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{{Infobox album
| name       = Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Jeff Mills]]
| cover      = JeffMillsLiveAtLiquidRoomTokyo.webp
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1996|6|20}}
| recorded   = {{start date|1995|10|28}}
| venue      = [[Shinjuku Face|Liquidroom]]
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Detroit techno]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=67|s=04}}
| label      = [[React Music Limited]], [[Sony Music Japan]]
| producer   =
| 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]].
== Recording ==
The album was recorded live October 28, 1995, at the [[Shinjuku Face|Liquidroom]] venue in [[Tokyo, Japan]]. Mills used two [[turntables]] and two [[Reel-to-reel audio tape recording|reel-to-reel tape machines]] to create the mix, which includes his work interwoven with other songs, such as "[[Strings of Life]]".<ref name="p4k">{{cite web |last1=Szatan |first1=Gabriel |title=Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jeff-mills-live-at-the-liquid-room-tokyo/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |publisher=Conde Nast |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
==Critical reception and charting==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev2score = 10/10<ref name = "p4k"/>
}}
''Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo'' has been met with widespread critical acclaim. In a 10/10 review for ''[[Pitchfork (website)|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."<ref name="p4k"/>
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 {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} numerous tracks, roughly half of which are Mills' own productions."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Birchmeier |first1=Jason |title=Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo Review by Jason Birchmeier |url=https://allmusic.com/album/release/live-at-the-liquid-room-tokyo-mr0001463905 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
In June 1996 the album peaked at #45 in the [[UK Compilation Chart|UK compilation chart]] published by the [[Official Charts Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JEFF MILLS LIVE AT THE LIQUID ROOM TOKYO |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-jeff-mills-live-at-the-liquid-room-tokyo/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All tracks are written by Jeff Mills, except where otherwise noted.<ref name="allmusic"/>
{{Track listing
| title1        =  Utopia
| length1       = 1:09
| title2        =  The Extremist
| length2       = 1:40
| title3        =  Magneze
| length3       = 1:47
| title4        = They Start It Up
| writer4 =  Joey Beltram
| length4       = 1:26
| title5        = Step to Enchantment (Stringent)
| length5       = 1:42
| writer5 = Millsart
| title6        = Life Cycle
| length6       = 2:19
| title7        =  Untitled A
| length7       =  1:04
| title8        = Work That Body
| length8       = 1:07
|writer8 = Charles Chambers Singers, DJ Funk
| title9        = Run
| length9       = 2:55
|writer9 = Charles Chambers Singers, DJ Funk
| title10       = Play With the Voice in USA
| length10      = 1:08
| writer10 = Marco Dalle Luchem, Csilla, Joe.T Vannelli
| title11       = Clementine
| length11      = 2:07
| writer11 = Hoschi, Wiked Wipe
| title12       = i9
| length12      = 2:25
| title13       = Changes of Life
| length13      = 2:39
| title14       =  Overkill
| length14      = 1:21
| writer14 = Circuit Breaker
| title15       = Eternal Sun
| length15      = 1:25
| writer15 = IO
| title16       = Game Form
| length16      = 1:00
| writer16 = Joey Beltram
| title17       = Club MCM
| length17      =1:56
| writer17 = Kaay Alexi Shelby, Club MCM
| title18       = AX-009
| length18      = 1:18
| title19       = Move
| length19      = 1:59
| writer19 = Surgeon
| title20       = Wet Floor
| length20      = 0:40
| writer20 = Traxmen
| title21       = Detached
| length21      = 1:13
| title22       = Nocrurnal
| writer22       = Claude Young
| length22      = 0:55
| title23       = Bad Boy
| writer23            = The Advent
| length23      = 3:11
| title24       = The 187 Skillz
| writer24        = DJ Skull
| length24      = 1:27
| title25       = Strings of Life
| writer25      = Rhythim Is Rhythim
| length25      = 3:24
| title26       = Loop 3
| length26      = 0:55
| title27       = Untitled B
| length27      = 2:00
| title28       = Extra
| writer28      = [[Ken Ishii]]
| length28      = 1:51
| title29       = Avion
| writer29      = Damon Wild
| length29      = 3:11
| title30       = Intro (X-120)
| writer30      = X-102, Robert Hood
| length30      = 1:22
| title31       = Growth
| length31      = 1:11
| title32       = Suspense
| writer32      = H & M
| length32      = 0:34
| title33       = The Other Side
| writer33      = Shadow
| length33      = 0:47
| title34       = Flowerchild
| writer34      = Dan Morgan
| length34      = 1:09
| title35       = Bazetoya
| writer35      = DJ Hell
| length35      = 2:53
| title36       = Casa
| length36      = 3:57
| title37       = Life Cycle
| length37      = 1:27
| title38       = Step to Enchantment (Stringent)
| length38      = 2:30
| total_length  =
01:07:04
}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1996 live albums]]
[[Category:DJ mix albums]]