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ARTIST: MILLSART TITLE: ACTUAL (AXIS 009 C/D) LABEL: AXIS FORMAT: CD CAT NO: AX-009 C/D RELEASE DATE: 3 JUNE 2002 Following the third Millsart release of the acclaimed 'Every Dog Has Its Day' series, Jeff Mills returns to his hard to find Axis 009 series with a CD collection of the forthcoming 'C' and 'D' vinyl instalments. Jeff Mills plays the following UK dates this May & June and makes his first UK Festival appearance in 5 years at Homelands on June 1st. May 1 Royal Festival Hall - London May 24 Tribal Sessions @ Sankeys Soap - Manchester May 25 Shine @ QBSU - Belfast May 31 Pressure @ The Arches - Glasgow June 1 Homelands @ Winchester Bowl - Winchester June 1 Fabric - London June 2 Redbox - Dublin Jeff Mills on AX-009 About AX-009 The beginning The AX-009 series, the ninth day of the ninth month originated in the summer of 1993 in Berlin at the home of Hardwax Records-Berlin owner Mark Ernestus. We discussed our curiosity on whether Electronic Music Buyers, at that time, still felt the urge and had the patience to seek out and chase down hard-to-find new music. I decided then to create a sub-line of records out of the ninth release from Axis Records and dedicated these releases solely for this purpose of exploring this question. Create records that would be only sold at one record shop in the world, Hard wax- Berlin and sporadically made available for purchase a few times a year for as long as the demand was there. Even we here at Axis Records never knew when the release would be made available. The project sustained itself and lasted 8 years. The structure of an AX-009 record My initial idea of AX-009 was to create unique minimal compositions that could be linked together while baring a unique signature of their own. Similar to a song or arrangement but in minimal form. I relied on the depth of the tracks to divide them accordingly: The first two releases, AX-009 and AX-009b processed 4 tracks each. Track 1A symbolizes the most definitive of all the four on the release. Track 1B symbolizes an intentional passiveness as not to override Track 1A. Instead assisting Track 1A. Track 2A is always the thick and lush one. Track 2B is always the sign of rejuvenation, the most expressive of the four. The label design was always blank, the Axis colours of gold on side A and black on side B. With exception of AX-009 B2 "Spider Formation", tracks are never titled. AX-009 The series begins With the end of the very successful Purpose Maker series (PM), it left room for me to create even more releases for AX-009 project. While in the process of making AX-009c, I discovered that there was a need to create Sci Fi Techno again. That, there were so many percussion/bongo tracks available, that making another one is useless for the DJs that looking for something different. We have enough. What I noticed in most of the percussion Techno tracks today lack music or arrangement. Either for reasons that other producers feel that bits of basslines and fragments of samples are enough or people are satisfied with drum heavy tracks and ask for more. So, I thought it would be interesting to create a line of records that assisted those tracks. Something similar to woman's cosmetics. Drum and percussion-less music that could be layered upon other tracks or drum computer that would give it even more life. Tracks that could be layered together to enhance or hide, like cosmetics. Because of the necessary skill to hold these tracks against other drum tracks or drum machine, obviously, AX-009 is designed for the most experienced DJs. These tracks range in style widely from minimal to abstractions. When simply listened to, the same tracks take on a different appearance. Built with drama in mind, the AX-009 tracks still hold the initial designs of individual character that has made these releases an intriguing experience to listen to. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
