Chris Liebing | Tanz der Bässe (2024) Closing Set
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 Published On Aug 29, 2024

Tracklist:
01. Jim Morrison - Top (liquid intro)
02. Shlomi Aber - Limelight. CLR
03. Gary Beck - Lost Angel - © CODE Records
04. Björn Torwellen - For Those Who Wander
05. Marck D - Darkside (Original Mix) fvoc - On Edge Society
06. Risa Taniguchi - So Loud
07. Dubfire & Flug - Friction
08. Slam - Radion - Warg
09. Habgud - Blind Spot - Warg
10. Risa Taniguchi - Emission
11. Robert Hood - Alpha Key (Original Mix) - M-Plant
12. Hybrasil - Kontrol
13. Shlomi Aber - I Know What You Want
14. Gary Beck - Tactics (Cesar Almena Remix) - © CODE Records
15. P.U.L.S.A.R - Denial (Original Mix) - Analog Solutions
16. The Southern - B2BASIC
17. Planetary Assault Systems - Clap Trap
18. Pfirter - High (Original Mix) - MindTrip
19. Planetary Assault Systems - Sidewinder
20. ROD - bigroommurder_19
21. Phara - Rhythm Sticks (Original Mix)
22. Pfirter - Infinity_Original
23. CL - Test
24. Björn Torwellen - March Of The Transients
25. Risa Taniguchi - Our Deepest Fear (Original Mix) - TREGAMBE
26. Lewis Fautzi - Density (Original Mix) - Soma Records
27. The Southern - Particle 441_24 Master v25
28. Fjaak - Redemption
29. Risa Taniguchi - Risa Taniguchi
30. Len Faki - Temple (Ø [Phase] Remix) - Figure
31. Phuture - Power Concedes Nothing (Without Demand!) (Dark Techno Mix)
32. Dubfire - Escape (Truncate Remix)
33. DJ Dextro - Motivo1
34. DEAS - Scope
35. Tomaz vs Filterheadz - Sunshine (Gary Beck Remix)

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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