Chris Liebing
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Chris Liebing (born Christopher Liebing; 11 December 1968) is a German techno DJ, music producer and radio host and the founder of the record label CLR.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BiographyEdit
Liebing was born in Gießen, Hesse. In the early 1990, he became active on the Frankfurt dance music scene.<ref name="Kellman">Kellman, Andy "Chris Liebing Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2014.</ref> He opened the Spinclub techno club in 1994, and worked at Eye Q Records in Frankfurt.<ref name="RA">"Chris Liebing Biography", Resident Advisor. Retrieved 7 June 2014.</ref> He formed his first label, 'Audio' in 1996, which was followed in 1999 by CLR.<ref name="RA" />
In 2004, he released the philosophy-themed Evolution, which took two years to make. The album was described by CMJ New Music Report as "a techno album to go to war with".<ref name="CMJ">Kleinfeld, Justin (2004) "Chris Liebing Evolution", CMJ New Music Report, 19 January 2004, p. 24. Retrieved 7 June 2014.</ref>
In 2005, he worked with Speedy J on the Collabs 3000: Metalism album, released by Novamute.<ref name="Kellman" /> The album was described by Billboard as "one of the year's best collections of original electronic music".<ref>Mason, Kerri (2005) "Collabs 3000: Metalism", Billboard, 17 December 2005, pp. 35-36. Retrieved 7 June 2014.</ref>
In 2009, he launched the CLR Podcast, which was made available every Monday via iTunes 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 Depeche Mode's Martin Gore. 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.<ref>Chris Liebing ends CLR Podcast series"[1]", Resident Advisor. Published March 9, 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.</ref>
Liebing has played at Space and Amnesia in Ibiza,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fabric in London, Berghain in Berlin, Cocoricò in Riccione<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and large festivals such as Time Warp.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, Liebing launched his first album in eight years: Burn Slow on Mute Records.<ref name=":0" /> The album included vocal contributions from artists such as Gary Numan and Polly Scattergood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album art was derived from a painting by Jan Brueghel the Younger.<ref name=":0" />
Chris became a vegan in 2011.<ref name=":0" />
He created a new show called AM/FM in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In May 2023, Liebing did a remix for Depeche Mode's Ghosts Again.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In March 2025, he released his second original album "Burn Slow," which includes vocals by Gary Numan, Cold Cave, Polly Scattergood, Miles Cooper Seaton and Aleen.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
DiscographyEdit
Albums / EP'sEdit
| Year | Title | Label | Ref. | |
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| 1999 | Audio Compilation, Vol. 2 | Fine Audio Recordings | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2003 | Audio Labelcompilation, Vol. 1-2 | Fine Audio Recordings | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2003 | Evolution | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2004 | U60311 Compilation: Techno Division, Vol… | U60311 | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2005 | Live in Beograd | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2005 | Collabs 3000: Metalism | NovaMute | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2006 | Live @ Womb Tokyo | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2007 | Live in Zurich: Rohstofflager | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2008 | Spinclub Ibiza, Season 2: The Complete C… | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2008 | Live at Nature One 2008 | CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2010 | 10 Years CLR | Cloud 9 Holland / CLR | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2018 | Burn Slow | Mute | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2021 | Another Day | Mute | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2022 | Another Night | Mute | <ref name=":1" /> | |
| 2023 | I Will Be A Devil Until I Am An Angel (with Nicole Moudaber) | CLR | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2025 | Burn SLow | Mute | <ref name=":3" /> |