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On Tue, 04 Jun 1996 ozymandias G desiderata <ogd@organic.com> defended Jack:

quoted 8 lines And as for that crack about leather pants, calm down yourself. I think

> And as for that crack about leather pants, calm down yourself. I think > it's worth keeping in mind that at least one of the members of Probe IDM > heavyweights Teste is very fond of black eyeliner and that Jeff Mills got > his music-making start in "The Final Cut", a fine industro outfit on > WaxTrax! (or was it Nettwerk? I always get them confused). In any case, > one could argue that he certainly knows how to rock beats, no? There are > MANY, MANY technoheads with dark industrial pasts (eh, Alan?). Don't be > such a priss.

Tell me about the music Jeff Mills has been doing lately! My current musical tastes have also evolved from an industrial/dance background. THE FINAL CUT made some really solid and unique industrial music, and I'd be very intersted in hearing what the members are doing now. There were two artists who I attribute with significantly changing the way I think about music, and one of them is Jack Dangers. Saying that he "jumped on the techno bandwagon" or whatever that shit was is totally ridiculous. I hear more Meat Beat Manifesto samples in ALL kinds of dance music than any other band. You may not like Jack's style, but there's no denying his influence. jen grof@chuma.cas.usf.edu

% wrote on Wed, 05 Jun 96 23:12:46 BST :

quoted 4 lines Tell me about the music Jeff Mills has been doing lately! My current

> Tell me about the music Jeff Mills has been doing lately! My current > musical tastes have also evolved from an industrial/dance background. THE > FINAL CUT made some really solid and unique industrial music, and I'd be > very intersted in hearing what the members are doing now.

Thumping crunchy funky detroit techno is the answer. Serious hard grooves crafted out of metallic noises, stormin dancefloor material but imbued with subtlety. He also makes the occasional twisted beauty of a near-ambient track. Check out his recent "Live at the Liquid Room - Tokyo" CD for a considerable selection of his tracks, with others of a similar nature, all brought together by the man himself in an excellent example of the art of live mixing. High-Octane stuff! J ^

On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, % wrote:

quoted 2 lines Tell me about the music Jeff Mills has been doing lately! My current

> > Tell me about the music Jeff Mills has been doing lately! My current

Jeff Mills is the bomb! And a dope crazy in ya face DJ as well. Rock the house. James Benjamin Gill-----jgill@u.arizona.edu********************************** JUST BOUGHT EGYPTIAN LOVER'S GREATEST HITS, AND I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Iain Forfar wrote:

quoted 11 lines I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony stuff

> > I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony stuff > > (Specifically, I asked about how to get the Jeff Mills/Axis "Another Day" > > Axis label comp., because the Sony Japan version has 3 extra tracks). Any > > IDM'ers (James @ Oracle?) know of any ways to get these Japanese pressings? > > Not about the Sony Japan version specifically.... > > Silly question, but never having heard anything by Mr. Mills, is this > worth getting as a starting point? I see it around a lot and keep > pondering about picking it up. >

It's OK, but I'm a lot more excited about the "Live from Liquid Room" CD which is him DJ'ing...and of course the Purpose Maker series on vinyl.

quoted 1 line I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony

>> I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony

stuff

quoted 9 lines (Specifically, I asked about how to get the Jeff Mills/Axis "Another Day"

>> (Specifically, I asked about how to get the Jeff Mills/Axis "Another Day" >> Axis label comp., because the Sony Japan version has 3 extra tracks). Any >> IDM'ers (James @ Oracle?) know of any ways to get these Japanese pressings? > > Not about the Sony Japan version specifically.... > > Silly question, but never having heard anything by Mr. Mills, is this > worth getting as a starting point? I see it around a lot and keep > pondering about picking it up.

It's as good a place as any :-) I'd also advise getting "Live at the Liquid Rooms" if you can find it. Some of the other Mills stuff is a little less easy to find, like the older "Waveform Transmissions" series et al. - Greg

On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 13:36:12 +0200, Iain Forfar <iain_ats@iafrica.com> said:

quoted 11 lines I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony stuff

>> I never got any leads when I asked on 313 how to get ahold of this Sony stuff >> (Specifically, I asked about how to get the Jeff Mills/Axis "Another Day" >> Axis label comp., because the Sony Japan version has 3 extra tracks). Any >> IDM'ers (James @ Oracle?) know of any ways to get these Japanese pressings? > >Not about the Sony Japan version specifically.... > >Silly question, but never having heard anything by Mr. Mills, is this >worth getting as a starting point? I see it around a lot and keep >pondering about picking it up. >

if you have never heard anything by Jeff Mills, you need to. he is quite important in the heritage and lineage of this music we love (as well as being a white hot DJ). if you are coming in to mills from the IDM side, "Another Day" is a great crossover point, as most of the tracks are less hardened than some of his more minimal things designed expressly for the dance floor. Another Day is in my top 5 for 97. any of the purpose maker releases are also ace. peeeeeeeeeeeece NP: funkstorung: funkenstille Jeff Davis <pHlow> ____--~~~~~~vvvv~~~~ oooo812.831.7846 jjdavis@xnet.com____---- ( ( ( vvvv ~~~~~~ooooooooooooo ___----( ( \ \ \ \ \ vvv ooooooooooooooooooo ____---- ( \ \ \ \ \ \ \ http://www.xnet.com/~jjdavis/

quoted 8 lines Silly question, but never having heard anything by Mr. Mills, is

> > Silly question, but never having heard anything by Mr. Mills, is > this > > worth getting as a starting point? I see it around a lot and keep > > pondering about picking it up. > > > It's OK, but I'm a lot more excited about the "Live from Liquid Room" > CD > which is him DJ'ing...and of course the Purpose Maker series on vinyl.

and just to confuse you even more... while i think the liquid room CD and thepurpose maker twelves are excellent... i think the axis compilation CD is incredible and would whole heartedly reccomend it... i think it would also maybe be a better place to start.... whats that track off humana..'gamma players'? ooooohhhh... Steve /k/./F/ http://freespace.virgin.net/kung.funk/kf.htm

Sorry to intrude, but what kind of music does Jeff Mills make exactly? For all the recommendations in the past day, no one has described his sound(s). Minimal dancey stuff I suppose? Thanks Sam

At 09:50 PM 1/4/98 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 5 lines Sorry to intrude, but what kind of music does Jeff Mills make exactly? For

> >Sorry to intrude, but what kind of music does Jeff Mills make exactly? For >all the recommendations in the past day, no one has described his sound(s). >Minimal dancey stuff I suppose? >

Currently Jeff Mills does excellent detroit minimal techno and tech-house on his own Purpose Maker and Axis labels. But he did do a fair amount of stringy ambient stuff on his earlier Axis label releases. If you buy this Axis comp cd, called The Other Day, you'll be able to hear what both sides of Jeff styles. But Jeff Mills is best known for his floor-friendly floor-filling pounding techno. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states