Artist profile
Jeff Mills is a Detroit-based techno artist and DJ known for his work in raw, hypnotic techno. He has been a prolific figure in the genre, releasing music across multiple labels and performing internationally.
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Plan a set with Jeff Mills tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Jeff Mills is a restrained with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Higher warmth but lower energy than typical Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic).
Across 28 analysed tracks, Jeff Mills averages 38% energy — gentler than 96% of individual Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks.
Measured against 10,772 Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 83–138 BPM with a median of 132 · predominantly minor keys (64% minor) · most common key: 11A (F♯ Minor) with 4 tracks.
How Jeff Mills’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tempo.
Across Jeff Mills's catalog, warmth has lifted.
















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We scored every transition between Jeff Mills’s 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 201 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
41 of the 672 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 18 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Java → Opaque - Surgeon Remix · 11A → 10A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
35 of the 952 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 17 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Sugar Is Sweeter → Torre Eger · 2B → 2B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
28 of the 868 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 15 different Jeff Mills tracks.
The Bells → We Are Fucking This Up, People · 8A → 7A · −2 BPM · 86 chemistry
42 of the 812 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.7. They come from 14 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Tango → Nightshade · 2A → 3A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
28 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 11 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Condor To Mallorca → Grab The Beat · 2B → 3A · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
32 of the 1,064 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.1. They come from 13 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Real Life → Broken Keys · 8A → 8A · −4 BPM · 88 chemistry
27 of the 924 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 13 different Jeff Mills tracks.
The Hand Is Faster Than The Eye (Unreleased) → Breach · 3B → 2B · same BPM · 88 chemistry
26 of the 728 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.2. They come from 14 different Jeff Mills tracks.
Tango → Fire Alarm · 2A → 2A · −5 BPM · 86 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Jeff Mills by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Jeff Mills, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Jeff Mills's tracks in our catalog range from 83 to 138 BPM, with a median of 132 BPM. Across 28 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Jeff Mills's tracks are mostly in minor keys (64% minor across 28 tracks). The most common single key is 11A (F♯ Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Jeff Mills's 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 201 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Damon Wild, Eduardo De La Calle, Heiko Laux are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Java into Opaque - Surgeon Remix, 11A to 10A, 90 chemistry.
Jeff Mills sits closest to Millsart, Joey Beltram, Circuit Breaker in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Jeff Mills releases spanning 1992 to 1999, with the most tracks from the 1990s.