Jeff Mills on His DJ Style, Minimal Techno and Early Productions | Red Bull Music Academy

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Jeff Mills is undoubtedly one of the founding fathers of techno music.
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Starting out as radio DJ The Wizard on Detroit's WJLB before teaming up with Anthony Srock in the late ‘80s to form the industrial-inspired Final Cut project, Mills met former Parliament bassist Mad Mike Banks. The two hit it off and soon the Underground Resistance studios came into being, fusing Banks’ keyboard and synth collection with Mills' recording equipment know-how.
Out of this studio and collaboration came some of the most important tracks in the evolution of techno, soon to be enhanced by the arrival of a young rapper named Robert Hood. Performing in uniforms comprised of ski masks and black combat suits, Underground Resistance captured the revolutionary imagination of the dance world and built a huge fan base in Europe. A deal with the German label Tresor soon grew out of some UR licensing, and Mills later set up Axis: a label run by himself and Robert Hood. Mills hasn't looked back since.
Whether it's his ever minimal yet highly complex live sets, his rescoring of Fritz Lang's Metropolis or his multimedia revisiting of The Rings Of Saturn, he always treads a careful line between dance music and art.
This interview was the first-ever Red Bull Music Academy lecture, held in Berlin in 1998.
TOPICS:
3:55 - DJ style
11:51 - Early productions
20:33 - International clubs & crowds
37:58 - Minimal techno
49:55 - Transition to techno
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[@blessedlion5329]

"If the mix goes off abit it's because I'm focusing on the 3rd turntable" - jeff mills LEGEND

[@leonalcavelli8304]

My image of “the wizard” is totally off. He is more of a college professor in person and some wild untamed Gandolf Magical mystic Merlin on the turntables.I can’t imagine him doin those scratching and myxxin on Wjlb!!😎🤘🏿🌿🌍

[@Fiji74]

This guy did things with 4 (!) turntables at the same time that DJ's today can't even do with 4 Pioneer CDJ's........

[@Lewis-ci7hd]

may i introduce you to Chlar.......@@Fiji74

[@Steve_643]

Jeff was a Detroit Legend way before he became an international DJ. The Wizard radio show on WJLB inspired a lot of DJ’s in the Metro Detroit Area in mid 80’s and early 90’s

[@fredbissnette3104]

Mills used to only use paper sleeves for his touring records to save room in his record box dude is a legend

[@daviddonaldson1158]

Rush did the same….piled them up in a stack….

[@duneideannaer5990]

I heard Jeff by accident back in 95, he was my musical compass from that point on (pardon the pun). Off kilter Latin beats fused with jacking techno & outer space......... I’m in!!!

[@donnos5108]

Me to

[@mnmj]

They are not Latin beats. They are African rhythms.

[@sawtooth808]

@@mnmj Afro Latin

[@mnmj]

@@sawtooth808 It's African to the core. He has said so in interviews. Ask him. He is African American.

[@NextSound170]

@@mnmj❤❤

[@cyrusjulian187]

Thanks for posting this. So many knowledge bombs. I’ll probably re-listen to this again and again to gain new insights and inspiration.

[@samsule8339]

seeing these interviews is as close as I'll get to the hero's of dance music

[@LNR157]

managed to catch the last 30 mins of his set in manchester at warehouse project in december last year! Jeff is still going strong, if you get the chance even in a neighbouring city or country even, you should attempt to go hear him play because he might not be doing it for much longer; the guy is getting on age wise.

[@pauzer009]

Fuckin hell when was he at WHP shiit where was I 🥲 Still one hundred what you’re saying I seen him last November in Portugal, he is magic. Going to see him back in Manchester 1st April

[@NextSound170]

Mike Banks just said, a real DJ, and he is. I know everyone wants their track played by him.

[@donnos5108]

Yeah and everyone wants to listen tracks played by god.i hope

[@lazy_dad]

nice! he predicts the future of VR and AI with amazing clarity considering it was 20 years ago.

[@devintoner1160]

Look up his track Glenn 21 of something like that

[@themarcvelazquez]

At what timeframe does he talk about this?

[@eddykohlmann471]

His predictions sound spot on. 22 years later 😀

[@gmw1635]

Jeff use to dj at a club called the NECTARINE in Ann Arbor mi near U of M On Sunday nights and please believe me ... it was off the hook!!!!!!!

[@lustforlow-end6022]

The Wizard. 3 deck maestro! Anyone ever tried beat mixing 3 tunes at once? It's bloody difficult!

[@elyot4010]

Pioneer. We're standing on the shoulders of giants

[@dhruv110]

All the great content from the past are coming out.

[@johanmarkusson9550]

Oh how great Jeff Mills is. My favorite track is The Bells

[@abrahampalmer1153]

Same here to he's one of my favorite artist ever in music history

[@Monster-hx8qx]

Never heard of?

[@valentinofrugoni1]

listen to gamma player or "we (if)"

[@gabomasters]

Yeah this Guy was the edge in the 90 s on the dancefloor. have all the records from 91- 98.

[@Cl4rendon]

He looks like Herbie Hancock here.

[@keppj0nes]

It's crazy that this is 1998 and he talks about events 8-10 years earlier like ancient history.

[@canobenitez]

A lot of things happened between 1988 and 1998, in the scene. I believe it reached it's speak around 2000.

[@Pablosko611]

@@canobenitez depends. The peak of amazing electronic music was around 95 for me. The pioneering was done to an extend and people were focusing on making good, playable music

[@dhruv110]

Jeff mills talks inspiration and working...

[@killervacuum]

i didn't even know they had red bull in 1998

[@Cl4rendon]

The silly commercials were pounding out TV`s already in 95

[@Projacked1]

The man predicts A.I.

[@radio_land]

Anyone hear that juicy fart at 18:03?

[@aikighost]

20:07 just goes to show not even world class talents like Jeff are always right. I love his sense of humour about passing on Analog Bubblebath, URs loss is Warps gain I guess 🤣

[@sandro1017]

47:45 We love you Jeff!

[@the_fifth_wheel]

Techno IS a Social Science

[@hotwax761]

He is not the typical Hip Hop fashion victim

[@veill21m]

Big up Grooverider and Reinforced Records!

[@NappieRash]

Saw UR live in 1992...... Incredible Music !!!!!

[@bazluhrman]

Tá an ceart ag an Mills , lom clár an Fhírinne. @25:00 Jeff a chara.

[@MrJohnQCitizen]

Carl cox agus Grooverider, dornán uafásach lads.

[@LegitMusic]

wow this is throwback. Flash back to the past

[@sgiauque]

This is a model for life. Thank you.

[@josef2012]

God's DJ

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Yep the greatest EDM artist of all time

[@topofthemornintoya]

Predicting GTA!

[@spenzakwsx4430]

when was that recorded?

[@backpackmatt]

Thank you, Jeff, for your Courage and Strengths. 🐧🍏🍎💙

[@ultragukuss1325]

The legend!!!!

[@fredbissnette3104]

x101 sonic destroyer still slams

[@donnos5108]

Meff Jills

[@TimeVanStudios]

Jiff Mells

[@khanyanzama3816]

@@TimeVanStudios Melf Jifls

[@PinchHarmonic69]

Jeff Milfs

[@fredbissnette3104]

DJ sneak he says!

[@dpalaoro]

1998? Was there a redbull academy in 1998?😂

[@oliviamustain270]

Lol he predicted virtual raves

[@英明塚本]

nice interview talk

[@marcusschulz2111]

THE WIZZARD💪👍💣😎

[@Frostgrl681]

Take a good look at this man. Jeff Mills and Mike Banks are the ones who created Rave Music an offshoot of Techno.

[@Frostgrl681]

He used to play at the Tangerine or Nectarine Ballroom and he was a freaking beast. You would never know it just looking at him.

[@the_80skid]

Trying to think of a polite way to say... you're incorrect... you need to look at the history books again... Lot more to it than just Jeff Mills and Mike Banks... Knowledge is power

[@BarryMagroine]

Mills is a legend but I just wish he was as active as Robert hood is producing wise. More of a DJ nowadays and when he does produce nowadays it is usually experimental/idm.

[@adamwright4135]

thankfully we will always have those incredible Purpose Maker releases!

[@abrahampalmer1153]

3:55

[@youjuhwan9697]

[@tooltechrecords]

that nasa anniversary gig by him was the unluckiest a artist could do. since that day i stopped supporting him. he is not that wizard anymore... since 20 years

[@TheFv47]

Can you elaborate? Im interested

[@tooltechrecords]

@@TheFv47 i tried

[@TheFv47]

@@tooltechrecords but what happened at that gig?

[@tooltechrecords]

@@TheFv47 that special one was a pointless and longbreathy soundlibrary pressdown. 3 loops 20 minutes and the rest a potpourri. a jeff mills .... the wizard should have use that as a platform to show how near technology is together in both disziplines and not that what he did. he was unprepared and used 10000of of kilowatt... had the greatest show that ever could be... a crowd that heard .... maybe 80% didnt knew who he was. after that gig the 20% that knew him before saw him in another way after it. if he had a bad day i feel very very sorry for mr mills. if it was his good day then i appreciate the times when he was the wizard

[@tooltechrecords]

@@TheFv47 kzbin.info/www/bejne/faunhaena7l_mqM&pp=ygUTbWlsbHMgNTAgeXJzIGFwb2xsbw%3D%3D

[@keepinguphuh7973]

What’s the point of the music ? I’m new to this

[@djjerryflores1]

I hate to say it, But he looks a little like "Chocolate Rain" here.

[@dapsfix6606]

deep fake?

[@markmoon8014]

Strange comment, explain yourself.

[@duneideannaer5990]

Yip you heard the man, explain?..............nothing fake about this gentleman.

[@josua_htp]

Patrick Donnelly you clearly don’t know what deep fake is

[@donnos5108]

Daps fix is fixed up😜

[@eddykohlmann471]

What's deep fake then?