On the 6th of November I had the pleasure, after more than two years, to play the terrace of the fabulous Space club in Miami again. I feel playing at Space, especially into the early morning hours requires a little different type of setlist, and even more so when the sun starts to come up. So I specially prepared a “terrace” set and included some of my old time faves in combination with new great things. Hiroko Yamamura opened with a beautifully flowing selection and set the mood for the whole night and morning. I started at 4am and ended up playing for 5h which was so much fun, especially dropping some of my all time classics again, something I didn’t do for a while. Well you can listen to the whole thing now and make your own verdict. Today´s show contains the fourth hour of the set. Hope you enjoy. Oh and by the way, some news for you and as you have been reading so far, you deserve to know:) Since I restarted my CLR label this year,  I decided that I will bring back the CLR Podcast once a month with a special DJ set by the artists who release on the label. It will be under the roof of AMFM, so you don’t need to do anything, but stay tuned and you will automatically hear the “AMFM CLR Special Podcast Edition” right here at the same spot. First up was Frankie Bromley last week… hope you enjoy!

PS: Please mind that the track listings here are never in the order that I played the tracks, but at least you know what I played, right?… Sorry for that ;)

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Tracklist AMFM 354

Chris Liebing - Circles feat Tom Adams (Club Mix)
Charly Schaller Feat. Dani DeLion - Queen Of The Night (Radio Slave Remix)	
Andre Crom - Feel (Dub Mix) - Ovum Recordings
Chuck Daniels, Shaun J. Wright - Feel You - Planet E Communications
Joseph Capriati - Spirit Brothers (ANNA Remix)	
Truncate - Yo_Listen_Truncates_808_Edit_v2	
&ME - Everless (Original Mix) - Keinemusik
Crash Course In Science, Mr Sam - Flying Around (Michael Forzza Remix) - Magik Muzik
Joeski - It's All The Same (Joeski's Underground To Brooklyn Remix) DP TEX - Kinetika Records
Underworld - Beautiful Burnout - Pig & Dan Remix - Different
The Spaceape, Martyn - Is This Insanity? - Ben Klock Mix - 3024
Jerome Sydenham - Vanishing Point	
B.Traits - Breathe Out (Original Mix) - In.Toto
Radio Slave, SRVD, Patrick Mason - Elevate (Original Mix) - Rekids
Introversion - Allies And Enemies radio elevate	
Dubfire & Miss Kittin - Ride (Solomun Remix) - SCI+TEC

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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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