States in the U.S. Census Bureau's Pacific division

The Pacific States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by that country's census bureau.^[1] There are five states in this division – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington – and, as its name suggests, they all have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean (and are the only American states that border that ocean). The Pacific States division is one of two divisions that are located within the United States Census Bureau's Western region; the other Western division is the Mountain States.

Despite being slotted into the same region by the Census Bureau, the Pacific and Mountain divisions are vastly different from one another in many vital respects, most notably in the arena of politics; while nearly all of the Mountain states are regarded as being conservative "red states", four out of five of the Pacific states (all except Alaska) are clearly counted among the liberal "blue states."

History[link]

The Northwest Coast of the Early and Middle Holocene epoch consists of the Pacific coastline from the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska to the Klamath River in northern California. The forager societies mainly consisted of hunter-gatherers whose most popular source of food was salmon. The people of this time and place lived in planked houses that were small and rectangular in shape. As the population of the Northwest Coast grew, social hierarchies were formed. Leadership was often given to shamans or kin leaders. They also held slaves. A factor in the size of the population was that of temperature. Within the last 5000 years, temperature has fluctuated greatly, bringing on the Medieval Warm Period.

See also[link]

• History of the West Coast of North America

References[link]

• Pacific Division Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics

Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills performing at the Smartbar in Chicago. Photo by: Purplexed
Background information
Birth name	Jeff Mills
Born	(1963-06-18) June 18, 1963 (age 49) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Techno
Occupations	Disc jockey
Instruments	Turntables
Labels	Axis Records

Jeff Mills (born 18 June 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American techno DJ and producer.

Career[link]

Starting in the early 1980s, Mills, using the name "The Wizard", was a recurring guest DJ on "The Electrifying Mojo" radio show on WJLB. He performed DJ tricks like beat juggling and scratching during his sets, some of which were pre-recorded.

Mills and former Parliament bass player 'Mad' Mike Banks were founding members of Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance (UR), which embraced revolutionary rhetoric and only appeared in public dressed in ski masks and black combat suits.

Mills never officially left UR, but did relocate from Detroit, first to New York, then Berlin (as a resident at the Tresor club), and then Chicago. There in 1992, with fellow Detroit native Robert Hood, he set up the record label Axis, and later, sub-labels Purpose Maker, Tomorrow, and 6277, all aiming for a more minimal sound than most of the techno being produced in those years.

In his DJ sets, Mills usually uses three decks, a Roland TR-909 drum-machine, and up to seventy records in one hour. Mills' Exhibitionist DVD, from 2004, features him mixing live on three decks and CD player in a studio.

Releases[link]

Albums[link]

• 1992 Waveform Transmission - Volume 1
• 1994 Waveform Transmission - Volume 3
• 1996 Mix-Up Volume 2 Live at the Liquid Room (a live DJ set)
• 1996 Purpose Maker Compilation
• 1997 The other Day
• 1999 From the 21st
• 2000 Every Dog Has Its Day
• 2000 Metropolis (soundtrack to the Fritz Lang film)
• 2000 The Art of Connecting
• 2000 Lifelike
• 2002 Actual
• 2002 At First Sight
• 2004 Exhibitionist (a live DJ set, also available as a DVD)
• 2004 Choice: A Collection of Classics
• 2005 The Three Ages (new soundtrack to the Buster Keaton film)
• 2005 Contact Special
• The Mission Objective (2005) (a live DJ set)
• 2006 Blue Potential
• 2007 One Man Spaceship
• 2008 Gamma Player Compilation Vol 1: The Universe By Night
• 2009 Sleeper Wakes
• 2010 The Occurrence
• 2011 The Power
• 2011 2087
• 2011 Fantastic Voyage

Axis[link]

• AX-001 - Tranquilizer
• AX-004 - Mecca
• AX-005 - Thera
• AX-006 - More Drama
• AX-008 - Cycle 30
• AX-009ab - AX-009 Series
• AX-009 cd - Actual
• AX-009ef - Medium
• AX-010 - Growth
• AX-011 - Purpose Maker EP
• AX-012 - Humana
• AX-013 - Tephra
• AX-015 - Other Day EP
• AX-016 - Very (first released vinyls were perfume-scented to 'enhance the idea of influence through interaction)
• AX-018 - Tomorrow EP
• AX-019 - Apollo
• AX-019 OUR - From the 21st part 1
• AX-019 AFV - From the 21st part 2
• AX-020 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 1
• AX-021 - Lifelike EP
• AX-022 - Metropolis
• AX-023 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 2
• AX-024 - 4Art/UFO
• AX-026 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 3
• AX-030 - Every Dog has its Day vol. 4
• AX-036 - See the Light Part 1
• AX-037 - See the Light Part 2
• AX-038 - See the Light Part 3
• AX-039 - Expanded
• AX-040 - The Tomorrow Time Forgot
• AX-041 - Suspense/Dramatized
• AX-043 - Time Mechanic
• TM-002 - Time Mechanics 02 Eternity
• TM-003 - Time Mechanics 03 Adjustments
• AX-044 - Blade Runner (EP) (inspired by the Ridley Scott film)
• AX-048 - Systematic/The Sin
• AX-049 - Alpha Centauri
• AX-052 - Flyby - X-102
• AX-055 - The Good Robot
• AX-056 - The Defender
• SITS-001 - Something In The Sky
• SITS-002 - Something In The Sky 2
• SITS-003 - Something In The Sky 3
• SITS-004 - Something In The Sky 4
• SITS-005 - Something In The Sky 5
• SITS-006 - Something In The Sky 6
• SITS-007 - Something In The Sky 7
• SITS-008 - Something In The Sky Mix

Purpose Maker[link]

• PM-001 - Java
• PM-002 - Kat Moda
• PM-003 - Force Universelle
• PM-004 - Our Man in Havanna
• PM-005 - Steampit
• PM-006 - Vanishing Act
• PM-007 - Live Series
• PM-008 - Skin Deep
• PM-009 - If/Tango
• PM-010 - Circus
• PM-012 - Jetset
• PM-014 - Electrical Experience
• PM-015 - Divine
• PM-016 - Kana
• PM-020 - The Bells [10th Anniversary]
• PM-021 - Natural World
• PMWCD9601 - Purpose Maker Compilation [CD]
• PMWLP9601 - Purpose Maker Compilation [2xLP]

Tomorrow[link]

• TW-001 - Preview EP
• TW-300 - Sculptures 1-3 CD (by Petar Dundov)
• TW-400 - Europa CD (by Mitch Walcott)
• TW-800 - Time Machines CD

6277[link]

• MISSION 01 Elektrabel - Elektrabel EP 2003
• MISSION 02 Hieroglyphic Being - Du Commencement A L'Eternite 2004
• MISSION 03 Elektrabel - Crocks EP 2005
• MISSION 04 Elektrabel - For Various Reasons 2005
• MISSION 05 Sub Space - First Step EP 2005
• MISSION 06 Zachary Lubin - Controllability 2005
• MISSION 07 Various artists (Jeff Mills Mix) - The objective Mission [Top Secret] 2005
• MISSION 08 Trefa - Elektrabel 2006
• MISSION 09 Ben Gibson - No Signify EP 2006
• MISSION 10 CounterPart - The Martian Mystique 2006
• MISSION 11 Johannes Volk - The Mysteries Of Tharsis Montes 2006
• MISSION 12 Jeroen - New Reality

Something In The Sky[link]

• SITS 001 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2009
• SITS 002 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2010
• SITS 003 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2010
• SITS 004 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2010
• SITS 005 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2010
• SITS 006 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2010
• SITS 007 Jeff Mills Untitled (12") 2011
• SITS 008 Jeff Mills/Dj Surgeles Something In The Sky Mix (CD) 2012

Tresor Records[link]

• Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
• The Extremist
• Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
• Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 (Detroit Cut)
• Atlantis (under moniker X-103)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jeff Mills discography at Discogs.
• See Deep House Page for some very rare live Chicago sets from around 1985-86.
• Higher Frequency Interview
• Hardware Interview
• Real Detroit Weekly Interview