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BACK IN STOCK: Blue Potential: Tresor.223DVD and limited edition DVD+CD – History in the making: Tresor releases its first DVD, a concert by Jeff Mills and the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra, the 80 classical musicians playing some of Jeff Mills’ most famous tracks under the historic Pont du Gard bridge in the south of France. Check below for links to the DVD trailer and an exclusive interview with Jeff Mills about Blue Potential.
In July 2005 Jeff Mills performed a single live outdoor concert with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra, at the foot of the Pont du Gard bridge in southern France, a World Heritage classified site. Symphonic versions of Jeff Mills’ greatest works were performed for the first time with the 80-piece, classical orchestra, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. This also represented Mills’ first live performance/collaboration since 1991.
The exceptional works by Mr. Mills were arranged and adapted by French composer Thomas Roussel, after having previously approached Jeff about the project. Fourteen works by the legendary techno music composer and producer (and an introduction by arranger Roussel) were performed at the concert under the stars, many compositions stemming from Mills' early ground-breaking days in Detroit where he created some of techno music’s most celebrated tracks. During rehearsals, the Montpellier classical musicians were astonishingly keen to manifest the project, and after the first day of acclimating to the unusually contradistinctive style, an exceptional musical communion between Mills, Roussel and the musicians was established. The exhilaration of the project only gained more momentum as the rehearsals progressed.
The final result was indeed a marvellous creation of something new, with Jeff Mills playing percussion and drum machine to recreate sounds not possible for an orchestra, and the orchestra adding an organic impact that is not usually found in electronic music. This blending of two worlds has been remarkably documented on this DVD, complete with a “making of” documentary and other sensational extras. It is only fitting that Tresor would release its first DVD in Germany with this incredible Jeff Mills-tailored design, the artist who was the first to be represented on the Tresor label in 1991.
Included in the concert are the full, melodic pieces “Imagine” and “The March”; the deep, classic techno piece “Gamma Player”; selections from Jeff Mills’ film compositions “Entrance To Metropolis” and “Keaton’s Theme”; the avant-garde and sublime 14-minute piece “Medium C”; and lastly the unforgettable dance floor masterpieces “The Bells” and “Sonic Destroyer”.
* Order either the DVD+CD limited edition or the DVD in our shop.
* Check out the excerpt from Blue Potential (WMV file – 7,84MB).
* Jeff Mills talks about Blue Potential – in both German and English versions.
* Check out the DVD promotional photos of Jeff Mills and of the Blue Potential cinema debut in Berlin, May 2006
* DVD Contents:
- Concert
- Tutorial with Jeff Mills & Thomas Roussel (with German subtitles)
- Interview with Jeff Mills (with German subtitles)
- “The Making Of” including interviews with Jeff Mills, conductor Alain Altinoglu, music arranger Thomas Roussel and concert organisers (with German subtitles)
- Bonus trailers
* Tracklist:
01. Opening
02. Imagine (Blue Potential Version)
03. The March (Blue Potential Version)
04. Time Machine (Blue Potential Version)
05. Eclipse (Blue Potential Version)
06. Entrance to Metropolis (Blue Potential Version)
07. Keaton’s Theme (Blue Potential Version)
08. Daylight (Blue Potential Version)
09. The Bells (Blue Potential Version)
10. Gamma Player (Blue Potential Version)
11. 4 Art (Blue Potential Version)
12. Medium C (Blue Potential Version)
13. Amazon (Blue Potential Version)
14. See This Way (Blue Potential Version)
15. Sonic Destroyer (Blue Potential Version)
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