Mind Power Mind Control is downright minimal by comparison: here, Mills focuses on elliptical rhythms, every drum laid just so, each synthesizer stretching towards infinity. Throughout, Mills and Leafar find the intersection between Coltrane and Kraftwerk, stitching together slow-and-low grooves and astral-plane acrobatics. The Override Switch, a collaboration with Rafael Leafar, a multi-instrumentalist steeped in jazz history, is a rich collection of simmering nu-jazz. Mills’s latest two records showcase the breadth of his styles. ![]() No matter the venue, though, Mills sounds as though he is broadcasting from a distant future it’s no coincidence that he was tapped to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Since his debut on Detroit’s airwaves in the 1980s, he has played a pivotal role in bringing the sounds of techno to a worldwide audience, whether that’s in his early work alongside “Mad” Mike Banks and Robert Hood, his piles of solo LPs and Detroit-techno classics, or his more contemporary collaborations with Tony Allen and Jean-Phi Dary. Jeff Mills has built a career upon futurism. ![]() Michael McKinney is the resident expert on the greatest modern-day DJ sets. ![]() Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon.
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