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.
Biography Liebing was born in Gießen, Hesse. In the early 1990, he became active on the Frankfurt dance music scene.Kellman, Andy "Chris Liebing Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2014. He opened the Spinclub techno club in 1994, and worked at Eye Q Records in Frankfurt."Chris Liebing Biography", Resident Advisor. Retrieved 7 June 2014. He formed his first label, 'Audio' in 1996, which was followed in 1999 by CLR.
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".Kleinfeld, Justin (2004) "Chris Liebing Evolution", CMJ New Music Report, 19 January 2004, p. 24. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
In 2005, he worked with Speedy J on the Collabs 3000: Metalism album, released by Novamute. The album was described by Billboard as "one of the year's best collections of original electronic music".Mason, Kerri (2005) "Collabs 3000: Metalism", Billboard, 17 December 2005, pp. 35-36. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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.Chris Liebing ends CLR Podcast series"", Resident Advisor. Published March 9, 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
Liebing has played at Space and Amnesia in Ibiza, Fabric in London, Berghain in Berlin, Cocoricò in Riccione and large festivals such as Time Warp. In 2018, Liebing launched his first album in eight years: Burn Slow on Mute Records. The album included vocal contributions from artists such as Gary Numan and Polly Scattergood. The album art was derived from a painting by Jan Brueghel the Younger.
Liebing became a vegan in 2011.
He created a new show called AM/FM in 2015.
In May 2023, Liebing did a remix for Depeche Mode's Ghosts Again.
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.
Discography
Albums / EP's +YearTitleLabelRef.1999Audio Compilation, Vol. 2Fine Audio Recordings2003Audio Labelcompilation, Vol. 1-2Fine Audio Recordings2003EvolutionCLR2004U60311 Compilation: Techno Division, Vol...U603112005Live in BeogradCLR2005Collabs 3000: MetalismNovaMute2006Live @ Womb TokyoCLR2007Live in Zurich: RohstofflagerCLR2008Spinclub Ibiza, Season 2: The Complete C...CLR2008Live at Nature One 2008CLR201010 Years CLRCloud 9 Holland / CLR2018Burn SlowMute2021Another DayMute2022Another NightMute2023I Will Be A Devil Until I Am An Angel (with Nicole Moudaber)CLR2025Burn SLowMute
References
External links Chris Liebing at Discogs Chris Liebing tracklisting archive