Jeff Mills | |
|---|---|
 Mills performing in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Wizard, True Faith |
| Born | June 18, 1963[1] Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] |
| Genres | Detroit techno, minimal techno |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Turntable, synthesizer, drum machine |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Axis Records |
Jeff Mills (born June 18, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan), also known as "the Wizard", is an American DJ, record producer, and composer.[1][2] In the late 1980s Mills founded the techno collective Underground Resistance with fellow Detroit techno producers 'Mad' Mike Banks and Robert Hood but left the group to pursue a career as a solo artist in the early 90s.[2] Mills founded the Chicago based Axis Records in 1992,[3] which is responsible for the release of much of his solo work.
Mills has received international recognition for his work as a DJ and producer. He featured in Man from Tomorrow, a documentary about techno music that he produced along with French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux.[4] He continued working in film, releasing Life to Death and Back, a film he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum where he also had a four-month residency.[4] In 2017 the president of the Arab World Institute and former French Minister of Culture Jack Lang awarded Mills the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his services to the arts.[5]
- ^ a b c Cooper, Sean (June 18, 1963). "Jeff Mills – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Demby, Eric (February 15, 2001). "Detroit Techno Star Jeff Mills Finally Going Home". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ^ "Jeff Mills to release Axis Records retrospective". Fact Mag. April 4, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Turner, Zeke (January 16, 2015). "An American Techno D.J. Beloved Overseas Comes to Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ^ Jeff Mills a été élevé au rang d’officier des Arts et des Lettres, in Mixmag (French edition), May 2nd, 2017.