With a career spanning nearly three decades, Alexander Kowalski’s story is a living testament to the legacy of Berlin techno. His journey began in the late 90s amidst the city’s cultural revolution, ignited by the emergence of techno music. Debuting in 1997 under the moniker DisX3 at the legendary club Tresor in Berlin, he quickly established himself as a driving force in shaping the sounds of the era with fast-paced beats and robust bass lines. His impactful live sets also led to releases on the esteemed label of Tresor.

Under the guidance of Heiko Laux’s Kanzleramt label, Kowalski pioneered the melodic and sophisticated sound for which he is renowned—a sound that has become synonymous with German techno. His albums ‘Echoes’, ‘Progress’, and ‘Response’, along with tracks like ‘Speaker Attack,’ ‘Belo Horizonte,’ and ‘All I Got To Know,’ have made significant contributions to the history of techno.

Kowalski’s music productions and live performances have earned widespread acclaim from both dancefloor enthusiasts and discerning music critics alike. His remixes are highly sought after by icons such as Dave Gahan, Joris Voorn, Paul Kalkbrenner and Funk D ́Void. This he balances with a heavy touring schedule, appearing at major festivals including Awakenings, Time Warp, Mayday, Nature One, I Love Techno, Monegros, Aquasella, and many more.

In 2009, he launched his own label, Damage Music, as a platform for his own music and releases from artists he really admires. He has also released music on esteemed platforms such as Be As One, ARTS, Illegal Alien, Tronic, and Arkham Audio. His ‘Cycles’ LP on Mord stands as a testament to his ability to create timeless music, showcasing the enduring relevance and agility of his productions.

As techno continues to evolve, so too does Kowalski’s artistry. He remains at the forefront of modern techno innovation with his principal releases under the name Alexander Kowalski. Additionally, he keeps the analog spirit of 90s techno alive through his DisX3 live and DJ performances, transporting new generations of dancers back to the genre’s golden age.

Experience Kowalski’s timeless live performances and unsurpassed DJ sets as he tours the globe, showcasing his much-anticipated upcoming releases.

Tracklist: 
Divide & Elias. - „Natures Computer“ (Tremsix)
Kwartz - „Animal Instinct“ (PoleGroup)
Jacom - „Take a Walk (Matrixxman Remix)“ (Adroit)
Kashpitzky - „Elevate“ (Be As One)
Endlec - „No Return“ (Renegade Methodz)
A Thousand Details - „Covenant Dreams“ (ATD)
DisX3 - „Collision (PTTRNRCRRNT Remix)“ (Recorded Things)
Florian Meindl - „Reconstruct Physics (Red Rooms Remix)“ (FLASH)
Yanamaste - „Evil“ (Mutual Rytm)
DJ Plant Texture - „Ripetitivo (Stretch Mix)“ (Tresor)
Toni Dextor - „Antistat“ (Adroit)
The Lady Machine - „Mantra“ (Key Vinyl)
Mark Broom - „Wasp“ (Beard Man)
Phil Berg - „Psykick“ (Phorum Records)
Alexey Dunchyk - „Rinzen“ (MindTrip)
Roseen - „Re-Calibrated“ (Mojuba Records)
SLV - „Far from the Madding“ (Mitsubasa)
Insolate - „Ocean of Tears“ (Out Of Place)

Adroit Podcast Series #110 - Alexander Kowalski

The latest PoleGroup Radio episode is now ready on SoundCloud, featuring an immersive DJ set by Adriana Lopez.

Bogotá-born and Barcelona-based, Adriana Lopez has long been a steady force in the global techno landscape. Her refined, hypnotic approach draws from years of experience behind the decks, always staying true to a sound that is detailed, physical and deeply focused.

With releases across respected imprints like Grey Report, Semantica and Modularz, and regular appearances at clubs like Berghain, Tresor, Khidi or Lux, her name has become synonymous with quality and depth in techno.

Tune in for a carefully crafted session that speaks volumes without shouting.

PoleGroup Radio - Adriana Lopez 26.03.2025

This is the CLR Podcast 423 with a set by Estella Boersma. Enjoy!

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Track list CLR Podcast 423 I Estella Boersma

Aleksi Perala - Seminar
Donato Dozzy - Cleo
Reptant - Microstructure
Claus - Bloomscroll
LO’99 - And It Goes
Asskin - Keep Your Chin Up
Emmanuel - New Media (OFF / GRID Remix)
Slam - Volitant
Dj Dexter - Vitimas do Sistema Dub Mix
Alex Dienaar - Motion
Unit 2 - Sunshine (Kink Remix)
OFF / GRID - Protect Ya Deck
Brtinzz. - Away
Aidan Rudd - Long Time Lurker
M.I.T.A. - Test
Bailey Ibbs - Manic Room
SAMA - Do You Love Me?
Matrixxman - Hong Kong (Night)
Yanamaste - Ohohoi
Brtinzz - Voices from the past
01100110 - Sub Specie Mortalitatis
Milo Raad - Turnover
Peschi - Reload
ISH!! - The Ground Floor
MMM (Errorsmith & Fiedel) - Dex
Electronic Experienced - The Born Villain
Oceanic - Live At De School (Club Version)

CLR Podcast 423 I Estella Boersma

✈ To celebrate this new episode, we are proud and delighted to host such an iconic figure from the US Techno scene : TRUNCATE (Truncate, Ovum, BluePrint, CLR).

After being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90's in Los Angeles, a teenage David Flores was hooked. He started DJing across Southern California on the DIY warehouses, desert, and rave circuit. His style then was as varied as the local scene - a myriad of sounds ranging from house to acid to techno to hardcore. After a few years solely DJing, he began releasing original music under the moniker Audio Injection, which landed on labels such as Monoid, Stimulus, 4 Track & LA label Droid Recordings. His association with Droid Behavior began in 2003 and continues today as resident at the infamous and internationally acclaimed Interface event series alongside Drumcell and Raiz.

In early 2011, he started the project 'Truncate' to focus on the deeper, raw side of techno. His Truncate releases have been gain critical acclaim from world class underground talent such as Modeselektor, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, DVS1, Luke Slater, Ben Sims, Josh Wink, East Everything, Jooris Voorn, and many more. Since then, he has provided remixes for artists across the musical spectrum including Kink! for Pets Recordings, Slam for Soma, and Trus’me for Prime Numbers. He has also released original tracks on 50 Weapons and on Ultramajic as a collaboration with Jimmy Edgar.

A rigorous international tour schedule has followed, including included stops at the most prestigious venues and events, including Berghain in Berlin, Fabric in London, Concrete in Paris, The Movement Festival in Detroit, Womb in Tokyo, Dimensions Festival in Croatia, Awakenings in Amsterdam and Output in New York.  
 
With his heavy remix, production and touring schedule there is still no slowing down for David. He continues to shape an evolving sound and to champion the Los Angeles underground.

Enjoy and feel free to share! Love & Techno

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PARADOX PODCAST #193 -- TRUNCATE

For episode 34 of the MindCast we have @risataniguchi, fresh from her 'Cared Less EP'on Mind Medizin. 

Big thanks to Risa for the mix, hope you enjoy...

"This is a live mix I recorded when I played before Charlotte de Witte’s recent show in Tokyo at Zero Tokyo. The set features some of my new tracks, past releases, and some of my current favorites, mixed in a way that responded to the crowd’s energy without sticking to a single sub-genre" Risa Taniguchi 🗣️

01 Risa Taniguchi - Cared Less
02 Rorschack - Welcome, Ghosts (Original Mix)
03 Jessse - Red Zone (Original Mix)
04 Callum Magnum - Pleasure Dome (Original Mix)
05 Francois X - Certified DNA (Original Mix)
06 Nuta Cookier - Orbit Motion (Original Mix)
07 Yuuta - Yahiko (Original Mix)
08 Exos - Dark Light
09 Masino - Less Is More (Flug Remix)
10 Risa Taniguchi - So Loud
11 Dubfire & Flug - Friction
12 Jark Prongo x Nicole Moudaber x Chocolate Puma - Movin’ Thru Your System
13 Raho - Impact (Original Mix)
14 JAVAX - Output
15 Balthazar & JackRock - Prana Flow
16 Yuuta, Cherryphonic - Pornostar
17 Lilly Palmer - Surrender The Night (Extended Mix)
18 Juliet Fox - What Would Gerry Do (Extended Mix)
19 Blame the Mono - Crackland (Original Mix)
20 Yuuta - Baby Come On (Original Mix)
21 Felix Reichelt - Mind Drift (Original Mix)
22 The Southern - B2basic
23 Mark Broom - Satellite (2024 Mix)
24 Risa Taniguchi - Wakes from Coma 
25 EFESIAN - Like That (Extended Mix)
26 Estella Boersma - Bullsh*t (Original Mix)
27 X CLUB. - Hold On (Chop’D n Screw’D Mix)
28 Bjarki, Dj Babatr - Rave Daddy  (Daddy Mix)

MINDCAST 34 By Risa Taniguchi

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


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IG: www.instagram.com/chris_liebing
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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

Liberta Radio 82 With Vinicius Honorio - PAB165 Guest Mix

1. Burden - Bated Breath
2. GCOD - Moodymann (Original Mix)
3. Len Faki - Gamma (Glaskin Remix)
4. Regent - Brickyard
5. Baly - Stan n' Soul (Original Mix)
6. DJ Rush - Get On Up (Chris Liebing Remix) [PAB165 Re-Fix]
7. B3NZ - Kafune (Original Mix) 
8. Justin Berkovi - Delphinus Delphnius (Original Mix)
9. Cari Lekebusch, Mattias Fridell, Alexander Johansson - Hojtarolja (Original Mix)
10. Altinbas - Hunt
11. D!SKÖ - Bring It All Down (Original Mix)
12. MarAxe - Shade
13. PAB165 - Friction (Codeword)
14. Tino Trøster - Can You Hear Me
15. Synthlab Records, Lina K - Looking for My Path (Original Mix)
16. Cari Lekebusch - Freakout
17. PAB165 - Trollboda (Naked Lunch)
18. Maurer - Paso En Falso (Original Mix)
19. Andres Gil - Investor (Original Mix)
20. THISISTHX - XTC (Original Mix)
21. Cirkle - In the End There Is Hope

Liberta Radio 82 With Vinicius Honorio - PAB165 Guest Mix

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Lea Occhi - Upclose 2025

Track: Dissolve
Artist: Akzelander
Label: Fast Dogs
Catalog: HUNT007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release: 10/10/2025
Mastering: Nicolas Vogler

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Bandcamp: https://fastdogs.bandcamp.com/

Premiere: Akzelander - Dissolve [HUNT007]

Sacred Rhythms

Fractal Drift

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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.