Chris Liebing has announced the thirteen-track ‘Evolver’ LP for release on March 27th, with its first EP, the double-A ‘Roy Batty’ EP, available Jan 30th.
While the ‘Evolver LP’ features collaborations with Charlotte de Witte, Luke Slater, Speedy J, The Advent, The Alte Stuben Modular Ensemble aka Daniel Miller, Terence Fixmer, and Pascal Gabriel, this is Liebing’s first solo Techno LP, having focused on long-form electronica output alongside co-writer Ralf Hildenbeutel for 2018’s ‘Burn Slow’ and 2023’s ‘Another Day’ for Mute Records, and the Andre Walter co-produced ‘Evolution’ in 2002.
Comprising ‘Roy Batty’ and ‘Brooks Ave’, the ‘Roy Batty’ EP sees Liebing set out the stall for the upcoming ‘Evolver’ LP in uncompromising style. The title cut, one of the foundations of the upcoming LP, began with Chris’ musings on how Rutger Hauer’s character in Blade Runner “becoming sentient and asking for the possibility to experience this life longer.”
That vision seems more vital than ever in the current age, and cuts right to the core of the sci-fi understandings that have always driven techno. “These moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. ” But the energy of the track gives you the flipside of that, reminds you that these moments happened, and matter.
The super direct and linear acid of ‘Brooks Ave’ is named for the spot where Chris stays in LA – a place where the ‘Evolver’ feeling was really strong: it just emerged from trusting the process, letting the universe do its work – finished off in his own studio, but ultimately almost entirely created in, and inspired by, the Californian apartment.
The ‘Roy Batty EP’ is released on CLR on January 30th, 2026, the ‘Evolver’ LP on March 27th, and an interim single to be announced.
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