1. Jeff Mills founded the Chicago based Axis Records in 1992, which is responsible for the release of much of his solo work.
20 Facts About Jeff Mills
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Jeff Mills has received international recognition for his work as a DJ and producer.
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Jeff Mills featured in Man from Tomorrow, a documentary about techno music that he produced along with French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux.
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Jeff Mills continued working in film, releasing Life to Death and Back, a film he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum where he had a four-month residency.
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Jeff Mills performed DJ tricks like beat juggling and scratching during his sets.
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Jeff Mills had a nightly show as the Wizard at WDRQ and later at WJLB under the same name.
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Jeff Mills played The Necto where he began incorporating concepts such as different equipment setups, including positioning himself on the dance floor with the people.
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Jeff Mills would drive as far as Toronto or Chicago in order to purchase newly released music.
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Jeff Mills is a founding member of Underground Resistance, a techno collective that he started with former Parliament bass player 'Mad' Mike Banks.
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Jeff Mills left Underground Resistance in 1991 to pursue his own ventures.
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Jeff Mills relocated from Detroit, first to New York, then Berlin, and then Chicago.
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Jeff Mills released Blue Potential in 2006, a live album of him playing with the 70 piece Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005.
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Jeff Mills performed a live set in January 2015 at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, California.
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Jeff Mills has previously completed work highlighting Lang's career, including composing, performing, and releasing a soundtrack to Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis, releasing the soundtrack in 2000.
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Jeff Mills became involved in film with the help of French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux.
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Jeff Mills helped Caux produce the film Man from Tomorrow, a documentary about techno music that featured Mills.
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Jeff Mills continued in the film industry with the release of the independent film Life to Death and Back which he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum in France, the same museum where he had a four-month residency.
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In 2011, Jeff Mills switched to using three or four CD decks for most of his club appearances, instead of the usual Technics turntables.
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Jeff Mills was mentioned by Detroit rapper Eminem in his song "Groundhog Day", from his album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.
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Jeff Mills is an artist and has shown his works at exhibits internationally.