Dark/Industrial Techno

Chris Liebing

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Adding to previous 12“es on Ostgut Ton and his own RK label fellow Neuköllner and Berghain resident Kobosil offers four new uncompromising Techno club tools.

While all cuts on the 105 release share filthy, stone-cold, elemental rhythms – pounding, energetic and hypnotic 4/4 kick drum slaps – the devil is, like with all Kobosil productions, in the aesthetic details. “40000 L” uses gargling synth patterns and howling horns to dramatic effect; “Bei Nacht H (178)” contrasts the kick with a harsh, tinny drumbeat and menacing melody pad, creating a nightmarish vibe.
“Backmask N” on B1 offers heavily alienated vocal samples alongside rave-reminiscing synth stabs and staggered hi-hat percussion. “Derange” closes this four-tracker with grainy drone echoes and throbbing, sizzling synth pulses.

Adding to Kobosil’s full-floor-focussed sonic repertoire 105 shows him from his darkest and most vigorous side yet – this 12“ is a brute, in the most positive sense.

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Kobosil | Bei Nacht H (178)

Label: Ballistic
Artist: Delusions
reference: 06
Format: Vinyl
Available: coming soon

Vertical_Delusions (Codex Empire Remix)

Collaboration with @eomac 
Available on limited vinyl & digital: https://eotrax.bandcamp.com/album/etxc001

Paula Temple & Eomac - 'Kralle'

DYEN - The Aftermath

RIK1

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Rikhter | Phiom Enhah

MXT EP

Self Confidence

Collabs 3000 (Metalism)

Tunox

Triflon

Modish Ride

Dandu Groove

Dandu Groove (Original)

C-System - Two Worlds

Steklov

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For this 61th Premiere of 2020, we have a track by Kmerl from the upcoming EP "Ferros" on the Yekaterinburg (Ural, Russian Federation) based local electronic music label : ФАКТУРА (FAKTURA).

The track we chose to premiere is entitled ‘To Love’ and it will be available from April 6, 2020 in Digital on Bandcamp : https://faktura-ural.bandcamp.com/album/ferros-ep

Release Info :

Kmerl - Ferros EP [ФАКТУРА]

6 of April, co-founder of Faktura, Daniil Kraev releases Ferros EP. 
Ferros is a set of tested and straight-line tools for dance floor. Music is followed by a sense of illogical anxiety, where the tension is slowly rising and as smoothly resolved.
Moving powerfully, the disturbing synthesizers are laid over a heavy kick drum and run side by side at 130BPM.

Tracklist : 
1. Kmerl - Mista - Peo
2. Kmerl - Ferros
3. Kmerl - Cmyg

Music : Daniil Kraev
Mastering and Cover art : Daniil Kraev

Follow ФАКТУРА : 
Bandcamp : www.faktura-ural.bandcamp.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/faktura.ural
Instagram : www.instagram.com/fakturaural
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/faktura_ural

Ferros EP

Ferros

TL Premiere : Kmerl - Ferros [ФАКТУРА]

BURN SLOW REMIXES PT. II

Trilogy (ANNA Remix)

Out of this World (Bjarki út í hött remix)

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

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North America: mariesa@liaisonartists.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.