| Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Jeff Mills |
| Cover: | JeffMillsLiveAtLiquidRoomTokyo.webp |
| Venue: | Liquidroom |
| Genre: | Detroit techno |
| Label: | React Music Limited, Sony Music Japan |
| Prev Title: | Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | The Other Day |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo is the first live DJ mix album by American electronic music producer Jeff Mills. It was released on May 20, 1996, by React Music Limited and Sony Music Japan.
The album was recorded live October 28, 1995, at the Liquidroom venue in Tokyo, Japan. Mills used two turntables and two reel-to-reel tape machines to create the mix, which includes his work interwoven with other songs, such as "Strings of Life".[1]
Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo has been met with widespread critical acclaim. In a 10/10 review for Pitchfork, Gabriel Szatan wrote "Liquid Room was a mix of such molten intensity that it warped the idea of what DJing could be. The received wisdom of how to construct a club set—one song after another; build-up, breakdown—was obliterated by this lean, striking man mixing like a Spirograph, executing a blur of hip-hop battle techniques over waves of crushing pressure."[1]
In a 5-star review for AllMusic, Jason Birchmeier wrote "Ostensibly a DJ mix but also a showcase for Mills' production work, the album provides ample evidence of his brilliance over the course of three distinct segments, each numerous tracks, roughly half of which are Mills' own productions."[2]
In June 1996 the album peaked at #45 in the UK compilation chart published by the Official Charts Company.[3]
All tracks are written by Jeff Mills, except where otherwise noted.[2]