricity contracted in The Occurrence chapter creates a unwarranted threat to the worlds International Security. Severe detachments evolve that pushes the mind beyond acceptable limits." Includes a 24-page booklet.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	2087
Label:	AXIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	AX 043CD

"It is the year 2087. The world had become a place where thoughts were not only monitored and restricted, but also, muted or reconstructed to favor the current rulers of Earth and its inhabitants. The once exceptional human was merely reduced to a byproduct in the multi-dimensional industry of Planetary Hypostatisification. A boundless depository of cosmic energy controlled by an unknown force that had become too powerful to even reveal itself. A small and resourceful group of young scientists, engineers and devoted supporters create and send back through time a Cyborg. A low technological invention consisting of human fibers and machine. Out of desperation and precise planning, he is sent back to the year 1966 to prevent Earth's leading mathematician from thinking about the numeric breakthrough that would eventually lead to the mass thought control and human manipulation of the future. The Cyborg (Garth) soon discovers he is not alone in his mission, giving grave suspicion to possible traitors or spy within the young group of his creators. Garth succeeds in finding and assassinating his target, but as the result, he alters the Future and becomes the only remaining symbol of a time that never existed. A man out of Time. 2087 is inspired by the science fiction film Cyborg: 2087 (1966) by the writer Arthur C. Pierce, directed by Franklin Adreon. Plot modification and soundtrack by Jeff Mills."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Messenger
Label:	AXIS
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	AX 045CD

"The Messenger is the fourth chapter of a musical science fiction series. Conceived and produced by the futurist techno musician Jeff Mills, this chapter explores the recycling of planet earth and the end of all earth's life forms. Doomsday appears to be nothing more than an agricultural reconditioning phase controlled by an alien life forms, they reveal the explosive reality of creating the human animal for the production and harvesting of dreams. Caught between secretive human+alien relationship, The Messenger pleads the case for more time so that humans can evacuate earth and save innocent lives -- but time has run out."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Alpha Centauri
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	AX 049EP

"In the early years, our age of space exploration, the risks often ran higher than our minds can have fathomed. This noble story begins in the year 1965, an age of wonder. While the world struggles with the indifferences of race, ideology and territory, a team of the world's leading scientists, doctors and engineers of space travel; all experts in their fields and highly competent, ignited the most advanced spacecraft ever designed, the Jupiter. The mission: to reach the uncharted and highly speculative domain 4.35 light years away from the sun. There, resides a triple star system. The two brightest components being Alpha Centauri A (02) and B (Kl). The third and significantly smaller star Alpha Centauri C or otherwise known as 'Proxima' (M5), comprise our greatest chance to find intelligent life. But, 'all laid plans of mice and men often go astray.' Precisely 42:00:01 hours after take-off, mission control detected a rare occurrence. It was believed to be a minor malfunction or calculation in the overall weight and cargo of the spacecraft. This slight, but crucial difference caused the on-board computer to miscalculate the precise location and entrance of the spacecraft through the Piron Nebula, narrow openings in the outer edges of Cyril, the largest black hole ever found. As mission control analysts struggle to find an answer to solve this problem before the routine communication black out between Jupiter and mission control, weather patterns here on earth hindered the situation to the point of complete detachment. At 45:15 :02, our most talented and brightest hope for a new dawn vanished in the depths of outer space. Without a signal or clue, the Jupiter spacecraft disappears amongst the stars. In swift reactions of all participating international space agencies, numerous recovery missions were launched from every space part of our globe, but as of yet, no distress signals have been received. We can only hope that our team of the Jupiter spacecraft have the will and strength to survive this great ordeal and our prayers go out to all their families and loved ones. Until then, we wait... Axis Records proudly presents Alpha Centauri, conceived and produced by Jeff Mills."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Good Robot
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	AX 055EP

"From the beginning, I knew that with this subject, if not approached in the genuine way, could be misleading as to why I would make a project on the subject as predictable as pet robots. It is clear to me that robots will become more important as they integrate into our everyday lives and increasingly so in the far future. With this view of certainty, the inescapable facts about how we will shape our existence will grow as we wrestle with how much civility our societies will require. My interest grew over the past year on this subject and the view I've developed of the negligent and reckless usage of technology like computers, Internet, reproductive science and artificial intelligence. Enhanced by the media sources, these instances of deceit and alternative motives become major, influential and controlling. It seems that in our quest to perfect ourselves and the world around us, we often accept and ignore tradition, the values that are taught and learned in the process. Though the title is called The Good Robot, it isn't about good or a robot at all. Instead it references the multilateral degree of bad that we humans wield upon ourselves and each other, decorated under the mantra of good or better. The Good Robot signifies bad deeds. Earned by the inability to accept our limitations and the future we expect to be involved in, we allow and endorse a scale of morals that fall short of our human mental and physical capacity. A focus only on the results, not the method and process in which it took to arrive at such a state has become the norm. As we needlessly shed away things like intent, technique, perspective (which leads to personal expression) and consequence, we are leaving a path for future generations in which it will become impossible to follow and understand. There is always a reason for every action we make, but when the actions themselves become the only purpose, there is short term success. Robots committing dark tasks that evolve from our alter egos is nothing new. Since the dream of artificial humans began, there has always been the need to counter the charge of whether we as humans have to capacity to accept robots as just our servants. We want all good robots, but are we capable of producing them?"

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Defender
Label:	AXIS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	AX 056EP

"The second installment to The Good Robot series. This release is about Protection and Security. In the future, we'll depend more on servant Robots to assist us in our everyday lives. One of these tasks will be security. The Defender is not only equipped to warn of any potential threat to you or your loved ones, but it will also handle all the messy incidental arrangements that could persist after a alleged assault took place. Things like: apprehending the suspects, filing police reports, criminal IDs, disaster clean-up, witness confirmations and many more time-consuming tasks that eat away at your precious time. Quality time that can be spent with family and friends."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Time Machine
Label:	AXIS/TOMORROW
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	TW 800

"Inspired and noted on the novel Time Machine by H.G. Wells, this 43 minute segued journey into time travel explores the outer limits and stretches the boundaries of your mind. Produced, mixed and edited by Jeff Mills. From instrumental storytelling, he propels the idea of not being in our time but, yet experiencing first hand, places and things from another time. Past and future. Caution: This release is only for the adventurous." CD comes with 8 pages of the 'Time Machine' story by Jeff Mills.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Actual
Label:	AXIS9
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AX 009 C/D CD

"With the end of the very successful Purpose Maker series (PM), it left room for me to create more releases for the AX-009 project. While in the process of making AX-009 C/D, I discovered that there was a need to re-create the feeling of Sci-Fi Techno again... Similar to woman's cosmetics, drum and percussionless music that could be layered upon other tracks or a drum computer that would give the percussion tracks/drum machines more life. Tracks that could be layered together to enhance or hide, like cosmetics. Because of a necessary skill to hold these tracks against other drum tracks or drum machine, obviously, AX-009 is designed for the most experienced and adventurous DJs. These tracks range widely in style from minimal to sub-sonic abstractions. And when simply listened to without being layered, the same tracks take on a movie soundtrack-like appearance. Designed with drama as a component, the AX-009 tracks hold the initial designs of individual character that has made these releases intriguing and an experience to listen to." -- Jeff Mills.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Life Like: Axis Compilation Vol. 2
Label:	MUSIC MAN (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	MM 007CD

"Jeff Mills needs no introduction. This second Axis compilation is called Lifelike, which we're proud to present on Music Man. Lifelike is referring to the possibility of something that is almost human or something that reminds us of life. The tracklisting is as diverse as Jeff Mills could make it, including tracks in many different tempos, styles and texture. The titles that make up this album are the compositions that Jeff Mills has made in the past 10 years which possess the best arrangement and/or most distinctive character. Like life, no one-second is the same, the make-up of the tracklisting refers to this fact. Through compiling 14 selected compositions from the Axis Records, Purpose Maker and Tomorrow catalogue (as well as previous unreleased material), it is an attempt to display the soul of what Jeff Mills does and what has been created."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Art of Connecting
Label:	NEXTERA (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	ERA 2001

Compilation of Jeff Mills material, only released in the Czech Republic (and Australia on the Hardware label) -- will not be issued in any other countries. Features four previously unreleased tracks and a selection of classic Axis and Purposemaker 12" tracks, for a perfectly vivid Jeff Mills full length experience. Up there with the Other Day & From The 21st as the ideal CD compendium of electronic music's most aesthetically detailed spokesperson. "Track titles: 'Deckard' (unreleased), 'Nepta' (taken from AX-015: The Other Day EP), 'Gamma Player' (taken from AX-012: Humana EP), 4 Art (unreleased), 'Pacific State Of Mind' (unreleased), 'Cobolt' (taken from AX-016 Very EP), 'The Bells' (taken from PM-002 Kat Moda EP), 'Java' (taken from PM-001 Java EP), 'UFO' (unreleased), 'Utopia' (taken from AX-008 Cycle 30 EP). All compositions produced, mixed, and edited by Jeff Mills for Axis Records. Recorded at the Spider Formation in Chicago. The Art of Connecting is dedicated to those who feel the need to express what they feel through the amazing art form of electronic music."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Drummer Pt. 2
Label:	PURPOSEMAKER
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	PM 023EP

"Featuring homage to:
       A1. Dongre (Mukul)
       A2. Esconedo (Pete)
       A3. Singh (Talvin)
       B1. Yamato (Japanese Traditional Drummers)
       B2. Allen (Tony)
       B3. Coyazo (Blas)
       'There is very little chance I'll be able to acknowledge every great Drummer, but I'll try. Here are 6 more Masters for the second installation of the Drummer series (PM-023 The Drummer Part 2).' - Jeff Mills"

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	The Drummer Pt. 3
Label:	PURPOSEMAKER
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	PM 024EP

"Jeff Mills concludes The Drummer project with this final part 3. Saving his most influential for the last, these selected Drumming Masters range from classic to fusion jazz. Such as: Art Blakey, Alphonse Mouzon, Elvin Jones and Bill Bruford. Chosen for their complex rudiments and hand control, The Drummer Pt. 3 is the most profound in terms of human ability and control. If you've collected the previous 2 parts (PM 022EP and PM 023EP), we hoped you enjoyed this project as much as we do. Thanks for listening."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	From The 21st
Label:	SONY (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$30.00
Catalog #:	AICT 43

Japanese-only CD collection of tracks from the international king of Detroit loop minimalism. An exclusive album of new tracks, not a collection of previously available vinyl tracks. Futuristic and expansive Mills development, highly desirable. "All compositions arranged, produced and mixed by Jeff Mills for Axis Records. Recorded at Spider Formation-Chicago." Track listing: "Gata"/"Solara"/"Dove@3:43"/"Optima (Reason)/""B2f-7"/"To Count"/"31J56-4"/"Zenith"/"Twighlight 20"/"Violet (21 Counts)/"M87". Mills, from the Sony Techno Page; "Born in 1963 in Detroit, Jeff Mills started DJing in 1987. He started creating his own music in 1989. He formed a Techno unit, Underground Resistance with Mike Banks, aka Mad Mike , in 1990. His record has been released under a several names including X-101. After leaving Underground Resistance, he established his own label, Axis, based in Chicago. As one of the most talented and popular DJs, he spends much time touring and performing in Europe and UK. He established a new label, Purpose Maker, in 1996, in which he approaches and challenges Techno music at a different level. Jeff Mills is known for playing 30 to 50 disks within an hour -- truly an unique DJ style. This is because he tries his best to get the cream of every record and only plays the part he feels is the best part of each tune. He believes that DJ's need to listen to the music carefully, and be a medium for the record consumer. For some strange reason, he does not consider himself a DJ."

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
Label:	TRESOR (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	TRESOR 10011CD

This is part of a series of re-released titles, formerly licensed away by Tresor Records to other labels. This is the debut album from seminal techno DJ Jeff Mills, recorded in Detroit and released in 1992. Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 is a time-capsule of electronic music at its high point, a musical work that shows the state of electronic music in 1992 while giving important, retrospective hints towards the possible future of this genre. Even today, there has been no production in this music style that has not been influenced by this album -- a classic of brutal, rock-breaking strength that continues to guide ever since its first release.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
Label:	TRESOR (BELGIUM)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	TRESOR 10011LP

2LP version. This is part of a series of re-released titles, formerly licensed away by Tresor Records to other labels. This is the debut album from seminal techno DJ Jeff Mills, recorded in Detroit and released in 1992. Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 is a time-capsule of electronic music at its high point, a musical work that shows the state of electronic music in 1992 while giving important, retrospective hints towards the possible future of this genre. Even today, there has been no production in this music style that has not been influenced by this album -- a classic of brutal, rock-breaking strength that continues to guide ever since its first release.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
Label:	TRESOR (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	TRESOR 10076CD

Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 by the legendary American techno artist Jeff Mills is part of a series of re-released titles, formerly licensed away by Tresor Records to other labels. This is the last in the legendary Waveform Transmission series, originally released in 1994 and arguably a stylistic swan song. Markedly less ruthless than Waveform Transmission Vol. 1, this volume saw Mills expand his palette of beats and textures into slightly more futuristic territory, while still retaining his hold on hard loops and his signature relentless tempos.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
Label:	TRESOR (BELGIUM)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	TRESOR 10076LP

2LP version. Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 by the legendary American techno artist Jeff Mills is part of a series of re-released titles, formerly licensed away by Tresor Records to other labels. This is the last in the legendary Waveform Transmission series, originally released in 1994 and arguably a stylistic swan song. Markedly less ruthless than Waveform Transmission Vol. 1, this volume saw Mills expand his palette of beats and textures into slightly more futuristic territory, while still retaining his hold on hard loops and his signature relentless tempos.

Artist:	MILLS, JEFF
Title:	Metropolis
Label:	TRESOR (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	TRESOR 10155CD

Repress; originally released in 2000 on Tresor. The Man From Tomorrow aka Jeff Mills presents soundtrack music to Fritz Lang's seminal silent film Metropolis, re-introducing the theories and ideologies of the 1926 masterpiece to the cyber-youth of today. As Mills himself contextualized: "It seems fitting that this movie, the movie that shaped the young minds in the '20s, with its timeless message of solidarity and the romanticizing of its Utopian dream world be reiterated and reintegrated at the beginning of our new century. Through the advances made in technology and the acute sense of futurism felt by the youth of today, we hope to capture the minds and expand the imaginations of the ones that will soon forge and form our new world." This concept album is an electronic composition. It is purposely designed to be heard while watching Fritz Lang's masterpiece. Mills' own mastery of the sound of the future excellently and equally matches Lang's master vision of the Utopian Dream: narrative, passionate, and timeless. The future of electronic music is now. Listen to it and understand why Jeff Mills is known as the best techno producer in the world.

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