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Jeff Mills Continues Creative Legacy with Kobe Session Project

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When it comes to pushing the creative envelope, not many do it more extravagantly than Jeff Mills. Throughout his tenured career he’s accomplished a tremendous amount in the artistic field with exhibitions at Le Lourve, designing his own drum machine,  and really, the list is seemingly endless. His latest endeavor? Kobe Session.

Kobe Session is a collaborative project between Jeff Mills, fellow Detroit native, Gerald Mitchell, and Japanese musicians Kenji Hino and Yumiko Ohno, in which the four artists present a stunning improvisational live performance from Japan in September 2015. Musically, Kobe Session is an inspiring body of work, but the project also serves as a cultural bridge between these respected musician. Jeff Mills and Gerald Mitchell pull their influence from their experiences with Underground Resistance and Detroit as a whole, whereas Kenji Hino and Yumiko Ohno provide drastically different influence based on their respective experiences – Ohno as one of the members of the critically acclaimed band Buffalo Daughter, and Hino from his extensive time learning from jazz legends in New York.

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From left to right: Gerald Mitchell, Kenji Hino, Jeff Mills, Yumiko Ohno

Kobe Session was a project originally intended to coincide with the Exhibitionist 2 DVD Series, but has evidently been deemed worthy enough to also stand on it’s own. Kobe Session will be available in May through Axis Records as a special 180 gram vinyl mastered for high fidelity sounds.

Connect with Jeff Mills on Facebook / Twitter / Resident Advisor 

Track listing

A1. Eventide (14’27”)
A2. Introductions (MC/translator: Masaaki Ishizaki) (4’26”)
B1. Happy Gamma Ray (15’11”)

Kobe Session Artwork

Artwork: Sunset Wave by GOMA (Japan)

Jeff Mills Presents A Cinemix To Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

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Mills150313“Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is in many ways the symphony of any great metropolis. It captures Berlin exhaling the fumes of productivity, the sensations of modernity and the vitality that comes with the German people trying to find a better way upward or forward. By having lived in Berlin Mitte for about a decade, I have fond and special memories attached to it—ones that have made working on this particularly unique, and unlike any film project I ever worked on. Understanding Berlin firsthand, and having a knowledge of the vast differences between day and night there, helped me greatly in shaping the peripheral view and soundtrack for the film.” – Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills is set to present a live soundtrack to Walther Ruttman’s 1927 film Berlin: die Sinfonie der Großstadt or Berlin: Symphony of a Great City on March 8 at Hackesche Höfe Kino in Berlin. The evening also marks the German premiere of his cinemix for the film. The film carries a special meaning to Mills whose connection to Berlin dates back to 1991 and the early days of Tresor. Read more

Jeff Mills Releases Part 3 of The Exhibitionist Series

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Last year the music community was exposed to Exhibitionist 2 – a three-part music and documentary series from Jeff Mills. Part 1 and 2 were released in July and September 2015, respectively, and featured exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of The Wizard in action, along with new studio productions from Mills.

Part 3 of the Exhibitionist Series is now here as we’ve entered the New Year, completing the project in true artistic fashion. Part 3 features a live recording of Jeff Mills in Leiden, and serves as a concrete example of the hard work that Jeff puts in day in day out working towards his creative vision of futuristic techno and philosophy. Read more

Jeff Mills Transported Into the Time Tunnel by Little Alien People at ADE Performance

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October 21, 2015. On this very day, Marty McFly travels into the future to save his children in Back to the Future Part II. In an alternate universe, little aliens appeared at Jeff Mills’ performance at ADE and brought him through the Time Tunnel. So in honor of Back to the Future Day and Jeff Mills’ out-of-this-world performance, we dive down the rabbit hole of techno and its relation with futurism and science fiction.

Techno came about as an assimilation of ideas about music and futurism (afrofuturism in the Detroit scene) in a progressive society that coincided with developments in modernism, capitalism, and technological spirituality, Ă  la Alvin Toffler’s The Third Wave. This is where the term “techno rebel” became synchronized with the identity of being one who listens to techno music. Read more

Jeff Mills Reveals Exhibitionist 2 – DVD and 12″ EP’s

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Ten years have passed since the release of Jeff Mills’ successful Exhibitionist DVD. The Wizard has now revealed the framework for Exhibitionist 2, a comprehensive DVD, CD, and LP package,  with a release planned for September 2015 through Axis Records. As always, Jeff Mills pushes the boundaries when it comes to art and electronic music; look no further than his showcase at Le Lourve or the creation of his Battle LA inspired drum machine. Exhibitionist 2 will further expand on his already impressive works, providing unique insight into the process, creation, and aspects of a live performance within electronic music. Read more

Jeff Mills Exhibit at Le Louvre

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“To have complete artistic access to Le Louvre isn’t something that is regarded lightly. It’s really a once-in-a-lifetime experience” – Jeff Mills

Legendary techno pioneer, Jeff Mills, has recently been showcasing his latest media exhibit at the iconic Le Louvre Museum in Paris, France. His vision for “Duos EphĂ©mĂšres” draws inspiration from the Egyptian theme at Le Louvre, and is an immersive experience ranging from music and cinematography including a special collaboration with renowned French choreographer, Michel Abdoul.

Jeff Mills will always be regarded as The Wizard when it comes to techno, and this recent exhibition at Le Louvre is further testament to his incredible vision and talents. Duos EphémÚres is scheduled to run until June giving people plenty of time to experience this ground-breaking exhibit.

“All the presentations and performances revolve around the subject of time – approaching the subject from various angles in hopes of revealing something precious to the audiences. It is a subject that links all living things together. I designed it to be the common thread that ties all the concepts together” – Jeff Mills

See the links below for more information and the full interview with Cairo Scene

Source: Cairo Scene | Full Interview

[Photo courtesy of 2frenchmagazine.com via Google Images]

Field Trip Series: CLASH at Ageha, Tokyo

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Detroit techno icons, Derrick May and Jeff Mills, are set to take on the final Clash at Ageha of 2014 Saturday December 20th. The monthly underground series at Ageha will get a taste of Detroit Techno with heavy support by Japan’s electronic music kingpin Ken Ishii, Bass Work Recordings’ Sugiurumn, A.Mochi of Figure (Len Faki’s label), Q’hey of Reboot Japan, and more. Japan has been raking in top global house and techno artists all year long and next month’s Clash will put a nice touch to ending 2014 with something to remember for a very long time. Full event details can be found here.