I said it before and I say it again…: What an immense honour and pleasure it was for me to close down the Techno Stage of the very last edition of the legendary @welcometothefuturefestival . I have a long history with this special festival. It was very emotional and also quite sad, knowing it is the last time, yet simultaneously incredible to share this with you all there, grateful for precisely these moments and memories that we created together. This set goes down in my top 10 fav moments of my DJ career, and I chose to play “Two Months Off” by @underworld as the last track because:

You bring light in
You bring light in
…
To a dark place
Walking in light
Glowing walking in light
Gold ring around you
The hues of you
The golden sunlight of you
You bring light in
You bring light in
...
Cool wind following
Following after you
Rising for you
Your skin beautiful
Everything comes natural
Fantastic fan
Rocking rocking floating
You bring light in
You bring light in
…

Thank you all for this! Especially the WTTF Crew and their fantastic work, passion and dedication.

Tracklist AMFM 387

Throwing Snow - Clasp - Houndstooth
Broken Robot - Anatis - Prospect Records
Truncate - User 7 (Drumcell Remix) - CLR
Responder - Aprophis - Planet Rhythm
DEAS - Scope
Chris Liebing - Something Half Way (Wild Club Mix) - MUTE
Drumcell & Thomas Hoffknecht - Arrp (Tool Edit) - CLR
Stephan Krus - Rocket
Frank Biazzi - Take Control - KD RAW
Shlomi Aber - Lights On
Roi - Pee Bo
Chris Liebing - The Biggest Ten Inch I Have Ever Seen - Major Rush Remix
Regis - Guiltless - Tresor
Planetary Assault Systems - Rip the Cut (LS Remix 1) - Mote-Evolver
Terence Fixmer - Out in the space (Zakari&Blange 909 Rave Edit)
Shlomi Aber - Thats The Way I Speak
Deas - Index - Second State
Paul Kalkbrenner - Revolte - Pall Kalkbrenner Musik
Gary Beck - Firetree - BEK Audio

Spotify/Apple Playlist

AMFM I 387

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

World: javier@analog-a.com
North America: john@analog-a.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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