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2LP smokey vinyl with OBI strip
“ Originally released in 1998 "First Floor” is Detroit/Chicago auteur Theo Parrish’s debut album. Released on vinyl in two parts for maximum playability; the raw bluesy, soulful offbeat grooves have long since buried themselves deep under the skin of the house community. ”

Private Listening Link: https://on.soundcloud.com/IoiiJGy2hzXDqzvvGI

Tracklist:

Electric Alleycat
JB's Edit
Dark Patterns
Heal Yourself And Move
Sky Walking



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Excluding Benelux and UK

2LP smokey vinyl with OBI strip
“ Originally released in 1998 "First Floor” is Detroit/Chicago auteur Theo Parrish’s debut album. Released on vinyl in two parts for maximum playability; the raw bluesy, soulful offbeat grooves have long since buried themselves deep under the skin of the house community. ”

Private Listening Link: https://on.soundcloud.com/IoiiJGy2hzXDqzvvGI



Tracklist:
First Floor Metaphor
Only The Beginning
Sweet Sticky
Paradise Architects
Love Is War For Miles





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2LP

GENRE/S:
Techno

TRACKLIST:
A1 Chris Liebing - Unfold
A2 Chris Liebing, Charlotte de Witte - Symphonie des Seins
A3 Chris Liebing, The Advent - Subjective Immortality

B1 Chris Liebing - Roy Batty
B2 Chris Liebing - Evolver
B3 Chris Liebing - John Connor
B4 Chris Liebing, Luke Slater - Double Split

C1 Chris Liebing, The Alte Stuben Modular Ensemble - Entangled Circuits
C2 Chris Liebing - Higher Things
C3 Chris Liebing, Speedy J - Shaping Frequencies

D1 Chris Liebing - Brooks Ave
D2 Chris Liebing - Eye C
D3 Chris Liebing - Endtrack


SHORT INFO:

Chris Liebing's first full solo techno LP, 'Evolver' is released on 27th March 2026, via his own CLR imprint. The German techno don's LP features a host of collaborators across music, images, and artwork. Luke Slater, Charlotte De Witte, Speedy J, The Advent, Terence Fixmer, Pascal Gabriel, Daniel Miller contribute to the music, while long-time collaborators Studio Bergfors deliver design, and legendary photographer Anton Corbijn shot Liebing for the project.

The Evolver LP is the sum total of Chris Liebing's three decades at the beating heart of techno. It's the record only someone whose first break as a techno DJ was playing five hours at Sven Väth's infamous Omen in Frankfurt - and who has ridden out every twist and turn of life and subcultures since, while remaining rooted in the true school, dark, sweaty techno sweat pits of the world - could have made. It's the result of deep introspection, but it's about utter immediacy. It's the sound of someone previously driven along by compulsion and happenstance at last finding the confidence to be utterly intentional about their practice, allowing them to take the most classic, familiar, proven elements from the past and render them completely new.

Evolver is also Liebing's first completely solo album. There are collaborations, yes: with old friends from the OG techno generation, Luke Slater, Speedy J, and The Advent, all on uncompromising form, and with new generation figurehead Charlotte De Witte, who provides a thrilling narration of total surrender to the moment on acid clarion call "Symphonie des Seins". But unlike all Liebing's albums to date, there's no co-pilot. Every structure, every mixdown, every choice serves his singular vision of how his untold immersion in the surging currents of the world's greatest clubs should sound. The elements are all those forged in the white heat of Omen and Tresor in the mid 90s - brutal repetition, titanium kick drums, industrial atmospherics, but also dark rave euphoria, ever present surging acid lines just on the cusp of trance, and just enough human voices to remind you of bodies on the dance floor - but rendered with all the extraordinary accumulated skill and technological developments since then.

It's Chris's vision entirely, his musings on sound, technology, and life birthing tracks like "Roy Batty." Inspired by thoughts of AI becoming sentient and hungering for more life like Rutger Hauer's titular Blade Runner character, it was one of the first tracks to emerge and a foundation stone for the album. And in pursuit of that vision, it's built like a "proper album". The anticipation and menace of intro "Unfold" tip over into the glowing hot high drama psychedelia of "Symphonie…" then the breathless headlong rush of The Advent collab and on through an unfolding narrative that goes deep, goes dark, opens out into grand vistas, takes strange turns before finally landing on the alien landscape of… well… "Endtrack".

Not everything is pummelling on Evolver - the dazzling title track feels like you've been welcomed into the courtly dance of a higher dimension civilisation, and the audacious Speedy J collab "Shaping Frequencies" is a beatless flow that tests the boundaries between signal and noise. But for all its complexity, conceptualism, and stylistic branching out, every last part unmistakably powered by that dark techno-cavern energy above all else. All of it positively radiates the qualities of Liebing's greatest work and sets to date - but somehow even more so than before. Whether you're listening for aesthetic inspiration, cerebral stimulation or just that raw physical power, this album will sweep you up into its momentum and won't let go of you until it's done.

Chris Liebing's 'Evolver' LP is released via CLR on 27th March, 2026 on 2xVinyl and digital formats.


VITAL SALES POINTS:

Chris Liebing.: Facebook: 745k Twitter: 115k Instagram: 398k TikTok: 9.8k Soundcloud: 237k YouTube: 28k
Charlotte de Witte.: Facebook: 3.1 Million, Instagram: 4.4 Million, TikTok: 1.6 Million, Soundcloud: 490k YouTube: 930k
The Advent: Facebook: 141k, Instagram: 32k, Soundcloud: 52k
Luke Slater.: Facebook: 101k, Instagram: 105k, Soundcloud: 66.8k
Speedy J.: Facebook: 133k, Instagram: 45k, Soundcloud: 73.4k YouTube 9.5k
CLR: Instagram: 12.8k YouTube: 1.9k TikTok: 1.1k Facebook: 81k Twitter: 10k
CLR Podcast: Soundcloud: 237k Mixcloud 52k / 46 stations in 25 countries, estimated reach: 6 million listeners


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In all of his years of being a certified veteran in the world of techno - from his beginning days in Napoli in the early 90s to his celebrated status around the world today - Marco Carola never once lost grip on his main priority: letting the music speak for itself. Throughout his leagues of vital releases and endless stream of DJ dates, his focus always steered clear of sensationalized press angles, or ranking up the charts; he chose to instead keep his head down and his passions high. Carola retains a rare sense of integrity, despite being an artist who's consistently changed the face of techno. He shrugs it off modestly, claiming only to "always try to do something new." "Inspiration changes a lot," he tells. "When I was a kid, I was inspired by other people's productions, and today I'm more inspired by the energy of evolving. I'm really passionate about the progress of music. I listen to all of the promos that I get sent because I look and search for something that's new to me. For me, music is still all of my passion. I don't really do many other things - I don't run a label, and I don't have people working for me because I don't want to use up the time that should be spent on music. And I think that's the reason that I'm always looking for something new: to expand even more." With the CD and Digital editions of the album coming in the form of a seamless mix, the Vinyl edition cherry-picks the cuts ripest for DJ use and presents them across three collectible 12"s. Among the tracks featured are the bass-laden groove of The Jingle, a sonic reverie filled with a vast space of percussive layers and stuttering vocals; Magic Tribe, a playground of drums and colorful beat texture; the gripping twists and turns of Kimbo; the shuffling bassline of Lighthouse, where around each loop lies a surprising new rhythmic element; Black Box, teasing and throbbing with dynamic climbs into a soundworld immersed in shadows; melodies slowly emerging and taking shape through the aptly titled Suspense; the stomping bass weight of One Man Show's wide-eyed entertainment; and potential 2011 dancefloor mainstay Freak On. "I called it 'Play It Loud!' because I think my music is based a lot on the groove and the bassline. I don't think I ever play a record if it doesn't have a bassline. So I think the way this album makes most sense is when you actually play it on a big soundsystem. Something like an iPod speakers won't probably make much sense of it. This is just my opinion of how the album should be played: loud! The energy of the music is for that."


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