Choice: A Collection of Classics Mixed by Jeff Mills Jeff Mills remains a giant amongst his musical contemporaries. His lightening reflexes and three deck wizardry have left the world's dancefloors breathless and his countless productions continue to push the boundaries of electronic music as if re-inventing the wheel was bottom-line standard.
For many his name is a guarantee of unparalleled excellence and techno incarnate. As co-founder of seminal Detroit outfit Underground Resistance, Mills set the benchmark in sonic assault conceptualism and punishing electronic body music and continues to re-shape it through the future thinking minimal, experimental and dancefloor looped expression of his Axis, Purpose Maker and Tomorrow labels. >From such a long history and knowledge of music Mills' influences stretch far and wide. For many Jeff Mills equals techno but as you are about to see from this fine genre spanning collection of personal inspirations, Jeff Mills is much more than that. From funk, boogie, soul, jazz, experimental electronica, house and well techno (why not) Jeff Mills has focused his own kaleidoscopic prism into a well-honed beam of electronic futurism. Just as Mills and Banks had sharpened their musical and business acumen from the musical legacy of their harsh Detroit surroundings so does this co collection highlight the vibrancy, warmth, funk and feeling that emanates from a hard city full of soul. To grasp the future you need to understand the past Features tracks & remixes from Joey Beltram, DJ Q, Carl Craig, Silent Phase, Telex, Deodata, Jackie Moore, Montana, Blake Baxter, Change, Chas Jankel, Denroy Morgan, Starflight & more. Also available in the Choice: A Collection of Clasics series Mixes by: Frankie Knuckles Francois K Danny Tenaglia Derrick Carter Louis Vega
