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Jeff Mills Live @ Sonar 2003

A major electronic music pioneer from Detroit, Juan appeared behind aliases such as Cybotron, Model 500, and Infiniti releasing many classics of Detroit techno.

The 1982 electro track "Clear", recorded by Atkins and Rick Davis as Cybotron, is often considered the first proto-techno track. Continuing to the experimentation by fusing the extra-terrestrial funk of Parliament Funkadelic with the futuristic rhythms and hard math of Kraftwerk and the progressive dance theorems proposed by Giorgio Moroder, the Model 500 12"s on his own label Metroplex laid the blueprint for Detroit techno.

Along with the tracks made by two schoolmates from the grade below, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, Detroit techno quickly made its way across the atlantic and immediately sparked the emerging rave culture and soon after the entire global dance community.

Moving through the later 1980's as Model 500, Atkins continued as one of the most prolific and sought after producers of electronic music throughout the 1990's, culminating in the use of an Atkins' original as the musical bed for the 2000 launch of the Ford Focus 'Detroit Techno' automobile.

Packing clubs nationally from Detroit to NYC, internationally from London to Venezuela, Juan has mastered the art of soaking up new rhythmic elements from contemporary dance music while keeping his unerring, instantly recognizable sense of melody intact.

Much discussed and anthologized not only for his 20 years of production credit but also for his ability to rock a dance floor, Juan Atkins' music and DJ-ing is deified in Europe and embraced all over the world. Juan has also been prolifically releasing albums, remixes and collaborations on Belgium's R & S Records, Germany's Tresor, and others. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Juan Atkins @ The Ark, Leeds, U.K.  15.05.1993

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Jeff Mills Slam 1996 Pt2

Nez AVA Jeff Mills Mix

Nez AVA Festival - Jeff Mills Mix

From my personal "stash" of collected DJ set comes this classic banging set from Jeff Mills playing in one of the best Dutch underground clubs that ever existed: Doornroosje in Nijmegen.

The recording is missing [CD 2] which I once managed to find on some obscure website but was unable to download and forgot the link of. If someone knows where to find it, let me know. Enjoy!

Live @ roosje The Netherlands 

Jeff Mills - Live @ Doornroosje [CD 3 of 4]

Jeff Mills   Club Risk - Winkel van Sinkel - Utrecht 29-04-2002

A mix of some of Jeff's releases over the years.

A Jeff Mills mix

RADIO MUMDANCE SERIES 02 EPISODE 04

Speedy J b2b Mumdance 

Live From Rotterdam 

NTS Radio 

11th July 2018

Radio Mumdance

Mumdance b2b Speedy J - Live from Rotterdam - NTS Radio - 11 July 2018

Jeff Mills - Purpose Maker Tour 98 - Transbordeur

An original story – and soundtrack – by Jeff Mills.

Story and tracklist: https://mixmag.net/feature/jeff-mills-dark-city-soundtrack

All tracks composed and produced by Jeff Mills for Dark City. Copyright Control©2019 Axis Records

Jeff Mills - Purpose Maker Tour 98 - Transbordeur

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