Chris Liebing — SECTION., 2026

This live set was filmed in May 2026 for the SECTION. series, which showcases in-person live performances from techno figures. Chris Liebing, born in Giessen, Germany, is one of the defining names in European techno: a long-time resident of the club The Omen in Frankfurt, a regular at Berlin’s Tresor and the founder of the CLR label at the turn of the 2000s. What sets his approach apart is the format itself: rather than a conventional DJ set on turntables, he plays live on hardware and controllers, shaping tracks in real time. The filmed set illustrates his brand of hypnotic, industrial techno, built from dark pads, taut kicks and textures that shift slowly across the performance. It arrives during an active period for the artist, marked in particular by his album ‘Evolver,’ released in 2026 on CLR. No official tracklist is reproduced here, and the field is deliberately left empty. The recording foregrounds the live gesture, the gradual construction of the set and the precision of a musician known as much for his work on raw sound as for his mixing.