This week´s set is from a rare occasion these days (sadly still), an open air. On July 18th I played together with Radio Slave, Raven, Hybrasil and Lola Lu at Revier Süd Ost in Berlin. We were super lucky with the weather, the whole vibe was awesome and it reminded me (not that I need those reminders) how much I miss playing out there. Radio Slave smashed it before me and I was very happy to be playing at the closing slot. Such a great event and such a great crowd…. thanks so much for everyone attending during these times, so good to see the happy faces, even when covered with masks.

Tracklist AMFM 335

Joseph Capriati - Spirit Brothers (ANNA Remix)	
Stephen Disario, Danny Wabbit - Pulse feat. Danny Wabbit (Original Mix) - Planet Rhythm
Amotik - Ikyavan	
Setaoc Mass	- Inferno (Original Mix) - SK_Eleven
Hybrasil - Wild Blue Yonder - HBL MSTR.3	
Marcel Dettmann – Command - Seilscheibenpfeiler Schallplatten Berlin
Rene Wise - Hand Tap	
Hertz Collision, Gene Richards Jr - Hood Thang (Original Mix) - Truncate
Truncate - Basic (Original Mix) - Bpitch
Paul Ritch- Insomnie	
Keith Carnal - Endless	
Deas - Block	
Amotik - Baavan	
Andre Walter, Chris Liebing - A2 Night Walk (Kazu Kimura Mix) - CLR
Audio Units - Double Slit Experiment (Original Mix)	
Anfisa Letyago - Not There (Original Mix) - 
Marcal - RSPX22 01 Marcal - Ainozama

AMFM I 335

Collabs3000 '2025 EP': https://mute.ffm.to/collabs3000-2025ep
Collabs3000 'Metalism': https://mute.ffm.to/collabs3000-m20

World: javier@analog-a.com
North America: mariesa@liaisonartists.com
Latin America: larissa@liminal.ag
Italy: alex.ravizza@vivoconcerti.com
MGMT: roland@rlcgmbh.com

Chris Liebing is synonymous with techno. His legacy is long assured, but his craft never stops evolving. Whether as label head, podcast curator, DJ or producer, he continues to challenge himself and his audience to explore new realms in the electronic world. And often ahead of the curve, too, from the early, hard-edged and loopy 90s sound which is back en vogue today, through his more stripped-back turn of the millennium minimalism and onto the cinematic atmospheres and broader alternative electronica of his latest albums on Mute. It's no stretch to say, then, that Chris Liebing's story is closely connected to the story of techno itself. 

Liebing is considered a global techno ambassador, but his ambitious album projects and direct club tracks excite and innovate as much as any new school star. A proudly forward-thinking attitude ensures that is the case as his DJ tools and studio setup constantly evolve. He continues to be an early adopter of emerging technology, too, just as he was with vinyl controllers, Traktor and when leading the way with full hybrid/live DJing. 

These days, Liebing incorporates an ever wider sphere of sound into his own work. After an eight-year break from full lengths, 2018's Burn Slow on Mute was a creative rebirth that received critical acclaim and confounded all expectations. It was a melancholic mediation on gothic moods, looming apocalyptic landscapes and optimistic broken-beat techno that drew from his childhood love of Depeche Mode, Gary Numan and the New Romantic movement. 

Remixes for Depeche Mode and Goldfrapp followed alongside a collaborative single with Charlotte De Witte, and 2021 brought a second album on Mute, Another Day. It found Liebing exploring all new ways of expressing both his euphoric and melodic side, all with high-grade technical skill and meticulous sonic craft with a range of collaborators from Miles Cooper Seaton to Polly Scattergood. This exceptional form continued into 2023 as he returned to the club with his Love Those Who Fight With Passion And Faith EP on CLR, a passionate and politically charged call to the dance floor that joined Liebing and Luke Slater’s remix of Depeche Mode’s iconic ‘Ghosts Again’ in the first half of the year. 

Born in Giessen and active ever since the 1990s, Liebing has always platformed the talent around him as much as himself: a long time before they were commonplace, he famously helmed his own CLR podcast. For many years, it was the scene's most influential series, with a who's who of international pioneers at the helm. After that came the equally important AM/FM radio show, but now following a hiatus, the CLR podcast is back and pushing a fresh techno agenda, as is his iconic label of the same name.

In its first chapter, CLR stood for Chris Liebing Records, then Create Learn Realize, and now Create Learn Repeat - a subtle evolution that is at the heart of everything Liebing does. The label will always be synonymous with exciting techno and is now back hosting parties and festival stages. 

Though his music is underpinned by pulsating menace and a stomping sense of drama, Liebing himself is friendly with a famous smile. It is the music that motivates him and the freedom that comes with increased experience. These days there are no limits, no expectations, but a continued love for the art and craft of techno that is taking him down all new creative pathways.

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