Chris Liebing (born Christopher Liebing; 11 December 1968) is a German

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

DJ, music producer and radio host and the founder of the

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CLR.

Biography

Liebing was born in

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. In the early 1990, he became active on the

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dance music scene.Kellman, Andy
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. Retrieved 7 June 2014. He opened the Spinclub techno club in 1994, and worked at Eye Q Records in Frankfurt.Chris Liebing Biography
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. Retrieved 7 June 2014. He formed his first label, 'Audio' in 1996, which was followed in 1999 by CLR. In 2004, he released the

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-themed ''Evolution'', which took two years to make. The album was described by ''

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'' as "a techno album to go to war with".Kleinfeld, Justin (2004)
Chris Liebing ''Evolution''
, ''CMJ New Music Report'', 19 January 2004, p. 24. Retrieved 7 June 2014. In 2005, he worked with

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on the ''Collabs 3000: Metalism'' album, released by Novamute. The album was described by ''

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'' as "one of the year's best collections of original electronic music". In 2009, he launched the CLR Podcast, which was made available every Monday via

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and CLR's own website. The podcast was voiced by Liebing and featured guest mixes from a wide variety of techno DJs. Amongst the more notable guests was

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. The podcast ran weekly until 2015 when the 315th and final episode was broadcast. It was replaced by a new weekly podcast entitled am/fm, which features only mixes and live recordings by Chris Liebing himself. Liebing has played at

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and

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in Ibiza,

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in London,

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in Berlin, Cocoricò in Riccione and large festivals such as

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. In 2018, Liebing launched his first album in eight years: ''Burn Slow'' on

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. The album included vocal contributions from artists such as

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and

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. The album art was derived from a painting by

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. Chris became a vegan in 2011. He created a new show called AM/FM in 2015. In May 2023, Liebing did a remix for

's Ghosts Again. In March 2025, he released his second original album "Burn Slow," which includes vocals by

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, Miles Cooper Seaton and Aleen.

Discography

Albums / EP's

References

External links

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