Next weekend we’re driving up to Detroit for Movement Festival. Each ways it’s 5 hours or about 3 mixes worth of driving. One of those mixes will be Chris Liebing’s latest offering on his CLR label. Hopefully it’ll help us get in the mood for his set at the festival which, like his label, also enjoys it’s 10th anniversary this year..
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I’ve listened to the mix a couple of times and I can definitely recommend it; if it’s balls to the walls techno you’re after. Unrelenting techno—did you expect anything else?—is delivered on a plate by Liebing. Unfortunately I haven’t given it a full review but instead I’ve included a few words I was sent about it:
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The 10th anniversary compilation of CLR contains 10 tracks by some of the finest artist in the world of techno and defines the current sound of the label. The very supportive attitude of the artists involved and the fact that all tracks were specifically and exclusively produced for this purpose, add a unique character to this project.
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Musically, we dive into a universe of relentless, high tech beats and soundscapes. Big bass drops unveiling sexy grooves, hypnotizing patterns and reverb rooms that surround pounding beats with sudden high range attacks. These tracks work like crazy on the floor, and that‘s a proven fact. This is what Techno sounds like on a 2010 technology level, big room and tough but ballsy and slick, functional yet innovative: Let all hell break loose.From classic to new, that fits the list of people who contributed, that fits the formats the project is released on.
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It includes classic techno protagonists from the last 10 years like Adam Beyer, Alex Bau, Speedy J, Chris Liebing vs. Green Velvet, Function vs. Jerome Sydenham and new faces no less talented, such as Dustin Zahn, Brian Sanhaji, Monoloc, Pfirter and of course Tommy Four Seven.
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