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The visual skills of Heleen Blanken blend with some original new music from Jeff Mills on The Alignment, a new short film for Axis Records’ video concept Alpha Centauri.
Axis Records unveil Jeff Mills scored short film
by Juno Plus on 12.04.2013 at 09:07amJeff Mills looks to an astronaut for inspiration on new album Where Light Ends
by Juno Plus on 15.03.2013 at 12:37pm
Former NASA astronaut Mamoru Mohri is amongst several individuals who contribute to a forthcoming album from Jeff Mills. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeff Mills returns to Something In The Sky series
by Juno Plus on 03.09.2012 at 12:15pm
Not content with toasting 20 years of his important Axis Records imprint, Jeff Mills will soon grace us with a new entrant into his Something In The Sky series of spheric techno explorations.
Space travel, foie gras poutine and church bass: MUTEK 2012 in review
by Juno Plus on 13.06.2012 at 19:16pm
MUTEK, the premiere festival of digital creativity and electronic music kicked off its 13th edition with a carefully curated programme including 130 performers including 3 world premieres and 15 North American Premieres. We sent Toronto native Steve Phillips on a road trip to Montreal to witness, among other things, Jeff Mills’ new project, Minilogue and Mathew Jonson’s live show, Clark’s unpredictable mayhem and memorable DJ sets galore.
Jeff Mills to celebrate 20 years of Axis Recordings with 2xCD retrospective
by Juno Plus on 02.04.2012 at 18:02pm
Jeff Mills has announced an exhaustive double CD+booklet release charting the history of his Axis Records imprint.
Interview: Jeff Mills
by Juno Plus on 03.09.2010 at 13:00pm
It’s easy to go over old ground when interviewing legends. Discussing past glories, what it used to be like, you know, back in the day, is a trap fallen into by journalists and artists alike. With Jeff Mills, this is simply not a concern, so relentlessly driven is he by a desire to push boundaries, to create, to never stand still. Now 47, Mills has seen and done more than most, from his early days growing up in Detroit and his influential role in the nascent Berlin scene that still resonates today, to a life travelling the world to preach his vision of techno as true art. Aaron Coultate spoke to Mills to discuss his new film score, his ambitious projects for 2011 and taking Axis digital.
Juno Podcast: Techno 2 (Jeff Amadeus)
by Tony Poland on 29.06.2010 at 14:12pm
Squat Recordings boss Jeff Amadeus takes the controls for only our second techno podcast presenting a three deck vinyl mix of new and vintage techno sounds that includes tracks from techno luminaries such as Jeff Mills, DJ Rush, Mark Broom and Joey Beltram. Read the rest of this entry »
Tresor reissue Mills, Atkins classics
by Juno Plus on 17.05.2010 at 12:01pm
In news that will make the techno intelligentsia weak at the knees, legendary Berlin label Tresor is set to reissue a slew of landmark releases from the likes of Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Drexciya and Joey Beltram.
Jeff Mills – The Drummer review
by Juno Plus on 28.04.2010 at 17:01pmThe third and final in the Drummer series in which Sir Jeff of Detroit pays homage to the patrons of percussion. As with parts 1 and 2, each track on the EP is named after a legendary drummer, and in this case it’s the jazz cats that get the love: (Art) Blakey, (Jack) DeJohnette and (Alphonse) Mouzon all get a mention on the a-side, while messrs Bellson, Jones and Bruford get named on the flip.
The resultant tracks, however, are anything but jazzy: this is Mills at his deep, dark, minimal best. There’s nary a synth in sight, with the sole focus being some rather menacing Roland 808s. Things kick off with “Blakey”, an incredibly tense, hypnotic track that rarely deviates from its chosen course. “DeJohnette”, meanwhile, offers a more pulsating, almost alien vibe, akin to some of his recent work on Something In The Sky.
The b-side features yet more contemplative work from Mills, most notably the closing track “Bruford”, named after British drummer Bill Bruford, a rock musician-cum-jazz drummer who once toured with Genesis (don’t say you never learn anything here). Here we see Mills coax some extra thud out of his 808 to great effect.
Review: Aaron Coultate
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Jeff Mills – Something In The Sky 02 review
by Juno Plus on 04.03.2010 at 14:47pm
Artist: Jeff Mills
Title: Something In The Sky 02
Label: Something In The Sky
Genre: Techno
Format: 12″
Buy From: Juno Records
Jeff Mills has dabbled in a range of musical styles during an illustrious career – from the soundtrack interpretation of Fritz Lang’s masterpiece ‘Metropolis’ to his collaboration with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra – but never shall we forget he made his name with driving, unapologetic techno.
This release, the second on his fledgling Something In The Sky imprint, fits somewhere in between. On the a-side we see a couple of tracks (titled “Track 1″ and “Track 2″ respectively) that hark back to the Wizard of old: pulsating, underground techno. On the flip, tracks 3 and 4 see Sir Jeff’s love for experimentation coming to the fore, with two slices of melodic, spooky electronica. Here sonic pulses and spacey sytnths come to the fore.
The visual aesthetic to his new imprint is symbolic of Mills the man and artist. After all, we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. We all know where Mills is looking.
Review: Aaron Coultate
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Abe Duque tour video
by Juno Plus on 11.11.2009 at 13:13pmCheck out Abe Duque’s Hunter S Thompson-style video, taken while on tour with Blake Baxter.
In an eventful two-part video, the pair play at the (in)famous Panorama Bar, tease Jeff Mills, hang out in white dressing gowns at their hotel, talk about techno history and get menaced by ballerinas.
You can watch the second part of the video here.