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Jeff Mills is a Techno act. Their sound grew out of Richie Hawtin, Carolina Eyck and Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise. Those roots explain a lot about how Jeff Mills arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Surgeon, Underground Resistance, Rhythim Is Rhythim, Ben Sims and Drexciya, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Adam Beyer, Ian Pooley, Plastikman, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Jeff Mills, reaching back through Richie Hawtin and forward to Adam Beyer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jeff Mills connections
Jeff Mills grew out of Richie Hawtin, Carolina Eyck and Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, shares an orbit with Surgeon, Underground Resistance, Rhythim Is Rhythim and Ben Sims, went on to shape Adam Beyer, Ian Pooley, Plastikman and Derrick May. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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