The cheering is immeasurable, like Mills has just won the Super Bowl of techno. We hear the recognizable plink and immediately everyone is yelling with hands in the air. The camera zooms to him, fingers quick and clean on the mixer, like dealing cards. Enormous video screens behind Mills flash his name. He’s inside a monstrous dark room with big blue lights flashing. Watching Mills play “The Bells” at Sonar, a performance documented on the DVD that Axis released to mark the track’s 10-year anniversary–his claim is easy to believe. (Before that, Mills played it from a custom 13″ record.) He claims he’s played the record every time he’s DJed since he created it, and that it has never not worked. Made in 1994, it was not until spring of 1996 that “The Bells” saw official release on Mills’ Purpose Maker imprint. “It’s something I can use to say hello to the people,” concurs the techno founder about his signature track. If that’s true, then playing the chiming anthem is probably quicker and more effective than waving. Jeff Mills, pictured above with Aphex Twin remains one of the cornerstones of techno since his humble beginnings fixing gear all the way forward to the world stage today.Rumor has it that when Jeff Mills plays “The Bells,” crowds recognize the track within. On eight mile in Detroit Dennis and Jeff were always great guys!” “1983 Dennis (Jeffs brother) and I worked at Omicon cable in production Jeff was just taking off at the clubs Jeff would work part time at the cable co fixing things on the bech (smarter than the rest) and WJLB at night this was shot at cheeks nightclub. Uploader CJ Johnston describes the moment and reasoning The video, only uploaded last week gives you three minutes of edited euphoria (m’lady) with the veteran producer throwing down some serious heat back in 1983 and generally running the joint on pure swagger! Footage of a young Jeff Mills on the one’s and two’s in the 1980’s has surfaced online to give those super fans an internet boner and a good snapshot of what it would have been like clubbing to real house music before Co2 cannons and ‘drops’ hit the scene.
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