AM/FM BY CHRIS LIEBING

This week´s AM/FM is the fifth hour that I played at the night of World League at Bob Beaman Club in Munich on the 29th of January 2016, where I was booked to play an open to close set. I had never been to the club before, so I didn't really know what to expect, especially how intimate and cosy it would be. I do love to open a night and set the tone for the rest, especially when I can also play the rest ;). I already noticed in the very beginning that it would be quite a night, as the sound system, the layout and the crowd of the club were a perfect combination. I am used to playing longer sets in Munich, as I have done that many times before in the past 20 years that I have played in this city, but this one somehow topped all the other ones before. The night was supposed to end at 6, but I continued till past 8 and I basically only stopped because I managed to kill the amps of the monitoring system at the end, and to me that was kind of a sign that it was all said and done. I was happy, the people were happy and we all left with a smile. So all in all the set will be covered by 1h pieces in 8 weeks right here. I hope you will enjoy the trip as much as I did. Thank you World League and Bob Beaman Club and all of the amazing people who showed up for that memorable night.

This week´s AM/FM is the fourth hour that I played at the night of World League at Bob Beaman Club in Munich on the 29th of January 2016, where I was booked to play an open to close set. I had never been to the club before, so I didn't really know what to expect, especially how intimate and cosy it would be. I do love to open a night and set the tone for the rest, especially when I can also play the rest ;). I already noticed in the very beginning that it would be quite a night, as the sound system, the layout and the crowd of the club were a perfect combination. I am used to playing longer sets in Munich, as I have done that many times before in the past 20 years that I have played in this city, but this one somehow topped all the other ones before. The night was supposed to end at 6, but I continued till past 8 and I basically only stopped because I managed to kill the amps of the monitoring system at the end, and to me that was kind of a sign that it was all said and done. I was happy, the people were happy and we all left with a smile. So all in all the set will be covered by 1h pieces in 8 weeks right here. I hope you will enjoy the trip as much as I did. Thank you World League and Bob Beaman Club and all of the amazing people who showed up for that memorable night.

This week´s AM/FM is the third hour that I played at the night of World League at Bob Beaman Club in Munich on the 29th of January 2016, where I was booked to play an open to close set. I had never been to the club before, so I didn't really know what to expect, especially how intimate and cosy it would be. I do love to open a night and set the tone for the rest, especially when I can also play the rest ;). I already noticed in the very beginning that it would be quite a night, as the sound system, the layout and the crowd of the club were a perfect combination. I am used to playing longer sets in Munich, as I have done that many times before in the past 20 years that I have played in this city, but this one somehow topped all the other ones before. The night was supposed to end at 6, but I continued till past 8 and I basically only stopped because I managed to kill the amps of the monitoring system at the end, and to me that was kind of a sign that it was all said and done. I was happy, the people were happy and we all left with a smile. So all in all the set will be covered by 1h pieces in 8 weeks right here. I hope you will enjoy the trip as much as I did. Thank you World League and Bob Beaman Club and all of the amazing people who showed up for that memorable night.

This week´s AM/FM is the second hour that I played at the night of World League at Bob Beaman Club in Munich on the 29th of January 2016, where I was booked to play an open to close set. I had never been to the club before, so I didn't really know what to expect, especially how intimate and cosy it would be. I do love to open a night and set the tone for the rest, especially when I can also play the rest ;). I already noticed in the very beginning that it would be quite a night, as the sound system, the layout and the crowd of the club were a perfect combination. I am used to playing longer sets in Munich, as I have done that many times before in the past 20 years that I have played in this city, but this one somehow topped all the other ones before. The night was supposed to end at 6, but I continued till past 8 and I basically only stopped because I managed to kill the amps of the monitoring system at the end, and to me that was kind of a sign that it was all said and done. I was happy, the people were happy and we all left with a smile. So all in all the set will be covered by 1h pieces in 8 weeks right here. I hope you will enjoy the trip as much as I did. Thank you World League and Bob Beaman Club, and all of the amazing people who showed up for that memorable night.

This week´s AM/FM is the first hour that I played at Bob Beaman Club in Munich on the 29th of January 2016, where I was booked to play an open to close set. I had never been to the club before, so I didn't really know what to expect, especially how intimate and cosy it would be. I do love to open a night and set the tone for the rest, especially when I can also play the rest ;). I already noticed in the very beginning that it would be quite a night, as the sound system, the layout and the crowd of the club were a perfect combination. I am used to playing longer sets in Munich, as I have done that many times before in the past 20 years that I have played in this city, but this one somehow topped all the other ones before. The night was supposed to end at 6, but I continued till past 8 and I basically only stopped because I managed to kill the amps of the monitoring system at the end, and to me that was kind of a sign that it was all said and done. I was happy, the people were happy and we all left with a smile. So all in all the set will be covered by 1h pieces in 8 weeks right here. I hope you will enjoy the trip as much as I did. Thank you Bob Beaman Club and all of the amazing people who showed up for that memorable night.

This week´s AM/FM is the recording of the second and last hour that I played at Blue Parrot in Playa del Carmen / Mexico at the BPM Festival. It was a special night, because I had the honour to open up for Danny Tenaglia. I tried to build up my set, while having the people dancing, but not yet on maximum level, something that I have learned in the early days back in Frankfurt when I was resident at the Omen in the nineties, and which is something that I still love to do. Danny followed with an amazing set later on, including some extreme goose bump moments when he paid tribute to the late David Bowie by mixing in "Let's Dance" (in his opening) and "Space Oddity" later. He just masters the craft of editing tracks and has a unique selection of music. He proved to me again the point that you should not trust a DJ younger than 45, which you can read more about here: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9698-classics-never-die-what-it-means-for-djs-to-grow-old/ I really believe some DJs are like a good red wine…… Anyways, I hope you also enjoy the second hour of this a little bit different approach to a set. Oh, and btw., you can actually watch the whole night also on BE-AT.TV…

This week´s AM/FM is the recording of the first hour that I played at Blue Parrot in Playa del Carmen / Mexico at the BPM Festival. It was a special night, because I had the honour to open up for Danny Tenaglia. I tried to build up my set, while having the people dancing, but not yet on maximum level, something that I have learned in the early days back in Frankfurt when I was resident in the Omen in the nineties, and which is something that I still love to do. Danny followed with an amazing set later on, including some extreme goose bump moments when he paid tribute to the late David Bowie by mixing in "Let's Dance" (in his opening) and "Space Oddity" later. He just masters the craft of editing tracks and has a unique selection of music. He proved to me again the point that you should not trust a DJ younger than 45 - which you can read more about here: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9698-classics-never-die-what-it-means-for-djs-to-grow-old/ I really believe some DJs are like a good red wine…… Anyways, I hope you enjoy this a little bit different approach to a set, and next week you will get the second and final hour. Oh, and btw., you can actually watch the whole night also on BE-AT.TV…

This week´s AM/FM show is a recording of the second and last hour that I played on New Year´s Eve in Rome at Spazio 900 for the Cosmo Festival. What an incredible pleasure and honour it was for me to end the year 2015 and begin the year 2016 in beautiful Rome. My set started about 22:30 right after Ben Klock and I played till 1am, so right through midnight. The energy in Italy is always on maximum level, but this NYE added an even more special vibe. I wasn't really sure what to do at midnight, somehow I didn't really think about it before (shame on my lazy ass). So when midnight came closer I chose to throw in the amazing remix by Tale Of Us for Radio Slave´s "Don't stop, no sleep", knowing it has that nice break and if I timed it right, it would be happening right at 0:00. But somehow I thought it needs to be a bit more special, so I thought of a countdown, but didn't have one, then I thought of numbers… and "Numbers" by Kraftwerk came to mind, so I quickly tried to mix that in, which didn't really work in the beginning as you might notice on the recording. But I managed to fix it, so this was how that "mix" came together. Someone also gave me a mobile phone with a countdown on it, in case you wanna watch it on video, Fra909 filmed that bit: https://www.facebook.com/Fra909Tv/videos/931765546861081/ Fun fact on the side: The first kick-drum of 2016 came from Italian producers (Tale Of Us) in Rome… sounds like a good Omen for 2016 in Italy. Here you have the final hour - or to be precise, the final 76 minutes of the set. Hope you enjoy!

This week´s AM/FM show is a recording of the first hour that I played on New Year´s Eve in Rome at Spazio 900 for the Cosmo Festival. What an incredible pleasure and honour it was for me to end the year 2015 and begin the year 2016 in beautiful Rome. My set started about 22:30 right after Ben Klock and I played till 1am, so right through midnight. The energy in Italy is always on maximum level, but this NYE added an even more special vibe. I wasn't really sure what to do at midnight, somehow I didn't really think about it before (shame on my lazy ass). So when midnight came closer I chose to throw in the amazing remix by Tale Of Us for Radio Slave´s "Don't stop, no sleep", knowing it has that nice break and if I timed it right, it would be happening right at 0:00. But somehow I thought it needs to be a bit more special, so I thought of a countdown, but didn't have one, then I thought of numbers… and "Numbers" by Kraftwerk came to mind, so I quickly tried to mix that in, which didn't really work in the beginning as you might notice on the recording. But I managed to fix it, so this was how that "mix" came together. Someone also gave me a mobile phone with a countdown on it, in case you wanna watch it on video, Fra909 filmed that bit: https://www.facebook.com/Fra909Tv/videos/931765546861081/ Fun fact on the side: The first kick-drum of 2016 came from Italian producers (Tale Of Us) in Rome… sounds like a good Omen for 2016 in Italy. Next week you will get the rest of the set. Hope you enjoy!

This week´s recording is the third and last hour of my set that I played in Grenoble for La Belle Electrique. It is no coincidence that the last AM/FM set of 2015 and the first two sets in 2016 come from a gig in France. France's scene developed so incredibly in the past 4-6 years and in the year 2015 I can recall quite a few outstanding nights, not only in Paris, Aix en Provence, Lyon or other places, but also in this case Grenoble. I have never been to Grenoble before, but for some reason the name of the city triggers images of James Bond, skiing and Olympic Winter Games in my head, don't ask me why. I love to be in or near high mountains anyways, so it was exciting for me to visit this city for the first time in my life. With Monoloc playing just before me, the night turned out to be quite deep and trippy from the beginning and the crowd seemed to be ready to just go on a ride. So here comes the third hour, I hope you enjoy… and also find some new tunes here and there…(yes, I have been digging). Now that you have all three parts you could also put them together in a playlist and listen to the whole set with seamless transitions. Oh, and I even did some sightseeing the next day and went up the Bastille... quite some amazing views…

This week´s recording is the second hour of my set that I played in Grenoble for La Belle Electrique. It is no coincidence that the last AM/FM set of 2015 and the first couple of sets in 2016 come from a gig in France. France's scene developed so incredibly in the past 4-6 years and in the year 2015 I can recall quite a few outstanding nights, not only in Paris, Aix en Provence, Lyon or other places, but also in this case Grenoble. I have never been to Grenoble, but for some reason the name of the city triggers images of James Bond, skiing and Olympic Winter Games in my head, don't ask me why. I love to be in or near high mountains anyways, so it was exciting for me to visit this city for the first time in my life. With Monoloc playing just before me, the night turned out to be quite deep and trippy from the beginning and the crowd seemed to be ready to just go on a ride. So here comes the second hour, I hope you enjoy… and also find some new tunes here and there…(yes, I have been digging). Oh, and I even did some sightseeing the next day and went up the Bastille... quite some amazing views...

This week´s recording is the first hour of my set that I played in Grenoble for La Belle Electrique. It is no coincidence that the last AM/FM set of the year comes from a gig in France. France's scene developed so incredibly in the past 4-6 years and in the year 2015 I can recall quite a few outstanding nights, not only in Paris, Aix en Provence, Lyon or other places, also in this case Grenoble. I have never been to Grenoble, but for some reason the name of the city triggers images of James Bond, skiing and Olympic Winter Games in my head, don't ask me why. I love to be in or near high mountains anyways, so it was exciting for me to visit this city for the first time in my life. With Monoloc playing just before me, the night turned out to be quite deep and trippy from the beginning and the crowd seemed to be ready to just go on a ride. So here comes the first hour, I hope you enjoy… and also find some new tunes here and there…(yes, I have been digging). Oh, and I even did some sightseeing the next day and went up the Bastille... quite some amazing views...

This week´s AM/FM show contains the final 1,5 hours of my set that I played for Time Warp in Brooklyn on November 21st 2015. Even though I am in New York regularly since more or less 5 years now (you can tell I love it here), it was my first appearance for the US edition of Time Warp. One of the reasons I love New York so much is that special relationship that I have with the people here (don't wanna use the word "crowd" as it sounds so anonymous). Here in New York I can really rely on some total music lovers who regularly come out to hear me play and that in many different settings. May it be the Output Club, Cielo, Pacha or one-off events in warehouses or on islands. I didn't know what to expect really, also because I came from Montreal the night before, where I played an all-nighter at Stereo, so a lack of sleep was part of the package. But my NY friends didn't let me down again. The energy push I received right from the beginning of my set, due to the overwhelming presence of nice and smiling friendly people, instantly got me into full swing and those 2,5 h set time went by like a flash. Sure I still pack in some of the older tracks that I have been pounding for a while now, but I managed to sneak some new stuff in there and everyone seemed to like it. I did plan on playing a full forward 2,5 h techno slammer, but I really like to go up and down as well, and also add more and more funk, swing and sexyness. Well, all I can say is that I had an unbelievably fun night and I thank you all for being on this journey together. Hope you enjoy the set and as always, you will be the judge if things worked out or not… Or maybe don´t judge for a while and just sit back, relax and listen ;) Now that you have both parts you could also put them together in a playlist and listen to the whole set with seamless transitions.

This week´s AM/FM show is the first hour of my set that I played for Time Warp in Brooklyn on November 21st 2015. Even though I am in New York regularly since more or less 5 years now (you can tell I love it here), it was my first appearance for the US edition of Time Warp. One of the reasons I love New York so much is that special relationship that I have with the people here (don't wanna use the word "crowd" as it sounds so anonymous). Here in New York I can really rely on some total music lovers who regularly come out to hear me play and that in many different settings. May it be the Output Club, Cielo, Pacha or one-off events in warehouses or on islands. I didn't know what to expect really, also because I came from Montreal the night before, where I played an all-nighter at Stereo, so a lack of sleep was part of the package. But my NY friends didn't let me down again. The energy push I received right from the beginning of my set, due to the overwhelming presence of nice and smiling friendly people, instantly got me into full swing and those 2,5 h set time went by like a flash. Sure I still pack in some of the older tracks that I have been pounding for a while now, but I managed to sneak some new stuff in there and everyone seemed to like it. I did plan on playing a full forward 2,5 h techno slammer, but I really like to go up and down as well, and also add more and more funk, swing and sexyness. Well, all I can say is that I had an unbelievably fun night and I thank you all for being on this journey together. Hope you enjoy the set and as always,, you will be the judge if things worked out or not… Or maybe don´t judge for a while and just sit back, relax and listen ;) Next week´s show will contain the rest of the set…. (Btw. I am writing this on my way back to NYC for Output open to close tonight. So if you came out for this, you are well invited to also leave a comment here of how this was … it is always a challenge, but an amazing one.)

This week´s AM/FM contains the last 1,5 hours of my set for Blend Productions in Athens on November 7th. Playtimes in Greece tend to be quite late, so I started my set right after a fabulous performance by Nicole Moudaber at 5:30 in the morning. Actually this time there is not much more to say, besides I think I never had that much fun and good times ever before in Athens… and Greece has always been very good! Big up Greece! Hope you enjoy! … Oh yeah, one more inside info for you, I have had a hard time finding good new tracks in the past weeks, that's why you might recognize quite a few tracks from the weeks before, but I always try to bring them across in a new way. You will be the judge again if I manage to do so… And now you could actually put the three parts together in a playlist and listen to the whole set with seamless transitions. Enjoy!