After two years, I went on my first "overseas" trip to the USA, and for me, who also loves very much to tour in the Americas (north and south that is), two years of not going was quite a long time. You can imagine how excited I was to touch ground and meet loads of friends in person again, as well as roaming the streets of the cities I was in, a thing that I love to do wherever I go actually… well sometimes more sometimes less, depending on the city. Yet before I was allowed to enter the US, the immigration officer who greeted me decided to put me in a room for 3hours and didn't tell me why. I did have all the necessary paperwork and visas as I always do, but for some reason, I was not allowed to move and had to sit and wait for.. well, I still really don't know why, as after I was released, still no one told me what it was all about. It seems like travelling isn't getting any easier in this world these days. My first stop to play took me to Washington DC, to my beloved Flash Club. A beautiful club with an awesome crowd and a similarly excellent sound system. My first gig could not have been any better. And this is the 3h set that you are able to check now on my current AMFM show. I've finally been able to road test not only my new club mix of Circles feat Tom Adams, a track from my forthcoming album "Another Day" on @muterecords in November (by the way, super excited about this one.. please remember to check that out.. once it is released.. stay tuned), as well as loads new future and present CLR releases, by Frankie Bromley, Hertz Collision, Gene Richards Jr, DEAS, Drumcell and Thomas Hoffknecht.. as well as an awesome new remix by Planetary Assault Systems… and more.
After DC I went to Brooklyn for Afterlife at the Brooklyn Mirage and then on to Houston (my first time there) to play at the Bauhaus Club, which is also an amazing club with super sweet sound and a really fantastic crowd once more. As you can see the first US weekender after 2 years went super well and I wanna thank everyone who helped make that possible and showed up enthusiastically on the dance floors. Today's show contains the third and last hour of the set. By the way, I will be back in the US and Canada in October and November, once more at the Brooklyn Mirage with my sis Nicole Moudaber, as well as other amazing places. Check my dates for more info on my website chrisliebing.com .. where you also find all the new music that has been released so far. Thanks a lot for all the good times.. stay healthy and happy out there...

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Tracklist AMFM 345

DEAS - ??? - ???
Norman Nodge - The Raid - SPANDAU20
Truncate - ??? - ???
Hybrasil - Stellar Variation (Gene Richards Jr Hardjack Mix) - UNCAGE
Chris Liebing - ??? (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) - ???
Frankie Bromley - Spider - CLR
Drumcell & Thomas Hoffknecht - ??? - ???
Sterac - Lost Track 22 - Mote-Evolver
Marcal - Ainozama - Rekids Special Projects
Dubfire & Flug - Rubber - DCLTD
Johannes Volk - Mutable Motor Unit I - Eternal Detroit
Felix Da Housecat & NEZ - Lift Off (Radio Slave Remix) - Three Six Zero

AMFM Spotify Playlist

AMFM I 345

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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