CLR Podcast

The first part of this 75 minutes mixed virtual set includes some of my fave tracks and artists from 2022-2023 *** Listen on my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/UT9oc1B0_Fc **** Much respect and many thanks to all the artists and labels. The tracks on this playlist are payed & registered with https://aslice.com

Track nr / Artist / Track Title / Record Label

01. Stephen Disario - Sixth Sense (Ketch Remix) - Conundrum
02. TWR72 - Speed - Float
03. Michael Klein - Sirena - Rekids Special Projects
04. Downside - Ghost Riding - Mekanika
05. Jeroen Search - Brush - Search
06. TWR72 - Team (Temudo Remix) - Float
07. Benales - Grip - Construct Re-Form
08. Kr!z - Nautilus (Marcal Remix) - Token
09. Alexander Johannson & Mattias Fridell - Oreda - Recorded Things
10. Altinbas, Cirkle - Dawn - Voltage Imprint
11. Jannik Aßfalg - Inject - Drawner
12. Downside - Blind Spot - Mekanika
13. Alexander Johannson & Mattias Fridell - I All Enkelhet - Lömsk
14. Temudo - The Neuro Funk - Blueprint
15. Slone - Stowaway - Autonome + TWR72 - Team (Temudo Remix) - Float
16. Alex Schultz - Stihl - PRX Records
17. Alexander Johannson & Mattias Fridell - Trappan - Lömsk
18. Orion - Scriptophobia - Absence of Facts
19. Uncertain - Faze - Rekids Special Projects
20. Marcal - Dont Fear The Three - Enemy
21. Uncertain - Alert - Rekids Special Projects
22. Alexander Johannson & Mattias Fridell - Figuren - Lömsk
23. Michael Klein - Introsuspect - Rekids Special Projects

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January 2024 mix Part 1 of 2

Time Warp 2024 Germany - RØDHÅD

Next up on the GROOVE Podcast is Cari Lekebusch (@carilekebusch). Go to bit.ly/LekePod for interview and track list.

GROOVE Podcast 449 – Cari Lekebusch

Dirty Epic welcomes aboard @garybeck for its 110th episode of Amplify Series.

Glasgow born producer and DJ Gary Beck has long been
established as a primary figure in techno.
Known and respected for his unique sound, he has gained support from the best names in the business and released music on some of the genre's leading labels, including Mutual Rytm, Soma, as well as his own BEK Audio imprint.

Since his emergence onto the scene in 2007, Beck has accumulated an impressive list of achievements. Highlights include a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, two Boiler Room session's, featured music on BBC 1 Drama ‘Stonemouth', and 'God Save The Quine', as well as numerous collaborations with exceptional talents such as MR. G, GreenVelvet, Debra Debs, Mark Broom and Speedy J.

2012 saw the release of his seminal debut album 'Bring a Friend' on the legendary Soma Records label. It was their 100th album release, and this was a great honour for Gary. His second album 'Dal Riata' was released in November 2019 on BEK Audio.
You can also find Gary appearing under various different alias's, including Sosak & Tanera.

In terms of performing, Gary has appeared at some of the worlds largest and respected clubs and festivals, with shows at renowned venues such as Womb Tokyo, Fabric London, Awakenings, T in the Park Scotland, Spazio Rome, Output NYC, Printworks London, and Timewarp, to name a few. In addition to a busy performance schedule, Beck spends time as head of BEK Audio, an imprint which has quickly become one of the most revered techno labels on the scene after releases from the likes of Floorplan, Mark Broom, Slam, DJ Rush & Ritzi Lee.

Gary say's on approaching the 60th release “I initially set up the label as a release platform for my own music, however that quickly changed. I don't put myself under any pressure with the releases. It simply has to be really good!

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Amplify Series 110 - Gary Beck

This is the CLR Podcast 416 with a 2 hours long set by R.M.K, recorded live on February 9th 2025 in London at The Glove that Fits. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 416 I R.M.K

Tal Fussman - Everybody (Elisa Bee Remix)  [Survival Tactics]     
Pres - Mutual Ideas (Kr!z Remix) [EvilGroove]
Malek Ales - Plump  [Facts Imprint]         
Ramsey Neville - The Night Before [Unreleased]    
Nemesis - Cólera  [Animal Farm]       
Mees Javois - Orbit [Unreleased] 
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
R.M.K - Werk It (ALNA Remix) [Fossil Archive]
Adlas - Deadstock  [Hayes]     
R.M.K - Keys [NECHTO]
Exos - Fire Chant  [Tresor]
R.M.K - Personal Waveforms (Jamie Anderson Remix)  [Fossil Archive]
Luca Maniaci - Close  [Planet Rhythm]
Vilchezz - Sunken in Robus  [Special Series]
Sungdi - Deuce  [Unreleased]
A. Paul & DJ Dextro - Rough  [Planet Rhythm]
James Ruskin - Work (R.M.K Edit) [Unreleased]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
AgainstMe - Spasmoi  [Renegade Methodz]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Jamaica Suk - Synchronicity  [Gradient]
R.M.K - Unreleased  [Unreleased]
Sinistermind and PRTL WRX - Sin Escape  [PRTL WRX] 
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Dinamite - Breakthrough  [OUT OF CTRL]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Unbekannt - Plain  [UBK Records]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Vinicius Honorio & R.M.K - Unreleased [Unreleased]
Thomas P. Heckmann - Days Of Buzz  [Dame Music]
R.M.K - Edge of Chaos [NECHTO]

CLR Podcast 416 I R.M.K

This is the CLR Podcast 417 with a set by Shlomi Aber. Enjoy!

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Track list - CLR Podcast 417 I Shlomi Aber

Oisel - AM - Unknwon 
Mathys Lenne - The Door of Perception [Unknown] 
Shlomi Aber - Limelight (Aber's Broken mix) [CLR] 
Shlomi Aber & Kashpitzky - Retrospective [Be As One] 
Kastil - Young Education [Stale] 
TWR72 - 7echn0l0g1 [Hayes] 
Shlomi Aber & Kashpitzky - Application [Unreleased]  
Shlomi Aber & Kashpitzky - Moritz  [Unreleased]  
Kastil - Metaphor [Stale] 
Cirkle - Beaten [Sublunar] 
Kashpitzky - Silver Ball (Ø [Phase] remix) [Be As One] 
TWR72 - id34s [Hayes] 
Groof - Past Masters [Warmup] 
SM - Blink [Vault Sessions] 
Francesco Argentieri - Bad Feeling  [Unreleased / Be As One] 
Cirkle - Shamaniic [Sublunar] 
Time Line- MR33 [Unknown]  
DC 11 - Locked Groove [Unreleased] 
DC11 - A Vast Reserve of Indifference [Unreleased] 
Kashpitzky - Resist [Different Sound] 
Raho - Hate it or love it Edit [Unreleased] 
Dynamic Forces - Radiant [Arts] 
Oisel - Netto [Unreleased] 
Entra - Bartig Move [Timeless O'Clock] 
Domani - B1 [Unreleased] 
Dying & Barakat - About that (Aber's edit) [South Signatures] 
Luis The 4th - Frequencies [Tar Hallow]

CLR Podcast 417 I Shlomi Aber

This is the CLR Podcast 422 with a one and a half hour long mix by Cleric. Enjoy!

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Tracklisting - CLR Podcast 422 I Cleric

Temudo - Video World Made Flesh [ANIMA Records]
Iglo - Introspection [Figure]
Hyden - L’Art et Le Vif [Forthcoming - Clergy Records]
Cirkle - Shadow Runner [BCCO]
In Half Light - Choleric [Hayes]
Alarico - Boiler [ Primal Instinct]
Aiden Rudd - Granular Rhythm [Transition]
Planetary Assault System - Raid (Rene Wise Reassembly) [Mote Evolver]
Decoder - XX 15 [Molecular Recordings]
Vinicius Honorio - Reach Out (Callum Plant Remix) [Liberta Records]
Ignez - Seraphic [Token]
Hyden - Bruises [Unreleased]
Mold Boutique - Silo [Forthcoming - Clergy Records]
Elad Magdasi - OrangeBox a1 [Front Left Records]
Thimo Konings - Nor Will They [Oecus]
FAÎG - Motion [Planet Rhythm]
Habgud - False Flag [Forthcoming - Clergy Records]
Franco Rossi - Holobionte [Soma Records]
Linkan Ray - Four Layers (Temudo Remix) [Mindtrip]
Sigha - The Black House [Blueprint Records]
Benales - Untitled 080 [Forthcoming - Clergy Records]
Dictent Vroom - Gulf Stream [Prima Materia]
AgainstMe & Red Rooms - Blurred Mind [TH Tar Hallow]
DJ Dextro - Cell Code [postivesource]
Yanamaste - Lahante [Mutual Rhythm]
Cirkle - Argus [Temporal Variation]
Kwartz - Show Me That Light (Cleric Remix) [Clergy Records]
Diepzeebeest - Executive Dysfunction [Float]
JSPRV35 - Process [Global Pluse]
Rødhad , Uvåll - KINVA (24020)] [WSNWG]
UFO95 - Refuge [WSNWG]
Mathys Lenne - Satellite [Hayes]
Hertz Collision - Civiltå Delle Macchine [HZ]
Linkan Ray - Walking Around [Be As One Imprint]
Nørbak - Rosna [Hayes]
SAMA - Concentrado [Maximalist Minimalist]
Hyden - Rhum [Smile Sessions]
Dictent Vroom - Amazon [Prima Materia]
Egotot - Marrast [SYXT]
Endlec - Immortality (Digital Bonus) [Renegade Methodz]

CLR Podcast 422 I Cleric

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Recorded live at RE/FORM Spring 2025.

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This is the CLR Podcast 431 with a set by Chontane. Enjoy!

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Track list - CLR POdcast 431 I Chontane

Biemsix - I Know Its Demons (Interlude) [Execute Audio]
Peter Van Hoesen - Schemerzone / Voor JMH Berckmans [Vlek]
Mattia Trani - Over The Future (Ilario Alicante Remix) [PushMaster Discs]
Z.I.P.P.O - Replication [SK11]
Reeko - Saturn Sequences [Modularz]
HD Substance  - Variable Star [Methodical]
LUAR - Walls Can Listen Too [Observant]
Kenny Dahl - Absorbed By Darkness [Electric Limited]
Chontane - Unreleased [Untitled]
Terrence Dixon - Multiply [Thema]
Regent - Unreleased [Untitled]
Franz Jäger - Eva Devotion [Float]
Group Noib - Target (Daniel Lodig Remix) [Pomelo]
Petter B - Doubt [Bond]
Chontane - Unreleased [Untitled]
Peter Van Hoesen - Variables Edit 1 [Reclaim Your City]
Nastia Reigel - If So Then [Falling Ethics
Regent - Unreleased [Untitled]
Dimi Angelis + Jeroen - Sleepless [Ion]
DJ Deep - MKS1 Dub [Deeply Rooted]
Burden - Underpass [Planet Rhythm]
Setaoc Mass - Wu Wei [SK11]
PUSHMANN - One Carnival [Truncate]
Exit To Tomorrow - Open [Tar Hallow]
Psycatron - People In Glass Houses [Tresor]
Peter Van Hoesen - Force Withdrawn [Tresor]
Chontane - Unreleased [Untitled]
Nadia Struiwigh - Wind Whisper (Andy Martin Remix) [The Third Room]
Night On Earth - Anasazi [Brave New World Records]
Max Cooper -  My Choices Are Not My Own (with Tawiah and May Kaspar) [Mesh]

CLR Podcast 431 I Chontane

This is the CLR Podcast 435 with a 2 hours long set by Kai van Dongen, recorded live at the Techno Snobs Phoenix Truncate Takeover on the 26th of April 2025. Enjoy!

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Track list CLR Podcast 435 I Kai von Dongen

Ø [Phase] - Suspended Animation (Stroke C) [Token]
Kangding Ray - IPSO [ARA]
Jon Hester - Sirens [Rekids]
Dave Wincent - 18g Salt [Modularz]
The Lady Machine - Vigilance [Unterwegs]
Nørbak - Res Extensa [HAYES]
Phara - Falling Forward [Phaaar]
Deas - Fear [CLR]
Kai van Dongen - We Will Chat [Ei8ht]
Kai van Dongen - Mind Detect [Truncate]
Kangding Ray - Doppler Shift [Figure]
Kai van Dongen - Panic [Truncate]
Kai van Dongen - Acid Wave [Second State]
Tadeo, Jon Hester - Matching Claps [Participation]
Dave Wincent - Death Row [Soma]
Dustin Zahn - The Organ Trail [Token]
Nina Kraviz - Stranno Neobjatno [Trip]
Ø [Phase] - Plot Twist [Modwerks]
Exos & Jon Hester - Range [Participation]
Kai van Dongen - Cycle Rate [KVD]
Oscar Mulero - Self Determination [Northallsen]
Zahn & Z.I.P.P.O - The Spiral Path [Enemy]
Aöcram - Illusions of Reflections [Mord]
Kai van Dongen & FRNGE - Where's My DX7 [KVD]
Alan Fitzpatrick - Love Siren (Kai van Dongen Remix) [Unreleased]
Kai van Dongen - Vortex [Second State]
Kai van Dongen - Breaking Up Inside [Truncate]
Jon Hester - Scrape [RSPX]
Augusto Taito - Severo [Mord]
Lewis Fautzi - Murder The Limits [Mord]

CLR Podcast 435 I Kai van Dongen

This is the CLR Podcast 436 with a 1,5 hours long set by Procombo, containing exclusively original tracks by Procombo himself. Enjoy!

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Track list - CLR Podcast 432 I Chris Liebing

Tracklist CLR Podcast 436 I Pocombo

Procombo – Sleepy Hollow [Truncate]
Procombo – Number One Fan
Procombo – It’s Me – Vocal Mix
Procombo – Don’t Kill The Light
Procombo – Be Alive (CLR)
Procombo – Move It
Procombo – Unknown Force A [Olympian]
Procombo – Upscale [CLR]
Procombo – Polycarbonate [Rawness]
Procombo  -  Subwave Ping
Procombo – Unknown Force B [Olympian]
Procombo – Funk Sequence [Code]
Procombo – Void Signals [Mindtrip]
Procombo – Let Me Tell You
Procombo – Drumspell
Procombo – Eternal [Anaoh]
Procombo – Transwave 
Procombo – Unwind
Procombo – Resonance
Procombo – Sonar Bloom
Procombo – Red Loop
Procombo – Rattlechant
Procombo – Dust Signal 
Procombo – You Don’t Know [Truncate]

CLR Podcast 436 I Procombo

This is the CLR Podcast 437 with a set by Rommek. Enjoy!

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Tracklist CLR Podcast 437 I Rommek

Lanark Artefax - Tris [AD93]
Tommy Four Seven - O M 3 [47]
N:CK - Abstract Tone [Different Exhibition]
Veils - Destino [End Of Perception]
Angioma - Faded Flower [Dusk Records]
The Unborn Child - Asking For Help [Wrong Theory Records]
Sciahri - Hit and Run [Sublunar]
Rommek - Nautical Flex [EarToGround]
LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D. Dan Remix) [FLOORGASM]
Dael Yaga -  Dedecus [SCORDISCI]
Nørbak - Sopro [Token]
Rommek - London Gutters (Gareth Wild Remix) [EarToGround]
Finalversion3 - Genuflexión [47]
Sorcery - Dark Scan [ARA]
VSK - The Evil Speech [TBC]
Operator - Running From The Man [Mord]
Kmyle - The End [Skryptom records]

CLR Podcast 437 I Rommek

This is the CLR Podcast 438 with a 4 hours long set by Lindsey Herbert, recorded live at Stereo / Montreal in May 2025. Enjoy!

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Tracklist - CLR Podcast 438 I Lindsey Herbert

Pollaar - Low Fashion (Shaw Cuts)
SVLBRD - Longing Ghost (Archives) 
Elle - 456 (Annulled)
Claudio PRC - Cenere (Delsin Records)
Knay - Déceptions (NODE Recordings) 
Axones - Sequence Logique (Space Travel Records) 
Relic Radiation - limited_range (Edit Select) 
Sonic Wave Collective - Shared Textures (Arketip Discs)
Jeff Rushin - Analysis #04 (ON Records)
Tequesuca - EL Oro Perdido de Quemuenchatocha (Denkō Recordings) 
Claudio PRC - Manifestazione (Delsin Records) 
GSSG - Infrasona (Aurora Mística Records) 
Gentian - Tell Me (Sungate) 
Pause (FR) - Exode X (47) 
Relic Radiation - supersonic_water (Edit Select) 
KIKA (MD) - diverse colors, same taste (Untitled Rhythms) 
D-Leria - Apnea (Anthony Linell Remix) (Non Series) 
Luigi Tozzi - Aztlan (Non Series)
Claudio PRC - Ebony Feathers (Delsin Records) 
Fabrizio Lapiana - Deep 4 (Attic Music) 
Rene Wise - Insomnia (Enemy Records) 
Atomic Moog - Landing Point (Delsin Records) 
MZR - Oberon (SYXT)
Esteban Miranda - Guernica (Ancestral Landscapes Remix) (Sbert Records) 
GSSG - Breathing Circuit (Aurora Mística Records) 
Ziun - Bud (Diffuse Reality Records) 
bw - Nights Through Dreams (© bw)
Noah Tauber - OLKSND (unreleased?)
Exos - Unreleased Item (Planet X)
Ruman - Declined Studies (unreleased?)
Giri - II Primo Passo (Mod21 Remix) (Domino Doge) 
Obscur - Guerilla Warfare (BCCO)
Altinbas - Seele (Ostgut Ton) 
mchvlsm - Obsidian (EvilGroove) 
Sonic Wave Collective - Arise (Arketip Records) 
KIKA (MD) - the weight of a heavy step (Untitled Rhythms) 
Piotr Figiel - Measure Once Cut Twice (© RWETES) 
Daryn Steytler, Cullen Enslin - Rebound (KONCEPT) 
Discrete Circuit - Swing Collision (Efdemin Remix) (Astray) 
BR!NK - Destroy (EvilGroove) 
Pierce - Mecha. (SYXT) 
Peter Van Hoesen - Imposter (Time To Express) 
Autonoe - Rumbo Del Ave (Kobold Records) 
Cleric - Snowden (Synthetik Sounds) 
Kmyle - Sensations (Gem Records) 
BLANKA - Why Are You Here? (Room Trax) 
Rheak - Diente Crudo (Crudo Audio) 
Reem - A Velvet Night (© BLUR XP)
Chlär - Phantom Grid (Mote Evolver) 
Inigo Kennedy - Olive Branches (Adroit) 
Mike Larry - POCKET DIAL (MIA MAO Records)
Arthur Robert - La sense de la vie ft. Aya (Hereandthere) 
Franz Jager - Gentle Decka (Float Records) 
Skandar Sediqi - Dark Room (Fuxbau)
Konstantin Scharf - Aragonit (EvilGroove)

CLR Podcast 438 I Lindsey Herbert

This is the CLR Podcast 439 with a set by Björn Torwellen. Enjoy!

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Tracklist - CLR Podcast 439 I Björn Torwellen
 
Kwartz - Show Me That Light (Cleric Remix) - Clergy
VSK - HD1 - 47
Ignez - Immersions - Somov Records
Linear System - Turiban - Molecular Records
Uncomformist - Hardwired - Genesis Glitch
Temudo - In Chains - Clergy 
Axel Karakasis - Outspread - Planet Rythm
DJ Plant Texture - Repetitivi - Tresor Records
DJ Ogi - Ion - Space Shuttle Recordings
Kaiserdisco - Silent Speaks - KD Raw
R - Mossed - Adsr
CL - Promo
ø Phase - Ghostcoder - Modwerks
Björn Torwellen - The Overstayer Protocol
Björn Torwellen - Fear Of The Unknown
Björn Torwellen - Codebreaker

CLR Podcast 439 I Björn Torwellen

A descent into the subterranean void — fractured black stone, rusted steel, and the hum of ancient machinery pulse in sync with hypnotic techno frequencies.
This ritual is forged in deep violet and blood-red light, where floating monoliths circle the abyss and every beat feels like a transmission from the underworld.

🔻 Genres & Tags: Dark Industrial • Psy-Techno • Ritual Ambient • Deep Techno • Dystopian Electronica

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Pasos y Niebla EP by Ben Behrendt & Neen
Artist: Ben Behrendt & Neen
Label: Synergie 
Genre: #Electronic 
Style: #Techno 
Catalogue number: SYEP037
Date release: 29.08.2025 
Format: Digital 
Mastering: Fleggo 
Artwork: anna.tms

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OUT NOW: Chris Liebing 'Phantom Rider EP'
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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.

CLR Podcast 422 I Cleric

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