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Chris Liebing presents the CLR Podcast 032 with Tommy Four Seven.... Listen to this massive and awesome sound! Tommy’s been steadily building his catalogue of strong, moody and hypnotic dancefloor destroyers such as early hits on Parisian label, Kill Brique and recent recordings for Wolfskuil Records, Speedy J’s Electric Deluxe and Chris Liebing’s CLR, as well as remixes for the likes of Josh Wink and Darko Esser. His approach to music is unlike a musician. Instead, Tommy prefers to sound design, recording and sculpting elements into deep engaging atmospheres. It’s this production ethos Tommy also applies in the club, morphing from tech-house, to the darker realms of techno. “I always keep the foundations deep and hypnotic, a vibe I feel that creates more of a connection.” Giving his own contribution to techno, in 2008 Tommy launched deep techno imprint, Shooting Elvis. Gathering artists from Mark Broom to Remute, to Sebastian Roya to James Kronier, choosing to release quality rather than quantity, an attitude that has not gone unnoticed with supporters including Ben Klock, Len Faki, Joel Mull and Paco Osuna. 01. Samuli Kemppi / Joiku / Prologue 02. Alex Smoke / Scurvy / Hum and Haw 03. Perc / Mathlete / Ovum 04. Perc & Metalogic / Bouncer (Perc Remix) / Perc Trax 05. T47 / T47 / T47 06. Sendai / Sustain The Chain / Time To Express 07. Deuce / Cue Ed / Ostgut Ton 08. Richard Seeley / Friggot / VeryVeryWrongIndeed Recordings 09. Inigo Kennedy / Signal II / Token 10. Cio D'or & Donato Dozzy / Limone / Time To Express 11. Orphx / Threshold (Substance Remix) / Sonic Groove 12. Tommy Four Seven / Surma (T47 Tool) / Electric Deluxe 13. Tommy Four Seven / Surma (Speedy J Dub Tool) / Electric Deluxe 14. The Delta / Anvil (Remix) / Perc Trax 15. Phase / Decode / Token 16. Deuce / Twerp Wiz / Ostgut Ton 17. Substance / Relish (Shed Remix) / Scion Versions 18. Pierre Henry /  Mer Intérieure / INA-GRM

Drumcell Founder of Droid Recordings and co-founder of Droid Behavior, Drumcell has been one of techno's greatest allies in Southern California in recent times. Associating with the members of Acid Circus to form Droid Behavior as an event production group and record label was the next logical step to raise awareness for techno in the city and to help expose local Artists, established djs, and performers from around the country. Over the last 5 years Drumcell has rocked parties from big to small on a weekly basis in LA as well as gigs all over the U.S. and has also released quite a few heavy trax on labels omniscient, remains, heavy Industries, and his own DROID Recordings imprint. Drumcell has been known to keep on the edge of technology and continuously pushing the limits to what the future has to offer. He is always in the process of developing homebrew software as well as cutting edge hardware solution to bring a fresh innovative taste to his production and performances. With the state of electronic music in North America leaning towards stripped down funk rather then progressive fluff these days, Droid has become the center for LA techno and Drumcell remains steadfast in his mission of putting this city on the global map.

DJ Emerson... ...from the beginning it has been emersons motto not to rest on his laurels and to always keep his ears to the street. Putting on music, he would not simply stay with breakbeat but instead he discovered techno and later-on the slower house adapted variants of electronic dance music. This great mixture of sounds still distinguishes emerson's funky and modern style of music . Although by now Emerson got used to flying from one big city to another, he still likes it best to put on music in berlin after all. here he just feels most comfortable, deeming berlin his artistic home. someone who is a dj, producer and a label manager at the same time does not simply make music, his life is music. he does not want to be the centre of attention, who – with much boasting – boosts his own ego. As such, he actually still remains to be more of a fan than a professionally calculating artist. Someone, who loves and lives music and who wants to make other people dance – it all comes down to simply being a datajockey. by now, emerson has released two own artist albums, currently working on the third one, two mix cds (boy got bass 3 has just been reocrded) and over 30 vinyl maxis and various remixes. in addition, he composed an own soundtrack for the hustler porn dj groupie the movie and on and on it goes… Tracklisting CLR podcast # 30 01. intro / chesperito - the loot - upon you 02. pan pot - confronted - mobilee 03. paul ritch - jackson flavour - 100% pure 04. marcus meinhardt - h.end - upon you 05. superflu - rolloch - monaberry 06. dubfire - rabid - sci+tec 07. dj emerson - rattlesnake suitcase (masuki rmx) - micro.fon digital 08. oliver klein vs harada - fisherman (juergen driessen rmx) - micro.fon 09. radio slave - nerverending - ostgut 10. function - burn - sandwell district 11. james ruskin & regis - interior - blueprint 12. radio slave - koma koma (steve lawler rmx) - rekids 13. unknown - wax no. 20002 14. valentino kanzyani - we are all vacuume - jesus loved you 15. sebrok - vision - mini sketch 16. flavio diaz - another last cigarette - loose 17. anton pieete and delete - minuten - sci+tec 18. audion - on my way to the center - spectral 19. dj hell - the dj feat p.diddy - gigolo

CLR Podcast | 029 | Chris Liebing live from "BE" at Space, Ibiza Part 2 Get ready for PART TWO of Chris Liebing´s two-hour-special-dj-set from BE AT SPACE. The first hour already was just the beginning - this time you get another dose of pure techno at it´s best from Mister CLR Podcast. Live from Ibiza. QUE TE DIVIERTAS!!

Dubfire Dubfire’s “jet-black, polished-chrome techno” of 2009 harnesses three and a half years of upward momentum, highlighted by notable productions and remixes landing at the top of "best of" charts and set lists the world over After 15 ground-breaking years topping charts, winning Grammys, and earning acclaim as one-half of legendary electronic partnership Deep Dish—Dubfire returned to his roots: a diverse foundation spanning punk, industrial/new wave, jazz, dub, hip-hop, house and techno. As Dubfire's productions delved into techno's moodier, sonically-edgier dimensions, critics and fans alike celebrated the new direction with admiration and enthusiasm. His productions and remixes garnered massive popularity - 8 are listed on Beatport’s "Best of DJ Charts, 2009". Amongst his contemporaries, Dubfire remains a unique DJ, producer, and remixer-eager to hone and further evolve his signature sound. With an unmatched hunger to conquer the latest frontiers in electronic dance music and its rapidly changing technology, Dubfire delivers the unexpected and has no intention of slowing down. I try to apply a punk ethic to my own music...it has to be groundbreaking, futuristic, unique and organic."

Chris Liebing is a Techno pioneer, dj, producer, radio host and the driving force behind CLR. He has been one of the first djs who fully embraced the digital age of music. Since then he has never stopped working on his dj and production setup and has finally reached a point of complete satisfaction with his technical and artistic possibilities. This year Chris and his team celebrate 10 years of CLR. Besides many releases and special events, Chris plays at his new residency at „BE“ at Space on Ibiza till the 3rd September, every thursday! A brand-new 1h set of the CLR podcast presenter and voice himself, Chris Liebing. live from BE at Space, Ibiza. Listen and enjoy!

CLR Podcast | 026 | Speedy J. live from "BE" at Space, Ibiza Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist owes the nickname Speedy J to his DJ skills) is unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux. Together with people like Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin he helped raising the genre just after it had escaped the Detroit delivery room. Since the early nineties, Speedy J releases on labels like Plus 8, Warp and Novamute After fifteen years of techno Speedy J now has come full circle. Blurring the lines between Live performance and Digital Djing, he fuses subversive electronics and peak time Techno. Together with his partner in crime Chris Liebing he started using Traktor and other Software technology on 4 laptops with hardware such as Machine Drum and 303’s to create a fully integrated set. Not only setting the bar for peak hour Techno madness, Electric Deluxe becomes the platform for his Collabs series that started on Novamute, as well as releases by open minded artists like Chris Liebing, George Issakidis, Tommy Four Seven and Terrence Fixmer to showcase the value of creative synergy using newest technology. Speedy J’s musical vision is genre blurring, creative freedom at the highest level of innovation and quality, it is providing a platform for artists operating within any conceivable genre in the broad spectrum of techno to fully explore and embrace the ever-expanding technological possibilities.

CLR Podcast | 025 | Ben Klock live from "BE" at Space, Ibiza Ben Klock creates with his sets an atmosphere, which is grounded in deepness. His styles range from dry, but meaty minimal beats to heart opening rave orgasms. He blends Detroit and Chicagio tracks from the good old days into those of the present worth being played out. In his past he starts to play piano at an early stage, does gigs as a singer and guitarist in a rock band. Generally, he always engages in a lot different genres. In the 90s, gigs at Berlin based clubs like Tresor, WMF and Cookies have firmly placed Ben on the map of the Capital’s nightlife. Since the opening of the legendary Beghain, he also is a steady fixture of this most popular Berlin club. Berghain is a place committed to the tradition of huge, excessive Techno nights. At the same time, it is the breeding ground for a lot of new things.“This is, where I find the freedom I need!“ Now you have the chance to get an 1hour set from him for free. Have fun with this massive 1h set of Ben Klock live from BE at Space, Ibiza! Enjoy it!

CLR Podcast | 024 | Oliver Huntemann live from "BE" at Space, Ibiza 01. Moby - Pale Horses (Apparat Remix) 02. Paul Kalkbrenner - Altes Kamuffel 03. Cari Lekebusch - Fletcher 04. Steve Bug & Paris The Black Fu - Swallowed Too Much Bass 05. Lee van Dowski & Anja Schneider - La Roulette 06. Two - Two Flip 07. André Winter - Dogma 08. Oliver Huntemann - Rikarda 09. Sebrok - Airspeed 10. Klugermann - Echidna 11. Pan-Pot - Confronted 12. Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Fuego Hamburg-based recording artist and DJ Oliver Huntemann is, without doubt, one of the few activists from the early days still holding the torch. When acid house took Germany by storm in the late eighties, Oliver immediately knew that this was his thing - he was electrified! Through a trillion records and a wealth of projects - from the foundation of the successful dance labels Confused and Dance Electric to Huntemann and H-Man releases, via the highly profilic concept series Rekorder with Stephan Bodzin on labels like Cocoon, Gigolo or Giant Wheel, not forgetting those on his own labels and, last but not least, building the Super 8 Studio - Oliver Huntemann has yet to grow tired of serving up state of the art music! His instinctive awareness that, in terms of styles and influences, electronic dance music is - and always will be - about renewal, has allowed him to maintain a unique freshness and keep his special touch very much alive. His latest coup is a new label: Ideal. Ideal is totally dedicated to fresh electronic music, primarily in the form of his own productions. Releasing tracks as Oliver Huntemann is a perfect reflection of his personal approach to the label. Following remixes for some of the biggest names in electronic music such as Depeche Mode, Underworld, Chemical Brothers and a successful collaboration with Dubfire (Deep Dish), Oliver is still one of the hottest producers on the scene.

Canada’s Mathew Jonson has become one of the preeminent producers and dj’s in electronic music today. Recording on internationally renowned labels such as Sub Static, Minus, Perlon, Kompakt, Itiswhatitis, Arbutus, and now on his newly formed label Wagon Repair, Jonson has created some of the most influential tracks of the past few years. Tracks such as ‘Decompression’, ‘Alpine Rocket’ w/ Luciano, ‘Marionette’, ‘Folding Space, ‘Typerope’, and ‘Return of the Zombie Bikers’ have found themselves on the top ten lists of artists such as Gilles Peterson, Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Sven Vath and Laurent Garnier as well as magazines such as URB, FACT, DJ, GO, Raveline, Trax and Groove, where he also received accolades as ‘Best Producer of 2004’ and Best Producer 2006. Mathew’s music is a hybrid of styles; forging influences from techno, jazz, house, drum ‘n’ bass and fusion to create flowing bass lines and synth melodies that have influenced his trademark tech-fusion sound. With appearances on mix albums from Carl Craig, Daniel Bell, Adam Beyer and Ricardo Villalobos, and remixes for everyone from the Chemical Brothers and Moby to Nelly Furtado, Jonson has developed a large and varied following internationally. Mathew’s modesty continues to speak through the meditative sounds created in his studio, a testament both to his musicianship and his authentic nature.

CLR Podcast | 022 | Dustin Zahn 01. Harmonic 313 - Music Substitute System 02. Syncom Data - Beyond the Stars (Speedy J Remix) 03. Humate - Love Stimulation (Radio Slave Beats) 04. Mirko Loko - Bluebook 05. Chris Liebing - Discombobulated 06. Edit-Select - Bauer 07. Gary Beck - On the Run (Edit-Select Remix) 08. Zuni - Hoodwinked (Kevin Gorman Remix) 09. Tommy Four Seven - Surma (Speedy J Dub Tool) 10. Donato Dozzy & Giorgio Gigli - Real Love EQ - Itay 11. The Kooky Scientist - Busy Signal 12. Edit-Select - Aurian 13. Marco Carola & G-Man - Zippy 14. Kalet - Living Like a Child (Edgar de Ramon Remix) 15. Chris Liebing - Auf und Davon (Zahn's Solera Edit) 16. Dubfire - Roadkill (Dustin Zahn's Enemy Mix) 17. Psyk - Cubes 18. Len Faki - BX3 19. DJ Rob Little - Pulsate (HMC Remix) 20. Planetary Assault Systems - Forms 21. Seth Troxler - Aphrika 22. Mark Broom meets Dustin Zahn - Leave Me Alone (Edit-Select vs Gary Beck Remix) 23. Speedy J - Klave 24. Acid Circus - Vsnares 25. Mark Broom - The Seducer 26. Silent Servant - Demonstration 27. Lee Van Dowski - The Variable Man 28. Timid Boy - La Nuit 29. Par Grindvik - Ensemble (Decimal Remix) 30. The Machine - Area36 31. Ed Chamberlain - Zarathustra Remastered 32. Ten Madison - The Dark Chamber After being influenced by mix-tapes of artists such as Richie Hawtin, Dustin began writing music purely for fun. Shortly after, Dustin met future-partner Ian Lehman, who was established in the mid-west rave scene. Ian explained to him that music similar to his was played at parties called raves. Ian invited him to one of his shows and Dustin took his offer to see what he was talking about. After being exposed to just one party, Dustin knew this was his future. Dustin started doing a Live PA at various local parties and quickly became a favorite. After a year, Dustin stepped up to the decks and won just as much respect as he did with his productions. In early 2001, Dustin and Ian both agreed to take things to the next level. They put a halt on bookings and concentrated on the studio. A year later their work had emerged onto vinyl and all over the internet, creating a serious buzz. Abiotic was born, and the duo formed The Attack People. 
A few words can easily describe Dustin Zahn's style: moody, tribal, dark, and hypnotic. Since Dustin co-founded Abiotic Recordings with Ian Lehman in 2001, he's finished projects for labels such as Livewire Records (Detroit), Analytic Trail (Italy) and Invasion (Belgium). His tracks have been received support from techno producers such as Redhead, Adam Beyer, Danilo Vigorito, Tim Xavier, Ben Sims, Chris Liebing, Dave Clarke, Umek, and countless more. Together with partner Ian Lehman, they perform a Live PA under the moniker "The Attack People" which fuses tribalism and just plain twisted beats. Dustin is known for his diverse 3-table sets and smooth mixing through all styles of techno.

CLR Podcast | 021 | Alex Bau 01. Alex Bau - "Shakalak (Shake the Disease Mix)" (Sino) 02. Kaiserdisco - "Espandrillo" (MBF) 03. Kapuchon & Benny Rodriguez - "The Finger (Radio Slave Remix)" (Spinclub) 04. D-Nox & Beckers - "Cala a Boca" (Sprout) 05. Pfirter - "Mi Auto" (Stockholm Ltd) 06. Side B - "Corn Panic" (unrel.) 07. Umek - "Destructibel Environment" (Sixteenofive) 08. Secret Cinema - "Timeless Altitude 2009" (unrel.) 09. Alex Bau - "End of the Bleep (never coming out Chordmix)" 10. Secret Cinema - "Reaktivator" (unrel.) 11. Loop from Kraftwerk`s "Tour de France Etape 2" 12. Pig & Dan - "Heat" (Yoshitoshi) 13. Loop from Radio Slave`s Grindhouse Tool`s Danton Eprom Remix 14. Edit Select - "Consumed (Edit Select Remix)" (Edit Select) 15. Dusty Kid - "Train No. 2" (Boxer) What could you say about a guy, being "on board" for more than 10 years, travelling around half of the world with his sound and who is about to break up barriers between minimal, technotic sounds and straight techno? Words can not equal the experience you can make when you meet alex in the mood for "clubbing". Crunchy, bleeping sounds, half an hour later you can not be sure to be safe from stright techno and finally he`s playing some even trancy tunes, and the only comment you can get from him is: "Why not, if it fits?" Every single mix sounds incredibly tight, an absolutely precise feeling for the next best possible record for the moment is his trademark. Like a maniac he is controlling the dancefloor, cooking it up and finally giving it the relief by giving it the chance to explode. His very versatile productions for his own label Toneman but also for world-famous labels like Zenit, Ante Zenit, Chris Liebing`s CLR and many more exactly show what he is all about: Fighting purism, combining styles, showing that one artist can have different faces and even being able to combine them without loosing credibility. Why? Because it`s fun. For the artist, for the dancefloor. Why focussing on "Minimal", "Techhouse" or "Techno" if you can have all?

CLR Podcast | 020 | Speedy J. | Playlist 01. Agoria - Baboul Hair Cuttin (Radio Slave Remix) 02. Syncom Data - Beyond the stars (Speedy J remix) 03. Duoteque - Logo 04. Pig and Dan - Eiffel Nights 05. Terence Fixmer - Hypnose (Radio Slave nose to the floor remix) 06. James Ruskin - Sabre 07. Collabs ft Speedy J Chris Liebing - Part03_106_Noise 08. Speedy J - Red Shift 09. Inigo Kennedy - Preliminary Statements 10. Acid Circus - Vsnares 11. Poni Hoax - Hypercommunication (alter ego remix) 12. Tommy Four Seven - Surma (Speedy J dub tool) 13. Len Faki - My Black Sheep - Samuel L. Session's Bang The Drum Mix 14. Phil Kieran - I love You (Adam Beyer & Lenk Dub) Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist owes the nickname Speedy J to his DJ skills) is unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux. Together with people like Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin he helped raising the genre just after it had escaped the Detroit delivery room. Since the early nineties, Speedy J releases on labels like Plus 8, Warp and Novamute After fifteen years of techno Speedy J now has come full circle. Blurring the lines between Live performance and Digital Djing, he fuses subversive electronics and peak time Techno. Together with his partner in crime Chris Liebing he started using Traktor and other Software technology on 4 laptops with hardware such as Machine Drum and 303’s to create a fully integrated set. Not only setting the bar for peak hour Techno madness, Electric Deluxe becomes the platform for his Collabs series that started on Novamute, as well as releases by open minded artists like Chris Liebing, George Issakidis, Tommy Four Seven and Terrence Fixmer to showcase the value of creative synergy using newest technology. Speedy J’s musical vision is genre blurring, creative freedom at the highest level of innovation and quality, it is providing a platform for artists operating within any conceivable genre in the broad spectrum of techno to fully explore and embrace the ever-expanding technological possibilities.

CLR Podcast | 019 | A. Mochi | Playlist A.Mochi is one of the most prolific producers, Live performers and DJs in Tokyo's Techno scene. As a producer he released his music with labels like Len Faki's Figure, Francois K's WaveTec or Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver. Initially Rock music captured his attentions as a younger man, however, the impact of the heavy, fat bass and beats of electro music changed his musical life forever, which became the basis of his career today. In 2007, after releases on labels like 'Highland', 'Hardsignal' and 'Tremors' gathered him some respect, he signed a release with 'Mote-Evolver' owned by the UK's legendary techno pioneer Luke Slater. In October last year, 'Battery EP' which was released on Figure, the label owned by resident of one of the world’s most famous clubs (Berlin's Berghain / Panoramabar), Len Faki. 2009 see a further release on Figure, (Figure 19) and his work as a Remixer of Shin Nishimura in May for the label 'SCI+TEC Digital Audio', the label of Dubfire aka Deep Dish. His profound work finds wide acceptance by popular artists like Len Faki, Luke Slater, Francois K., Chris Liebing, Dave Clarke, Adam Beyer, Dubfire, TomCraft to name a few. By launching his very own label 'Resound Records' in 2007, he has started this as a platform to build connections with other Japanese artists, and support the thriving local scene with even more new music. As a producer and artist, A.Mochi will certainly bring even more sophisticated, powerful music to his audience in the year to come. 01. Planetary Assault Systems - Whoodoo (Ostgut Ton) 02. Mirai - Sabbath (Resoud) 03. Brian Ffar - Billy Bought A Laser - Pan-Pot Remix (Siteholder) 04. Chris Liebing - Auf und davon (CLR) 05. A.Mochi - Whiplash (Figure) 06. Side B - Corn Panic (Gemini) 07. Pfirter - De A Poco (Figure) 08. Joseph Capriati - Kontrol Room (Drumcode) 09. A.Mochi - Harvester edit (Figure) 10. Dustin_Zahn - Stranger To Stability - Len Faki podium mix (Rekids) 11. Joel Mull&Adam Beyer - Forming Dies - Jerome Sydenham Remix (Drumcode) 12. Len Faki - BX3 (Ostgut Ton) 13. A.Mochi - Black Out (Figure)

This week Chris Liebing presents CLR Podcast - 018 with Pfirter Pfirter is one of the main icons of the electronic scene in Argentina. Juan Pablo Pfirter has developed a very unique and personal style, mainly because of his very particular set, that includes House, Minimal Techno and Techno. Pfirter is nowadays considered one of the argentinian dj’s with the biggest international projection, with releases under his own name or under the duo PlanTec, released on labels as 2020 Vision, Stockholm Ltd, MindTrip Music, Acktivism Recordings, GHRK among others. This records are played and charted by artists like Sven Väth, Par Grindvik, Chris Liebing, Chris Fortier, Christian Smith, Paul Woolford, Xpansul, Joey Beltram, Davide Squillace and Eddie Richards among others. Besides, He’s also member of GrooveSquad, along with dj Juan Pablo Sgalia. Together, they perform on a Back 2 Back format, with 4 Tourntables, 2 Mixers and effects. Their sets are well known for its length. But Juan Pablo’s presence on the Argentinean electronic scene is not recent. He's been working on dance stations in Buenos Aires almost for 2 decades, since the beginning of electronic radio stations (Z 95, X4, Energy FM, Power, Eco FM). He also performs in the biggest festivals in the region: South American Music Conference, Personal Fest, BUE, Winter Music Conference, Bs As Parade. And also in clubs and festivals in Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, USA, Germany. Now you have the chance to get an 1hour set from him for free, so keep your eyes and ears open… CLR Podcast | 018 | Pfirter playlist 01 - JAMES KUMO - The Deep - Metamorphic Recordings - 02 - PFIRTER - Hidrogeno - Promo - 03 - BRIAN SANHAJI - Critical Mass - Monoloc Remix - 04 - A-INC - 2 Eyes - Material - 05 - DUSTIN ZAHN - Dutch Rudder 420 - MindShake Records - 06 - MISC - Confirmed - Perc Trax - 07 - REMUTE - Bigbenization - Snork Enterprises - 08 - KEVIN GORMAN - Insomnia - Mikrowave - 09 - LEN FAKI - BX 3 - Ostgut - 10 - PFIRTER - The Dub Track - Unreleased - 11 - PFIRTER - Bad Luck - Stockholm LTD - 12 - SYNTEC, QUICK - Sheepskin - Remute Remix - Momentum - 13 - ALEX UNDER - Azul Terio Techno - CMYK Musik -