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03/07/2023

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Timo Maas x Marc Romboy B2B Turmbühne x Fusion Festival 2023

ROD is the 342nd guest of our original HATE Podcast series. Recorded live @ MORD, Shelter, Amsterdam on 17 February 2023.

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Mix Series 038 by @fear-e

For the 38th edition, we are welcome one of our label artists to the mix series. Expect a touch of electro, acid & techno!

Full tracklist:
https://www.instagram.com/scott_fear_e/

If you missed his last EP on Dame-Music check it out here:
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Mix Series 038 - FEAR-E

This is the CLR Podcast 343 with a 3 hours long back2back set by Ida Engberg and Chris Liebing, recorded live at the Mystik closing night at Club Chinois / Ibiza. Enjoy!

Tracklist CLR Podcast 343 - Ida Engberg b2b Chris Liebing

Andre Crom - Feel (Dub Mix) - Ovum Recordings
&ME - Everless (Original Mix) - Keinemusik
Robert S (PT) - The Void from Planet (Re:Axis Remix )	
Marco Faraone - Find The Song (Rekids)	
Nicole Moudaber - What Is 
Barbara Ford - Sound of the siren (Ryon Elliot Remix) 
Black Mirror Park - The Great Filter (Jon Hester Remix)
Matt O Brian - Serotone (Radio Slave´s Panorama Garage remix)	
SCB, Reset Robot - Conflux (Original Mix) - Hotflush Recordings
Loco Dice - Seeing Through Shadows
DESNA - About-Face (Hidden Empire Remix) - Octopus Black Label
Arkan - We Move
Junior Boys - Work (Marcel Dettmann Remix)	
D-Unity, Juli Aristy - Suena Más Fuertes
Loco & Jam - Detonate (Original Mix) - Nervous Records
Victor Calderone, Avision - Chemical
Nina Kraviz - Skyscrapers (Ryan Elliott Tension Dub) - Nina Kraviz Music
Rødhåd, Ignez - Verdurous
Shlomi Aber - Chasing 441_24 v3 Master
Sven Väth - Feiern (Krystal Klar remix)	
Pan-Pot - Fugitives (Joseph Capriati Remix) - Second State
Mathias Kaden, Zoe Xenia - Blackbird
Elevation - One more kiss (Radio Slave Remix)
Beau Didier - People	
Radio Slave vs Audion - Mouth to Mouth PM	
Marc Houle - Bay of Figs
Tiga, Audion, Tiga VS Audion - Stabbed In The Back (ANNA Remix) - Turbo Recordings
Christian Nielsen - Let me go (Luke Alessi remix)
Joseph Capriati - Spirit Brothers (ANNA Remix)	
Gabriel Ananda, Dominique Eulberg - The space between us	
Charly Schaller Feat. Dani DeLion - Queen Of The Night (Radio Slave Remix)	
Alberto Tolo - Eldian Stuff - Alleanza Recordings
DJ Hell - Guede (ARTBAT Rave Mix) - International DeeJay Gigolo Records
ANNA - The Dansant (Original Mix) - Kompakt
Radio Slave, SRVD, Patrick Mason - Elevate (Original Mix) - Rekids
Miss Kittin, ANNA - Forever Ravers (ANNA´s Raving in Space Mix)	- Kompakt Extra
X-Press 2 - Kill 100 feat. Rob Harvey (Carl Craig Remix) - Skint (promo)
Jonathan Kaspar - FEZ - Kompakt Records

CLR Podcast 343 I Ida Engberg b2b Chris Liebing

‪@chris-liebing and ‪@jochempaap‬ as Collabs 3000 in 2015. Playing a 3,5 hour set during ‪@awakenings‬ Festival Day 2 at Spaarnwoude, Houtrak.

Collabs 3000 (Speedy J & Chris Liebing) at Awakenings Festival 2015

Lunes 13 de Enero de 2025

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MTP 250 - Medellin Techno Podcast Episodio 250 - Chris Liebing

This is the CLR Podcast 432 with a 1,5 hours long set by Chris Liebing, recorded live at Baum Festival Bogotá. Enjoy!


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Track list - CLR Podcast 432 I Chris Liebing

Fft - Heal (Original Mix) [Numbers]
Uncertain - Fade (Original Mix) [Kneaded Pains]
Procombo - Upscale [CLR]
Hollen	 - Rushing [CLR]
Deas	- Index (Original Mix) [Second State]
Shlomi Aber - I Know What You Want (Original Mix) [Be As One]
Risa Taniguchi - Give Me Up	[CLR]
Frank Biazzi	- My House (Original Mix)	[JAM]
Kr!z - Medusa	
Planetary Assault Systems	 - Give It Up (Len Faki Reassembly 1)	
CL - Promo [CLR]	
Risa Taniguchi - Break It [CLR]
DEAS	- Red	
Vinicius Honorio - Tinderbox (R.M.K Remix) [Liberta Records]
Shlomi Aber, Kashpitzky - Rhythm Parade (Original Mix) [Be As One]
Jacopo Susini - Detroit 89	
The Southern - Evrthing 2. [CLR promo]
CL - Promo [CLR]	
DEAS	- Maniac 441 [CLR]
Coyu - The Revisionist 2
Frank Biazzi - Turbulence (Coyu Remix v1)	
Bloody Mary	- REALITY THREE (909 MIX)	
The Southern - B2Basic [CLR]	
Regis	- Guiltless (Original Mix)	
Chris Liebing	- Kaizen [CLR]
Klint - Nebula of Orion (Chris Liebing Remix) [CLR]	
DJ Dextro - Nada (org demo) [CLR]	
Benjamin Damage - 010X (Hardspace Mix)

CLR Podcast 432 I Chris Liebing

This is the CLR Podcast 440 with a four hours long set by Chris Liebing, recorded live at Tini Soundgarden on July 12th 2025. Enjoy!

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SC: @chris-liebing
IG: www.instagram.com/chris_liebing
FB: www.facebook.com/chrisliebingofficial

Tracklist - CLR Podcast 440 I Chris Liebing

Robin Kampschoer - Polymer Drums
Oliver Kalte - Ehrenfeld (Original Mix) - CMND CTRL
Amotik - Pachattar (feat. Tina Ramamurthy)
Rene Wise - Relax (Original Mix) - Moving Pressure
Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy - SAW (Original Mix) - Dynamic Reflection
Hatewax - Return To The Past (Original Mix) - Planet Rhythm
Hub Lex - Charlie ( Original Mix) - V.3
Truncate - Focus (Original Mix) - Truncate
Rene Wise - Mover (2024 Remaster)
Emma B, ILyes - Afraid (Inafekt Techno Mix) - Shall Not Fade
DJ Dextro - Gift from the future 
Yanamaste - Evil (Original Mix) - Mutual Rytm
Hemka - Time (Original Mix) - Mutual Rytm
Procombo - Be Alive 
Collabs - Spiegeling 
Dani Sbert - Interacciones Inutiles (Drumsauw Remix) - Sbert Records
Collabs - Galude 
Procombo - promo
R.M.K - Extrium (Original Mix) - Fossil Archive
Linkan Ray - The Truth We Know - Be As One
R.M.K - Werk It (ALNA Remix) - JA
Jimmy Edgar - Strike (Hardspace Mix)
Kaiserdisco - Silent Speaks (Original Mix) - KD RAW
Flug - Sincrodestino (2025 Remake)
Uncertain - Fade (Original Mix) - Kneaded Pains
Franco Rossi - Holobionte (Original Mix) - Soma Records
GCOD - Moodymann (Highlimiter Remix)
Risa Taniguchi - Break it 
Jacopo Susini - Detroit 89
Michael Ius - Electric Impulse - WSNWGBTZ
Estella Boersma - Mars - EB-REX
Vinicius Honorio - Tinderbox (R.M.K Remix) - Liberta Records
Khabiar - Tuning (Original Mix) - BEK Audio
CL - promo
Procombo - Upscale 
Shlomi Aber - I Know What You Want (Original Mix) - Be As One
Kr!z - Medusa
Frank Biazzi - My House (Original Mix) - JAM
Planetary Assault Systems - Give It Up (Len Faki Reassembly 1)
Risa Taniguchi - Give me up 
Collabs - Zwart 
Lewis Fautzi - Diversity Of Known Substances
Björn Torwellen - The Overstayer Protocol 
Coyu - The Revisionist 2 
Frank Biazzi - Turbulence (Coyu Remix v1)
The Southern - Evrthing 2
Klint - Nebula of Orion (Chris Liebing Remix)
Bloody Mary - REALITY THREE (909 MIX)
CL - promo
Björn Torwellen - Fear Of The Unknown Signal 
Shlomi Aber, Kashpitzky - Rhythm Parade (Original Mix) - Be As One
The Southern - B2Basic 
Chris Liebing - Kaizen - CLR
DEAS - Track Zero - ARTS
Hollen - Rushing 
Jacopo Susini - Head Me -FVox JAM
Luciano Esse - Don't Know Summer (Original Mix) - Beard Man
CL - promo
Deas - Index (Original Mix) - Second State
Planetary Assault Systems - Clap Trap
DEAS - Maniac 
Shlomi Aber - promo
CL - Promo
Lewis Fautzi - Forging New Paths (Original Mix) - Faut Section
DJ Dextro - Nada (org demo) 
Benjamin Damage - 010X (Hardspace Mix)
Björn Torwellen - Codebreaker 
Estella Boersma - Vision - EB-REX

CLR Podcast 440 I Chris Liebing

This is the CLR Podcast 442 with a 3 hours long set by Risa Taniguchi., recorded live at one of Flug´s "Noiser" events at Les Enfants Brillants in Barcelona. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 442 I Risa Taniguchi

Kannabi - Landscape Perception [Katharis Recordings]
Ignez - Aventurine (Original Mix) [Token Records]
Alex Danilov - Inside (Len Faki Hardspace Mix) [LF RMX]
Hellix - Sunny Pulse (Random Waveforms Remix) [Hellix Records]
Drumcell - Fever Pitch [peer]
TENO - Shunlan (TAKAAKI ITOH Remix) [Aum Recordings]
Drumcell - Speak Silence (Brian Sanhaji Remix) [CLR]
Thales Constantini - Breath [Trau-ma]
Cellini - Duduk [Cycle Four]
Znzl - Rescaler [Void+1 Recordings]
Bjarki, Kuldaboli - Tears In Berghain [NIX (UK)]
NØRBAK - Nove Zero Nove (Original Mix) [HAYES]
James Bong - Never Be The Same (Original Mix) [Sleaze Records]
Shaun Moses - Groove Therapy (Luigi Madonna Remix) [Gem Records]
GCOD - Bitter (Original Mix) [Bipolar Disorder Rec.]
Risa Taniguchi - Juggler [Kneaded Pains] 
Symon - Cyberpunk (Original Mix) [Vision Ekstase] 
Flug - Acid Thought (Original Mix) [DCLTD]
Robert Hood - Art Class (Original Mix) [M-Plant]
Mathew Jonson - Marionette (Josh Wink Interpretation) [Sapiens Record]
Toru Ikemoto - %86 (Marcal Remix) [Aum Recordings]
Risa Taniguchi - Direct Line [MIND MEDIZIN]
SUDO - Domain (Ken Ishii Remix) [Break New Soil]
Planetary Assault Systems - Give It Up (Len Faki Reassembly 2) [Mote Evolver]
Risa Taniguchi - Our Deepest Fear [TREGAMBE]
Blue Hour - Falling Lines (Pangaea Remix) [BLUE HOUR]
Yotam Avni - Joshua [?]
Nicolas Bougaïeff - Blue Seventeen [novamute]
Jeff Cochran - 1995 Called... [Format 416 Recordings]
DJ Dextro - Vacuum Decay [CLR]
GCOD - Moodymann (Original Mix) [Bipolar Disorder Rec.]
Jessse - Red Zone (Original Mix) [Be As One]
TRAXSHNN - SILICONE [Powerful Recordings]
Shlomi Aber - Lights On (Original Mix) [CLR]
Chris Liebing, Drumcell, Truncate - DTL [CLR]
Melgazzo - Feel Good (Original Mix) [VOLTA]
Masino - Less Is More (Flug Remix) [MIND MEDIZIN]
Diego Oroquieta - Zum (Original Mix) [Devotion Records]
Yuuta - Makomo [Liberta Records]
Jeff Cochran - Jungle Gym [Format 416 Recordings]
Slam - Beat On The Drum (Original Mix) [Soma Records]
Cult - Raw Groove (Jon10 Remix) [Deadline Rec]
Flug - Rave (Coyu Remix 2025) [Suara]
Gary Beck - Upside Criminal (Original Mix) [Mutual Rytm]
Risa Taniguchi - Wakes from Coma [CLR]
Linkan Ray - Eightzeronine (Original Mix) [Be As One]
Rene Wise - Pleasure Note (Original Mix) [SK_Eleven]
Flavia Laus & Dinamite - Malachite [Onna Bushi Records]
Narkis Tepler - Pitstop [LOGIA Sound Collective]
Manuel Di Martino - The World Is Changing, Pt. 2 (Elisa Bee Remix) [South Signatures Records]
Three, Two - All Of This Is Untrue (Original Mix) [Arts]
Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me [Hessle Audio]

CLR Podcast 442 I Risa Taniguchi

This is the CLR Podcast 443 with a set by The Southern. Enjoy!

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Track list - CLR Podcast 443 I The Southern

The Southern -Trust Issue (ANAOH RECORDS)
Operator - Staccato Serpent (TRUNCATE)
The Southern - My to Be (TRUNCATE) Upcoming
Mr Coalman - Nomads (sway)
The Southern - Dub Shot (TRUNCATE)
Conrad  Orton - City Roaming (MITSUBASA)
The Southern - Circle of Life (CLR)
Antic - Soul Clay (MITSUBASA)
Khas - Need i say more (SUARA)
MANDY , Booka Shade - Body Language (Baugruppe90 remix)
The Southern - Ultrasound of You ( Unreleased)
SLV - Far from Madding (MITSUBASA)
Thimo Konings - Crawlspace
The Southern - Evrthing (CLR)
The Southern - Particle (CLR)

CLR Podcast 443 I The Southern

This is the CLR Podcast 444 with a set by Victoria Engel. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 444 I Victoria Engel

LDS - Pow2, Epilog (Original Mix) - Tresor Records 
Pierce - Vairoc (Original Mix) - WSNWG - BACK TO ZERO
Ø Phase - Nonphysical (Original Mix) - Modwerks
Cirkle - Subsonic (Original Mix) - Sublunar
Remezko - Raw Lines (Original Mix) - trau-ma
Dawn Razor - Snake Eyes (Original Mix) - Planet Rhythm 
Flug - Ruthless Charm (Original Mix) - 444 SERIES 
Invisible Operator - The Cure & The Cause (Original Mix) - Circuit Structure Records
Developer - She says she's good (Original Mix) - Modularz
Iraklip - Reverie (Snakebite_616 Remix) - AKTIVV
THISISTHX - Wolf Rayet (Original Mix) - Synergie 
Arjun Vagale, Peter B - Before the after (Original Mix) - BOND
Jamie, Lucas Bergen - Mechanized Desire (Original Mix) - Byond Momentum 
A. Paul - Sprint (Original Mix) - ONHCET
DEAS - 8 AM (Original Mix) - Planet Rhythm
Laurent Garnier - Unreasonable Behaviour (Original Mix) - F Communications

CLR Podcast 444 I Victoria Engel

This is the CLR Podcast 445 with a set by Theo Nasa. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 445 I Theo Nasa

Ron S - Hissing Fumaroles (Original Mix) [Chicago Jaxxx]
Piotr Figiel - In The Light Universe I Have Been Darkness [RWETES]
Peix - Rotas [Rotas]
Brian Sanhaji & Toe - Radical Adjustment (Brian Sanhaji Junghof Edit) [SENSOR]
Ebass - Phaeton [Bipolar Disorder]
Aliasing - Jet Lag [4TRK]
Fist-T - Night Hunter (Morgan Elder Edit) [UNRELEASED]
Manuel Di Martino - Evoluzione (Dold Remix) [Parallel 41]
Adrian Skiba - Inside (Original Mix) [Deepsomnia]
Audio Units - Controlled Chaos [EvilGroove]
Daryn Steytler - Crude [EvilGroove]
BRALLE - Simulated Strength [EUCHARIST]
Mauritian Martian (aka Mutecell) - Unusual Orbit [Unsual Orbit
Linear Phase - Silent Widow [Spazio Magnetico]
333 - 3K Sample (Josefina Muñoz Remix) [Unknown]
Theo Nasa - Seductive Sequence (Original Mix) [Mind Medizin]
The Fabric Of Reality - Sighs (Original Mix) [Habitat Musical Records]
Ecilo - Strange Shadows (Original Mix) [Illegal Alien Records]
Lakej - Departmental Isolation (Original Mix) [Dissolved Mind]

CLR Podcast 445 I Theo Nasa

Three hours of incendiary techno, as two veterans go head-to-head.

When Speedy J described his studio dynamic with Chris Liebing back in 2014, he put it bluntly: "I try to piss him off a little." The result? Dance music that's as functional and precise as Liebing demands, with just enough chaos to keep it interesting. That tension has defined the duo's partnership, Collabs 3000, since their first releases, and it's alive and well on their debut RA Mix. 

Both artists are techno heavyweights in their own right. Jochem Paap, AKA Speedy J, helped Europe slow down after the breakneck '90s, proving that techno could chug as well as pummel. Liebing, meanwhile, commanded his popular label CLR and went from transforming schranz into the hard techno sound that recently swept up a younger generation of ravers. 

As a pair, Collabs 3000 undeniably has its ear trained on the big room. Paap and Liebing are both former Berghain regulars, and the Berlin club's influence is clear across RA.1006: taut, muscular techno, or "effective and structured" in Liebing's words, with Paap injecting the right amount of unpredictability. Their 2005 full-length, Metalism, remains a landmark: polished, uncompromising and dynamite for any large sound system. 

With the album now remastered for its 20th anniversary, Collabs 3000's RA Mix brings that same ferocious energy into sharp focus: smouldering textures, peak-time pressure and three unrelenting hours of classic techno.

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Read the interview at ra.co/podcast/1025

RA.1006 Collabs 3000

This is the CLR Podcast 446 with a set by Temudo, recorded live at Gare (Porto) on 09/08/2025. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 446 I Temudo

    Backbone - Admirável Mundo Novo 
  Mathys Lenne - The Road is Wider Than Long 
  Barbosa - Glass Eye Fetish 
  Truncate - Pad Mode 
  Biemsix - Tomorrow Comes Today 
  Glaskin - Blended
  Franz Jäger - Evo Devotion 
  Neo - I Saw You In My Dreams 
  Cari Lekebusch - Return To Base 
  Pierce - Mecha. Pierce
  Stephen Disario - Out Of Tune 
  Dog on Acid - The Whole Premise Is False 
  Fresko - Monumento 
  Neo - Inspector
  Toobris - T151 
  Pierce - Accuro 
  Temudo - Kikka 
  Franz Jager - Man with 7 heads 
  Phase - Binary Opposition (Process 2) 
  Uväll - Irreversible 
  Ribé & Roll Dann - Interludio 
  DVS1 - Electric 
  Marcelus - Mutation 
  Clotur - ss Master 1 
  Tactile - Confusion
  Juri Heidemann - Honam 
  Temudo - UNRELEASED
  Adlas - Bad Habit 
  Ketch - Waves 
  Temudo -Unreleased 
  BENZA - Mech Encounter
    What For Alarico
  Toobris - T207 
  Cari Lekebusch - conductor 
  Ø [Phase] - Missing (Systems Version) 
    Deniro - Kairuku 4 
  Fresko - Air Viper 
  Makaton - She Hunts
  KRIST - Code 404 
  Arkan - Subway 
  Temudo - Unreleased
  Glaskin - Hush Up 
  Modēm - Talisman. 
  Makam - This Deep (Remaster & RP) 
  Franz Jäger - Orange Juice
  TALISMANN - THE INTAKE (KLINIEK) 
  SRAMAANA - Gravitational Wave 
  Troy - Voyage to Pollux 
  Chlär - The Forgotten Workers minimalista bom p manter 
  Toobris - Unreleased
  Marcal - The Elk In The Woods 
  Elith - Surface 
  FAÏG - Slap
  Bidoben - Suspended Relief 
  Franco Rossi - 08015 
  DHÆÜR - Sculpting The Mind 
  Temudo - Unreleased
  mnkys - Patch 72R mnkys, TiGr, MAWARI
  Uväll - Parallel Shift 
  Bidoben - Unfair
  dxrvo - Berg
  Clotur - A2 Ghost Transmission
  Biemsix - I Know It's Demons (Alpha Tracks Remix) 
  Amotik - Bais 
  mnkys - Patch 68 mnkys, TiGr, MAWARI
  Jamies Bissmire - Timieus 
  Decka - Subversion 
  Temudo - Unreleased 
  SVNX - Thermal Paste (dxrvo Remix)
  Blanka - Love Letter [Arkan Remix] 
  enigma trax - unreleased
  Chlär - Populism Is Money 
  Altinbas & Cirkle- Dawn 
  BR!NK - Bongo Bongo Master 1 
  Cirkle - Lunar Orbit 
  Unknown
  A Morgan - I Don't 
  Bidoben - 28 33
  Cari Lekebusch & Jasper Dahlback - Detained Success 
  Temudo - Unreleased
  Mhonolink - dtool Bacdkstep Fifty 
  Genex - Cas Abao 
  Markus Suckut - Corp
  Toobris - How Was Your Suffering 
  Levzon - Bang The Drums (Phil Berg Remix)
  Alarico -AF97 
  Yan Cook - Fog Catcher

CLR Podcast 446 I Temudo

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

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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.