On May 19, 2026, Manila receives one from Detroit. Techno pioneer Jeff Mills brings his Live at Liquid Room Mix 30th Anniversary Tour to Samsung Hall, SM Aura.

Finally, here comes your rare chance to catch one of electronic music&rsquo;s true architects in full force as Jeff Mills makes his way to Manila on May 19.
He&rsquo;s not called The Wizard for nothing. Widely regarded as one of the greatest DJs of all time, Mills built his reputation through fast, razor-sharp mixes that function both as club performance and high art.&nbsp;

The evening also includes a special screening of Jeff Mills: Live at The Liquid Room Mix (Tokyo 1995), the now-mythic performance that helped cement his legend across global dance floors. Presented in partnership with Groove Nation, the Manila stop continues a&nbsp;decades-long lineage of bringing foundational electronic artists to the city. This is not a nostalgic throwback, but a living encounter with techno history itself.

<h4 style="text-align: center;">You get to witness the man, the myth, and the legend.</h4>

Jeff Mills gained the moniker &ldquo;The Wizard&rdquo; for his superhuman turntable skills. As a celebrated virtuoso in electronic music, he&rsquo;s famous for his three-deck mastery, a technique that uses three (and sometimes four) vinyl turntables to layer sound. Whatever genre you&rsquo;re into, you wouldn&rsquo;t want to miss this master doing what he does best: taking people into long-form techno journeys at full speed.

The Art Of DJing: Jeff Mills - Mixing with three turntables (from The Exhibitionist DVD)

<h4 style="text-align: center;">You get to fully immerse yourself in the moment.</h4>

There&rsquo;s a strict no-photos, no-filming, no-recording policy. Jeff Mills curates his sets to be raw and analog. This ethos channels the true pre-smartphone energy of the 80s and 90s underground. He championed militant music and ideas by co-founding the Underground Resistance, a Detroit-based techno music collective and record label advocating for social change and racial equality.

<h4 style="text-align: center;">You get to partake in history and support your city&rsquo;s arbiters of culture.</h4>

It&rsquo;s not often that top-caliber electronic acts end up in Manila. Thanks to Groove Nation for pushing its agenda of bringing the best DJs since the 90s. Among its past headliners were Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin, Ken Ishii, Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine), and Jazzanova. Groove Nation doesn&rsquo;t mess around with its roster, proving that quality doesn&rsquo;t shout, it rumbles in hi-fi. &nbsp;

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<h4 style="text-align: center;">You get to escape time.</h4>

Jeff Mills will always be timeless. Some call his music classic; others describe it as futuristic. It can be argued that it&rsquo;s a loop of overlapping time stamps, blurring the past, present, and future. There&rsquo;s no guaranteed way to experience his music. But one thing is true &ndash; the portal will be open.

Jeff Mills Live @ The Liquid Room, Tokyo 1995

<h4 style="text-align: center;">You get to experience the unique effect of Jeff Mills&rsquo; beats with Manila&rsquo;s own flavor and heat.</h4>

As with all things, it will be an epic energy exchange. For one night, the city becomes part of techno history: sweaty, loud, hypnotic, and completely alive.

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