Published
Tue, May 15, 2012, 13:25
- The techno pioneer will release a book and a two CD compilation in September.
Jeff Mills will commemorate 20 years of his pioneering techno label, Axis, in September with a 320 page book entitled Sequence.
The title will showcase the "art, photo and design" work of the imprint's two-decade run, and comes complete with a USB card of 30 tracks. Looking over the tracklist, there are only three unreleased compositions—"Unfastened and Floating," "Le Mer et C'est Un Caractere" and "At Sunset" (a previous unreleased version of "Time Slip" is also included). Considering the varied sources from which Mills has taken the tracks that make up the retrospective, however, it stands to reason that few will have a majority of its contents. (For those who do, all the tunes have been remastered for the occasion.)
The book itself is a hardcover coffee table-styled tome that has plenty of photographs from Mills' many tours and conceptual projects, as well as a text from the man himself explaining the creation of the label. ("I felt the World had enough record labels that practiced the art of Music without true purpose.") Also included are photos of merchandise that was crafted over the years for the Axis shop, including household items like wrenches, flashlights, neck ties and motor helmets.
The book comes in a limited edition, but for those unable to get their hands on a copy, a 24-track double CD compilation will be made available around the same time.
Tracklist
USB card
01. The Art of Barrier Breaking
02. G-Star
03. Gamma Player
04. Daphnis (Keeler's Gap)
05. Gata
06. Unfastened and Floating
07. Le Mere C'est Un Caractere
08. Flying Machines
09. The Industry of Dreams
10. The New Arrivals
11. Perfecture
12. The Loss of Power
13. Condor to Mallorca
14. Time Slip (unreleased version)
15. Utopia
16. A Universal Voice That Speaks to All That Will Listen
17. Expanded (A1)
18. Microbe
19. Tracer 1
20. Spiral Galaxy
21. Life Cycle
22. The Bells
23. Star Chronicles: Orion Belt 3
24. Real Life
25. Automatic
26. The Dancer
27. Changes of Life
28. See This Way
29. At Sunset
30. Spider Formation
Sequence CD Compilation
CD1
01. The Art of Barrier Breaking
02. G-Star
03. Gamma Player
04. Gata
05. Le Mere C'est Un Caractere
06. Flying Machines
07. The Industry of Dreams
08. The New Arrivals
09. Perfecture
10. Condor to Mallorca
11. Time Slip (unreleased version)
12. Utopia
CD2
01. A Universal Voice That Speaks to All That Will Listen
02. Expanded (A1)
03. Microbe
04. Life Cycle
05. The Bells
06. Real Life
07. Automatic
08. The Dancer
09. Step to Enchantment (Stringent)
10. Changes of Life
11. See This Way
12. Spider Formation
Axis will release Sequence in September as a limited edition book and separately as a two CD compilation.