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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.

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Markus M. alias Mark Mayu wurde September 1980 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (RLP) geboren.

Mitte der 90er trugen die Faszination "Musik" ,  das Palazzo in Bingen und das erste Equipment die Hauptschuld daran, dass eine tolle Musiker-Karriere Ihren Lauf nahm.

Es dauerte 3-4 Jahre, bis die ersten Clubs und Radiosender auf ihn aufmerksam wurden und er zunächst regional eine Gelegenheit nach der Anderen wahrnehmen durfte sein Können an den Decks zu präsentieren.

Pünktlich zur Jahrtausendwende wurde aus ihm ein großer Anhänger der Techno und Hardtechno Scene...

Es dauerte weitere 6 Jahre bis er die ersten Releases  draußen hatte und  Clubs wie das Butan (Wuppertal), das Fusion (Münster) das Pulp Mansion (Berlin) oder das U60311 (Frankfurt) von ihm beschallt wurden.

Zusammen mit DJ-Größen wie Arkus P., Viper XXL, Wittekind, Niereich oder den A-Brothers bringt er noch heute die Crowd immer aufs Neue zur Ekstase, 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ,2012 ,2013, 2014 sogar auf der Raketenbasis Pydna des Nature One Festivals.

2011 gründete er zusammen mit seinem Freund und Kollegen Marco Stylez das Projekt "Men vs Machine" welches für puren Hardtechno Sound steht.


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Mark Mayu alias Markus M. was born in 1980 in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine (Rhineland-Palatinate).
In the middle of the 90ies, the fascination "music", the Palazzo in Bingen and his first equipment beared the main blame on the fact that a great musician career took ist course.
It took 3 - 4 years until the first clubs and radio stations took notice of him. So he first regionally got one opportunity after another to present his skills on the decks.
Punctual to the turn of the millenium he became a great supporter of the techno and hardtechno scene.
It took further 6 years until he published his first releases and clubs like Butan/Wuppertal, Fusion/Münster, Pulp Mansion/Berlin or U60311/Frankfurt got filled with sound by him.
In collaboration with great DJs like Arkus P., Viper XXL, Wittekind, Niereich or the A-Brothers he still makes the crowd ecstasiate again and again - in the years 2008 - 2014 even on the missile Pydna on the Nature One Festival.
In 2011 he founded the project Men vs. Machine together with his friend Marco Stylez, which signifies hardtechno...

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