Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills (born June 18, 1963, in Detroit, Michigan), also known as "the Wizard", is an American DJ, record producer, and composer. 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. Mills founded the Chicago based Axis Records in 1992, which is responsible for the release of much of his solo work.
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Mills performing in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Wizard, True Faith |
| Born | June 18, 1963 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Detroit techno, minimal techno |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Turntable, synthesizer, drum machine |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Axis Records |
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. 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. 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.