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German Techno God Goes Very Metal
Rising techno star Chris Liebing chatted to Skrufff this week and revealed that he's actively looking into introducing heavy rock elements into his high energy style of funky techno.
"What I've been trying lately is to steal a few of those heavy metal sounds and incorporate them into my tracks," said Chris. "It's really interesting to place these two worlds together. The borders between music are vanishing which is great, otherwise where does it go? Music has always been influenced by other genres and that's what's happening now," he suggested.
"I used to listen to hard rock and heavy metal when I was really young and I believe the energy of the music is often similar to techno, even if the bpms are different," Chris continued.
"If you listen to a tough Metallica track there's a hard hitting energy about it which you can also find in a really cool techno track. I wouldn't say it's the same kind of music but there's somehow the same sort of energy flow going on and you can connect some of these things.
The Frankfurt based producer, who was DJ magazine's highest climber in their latest Top 100 DJ Poll, also revealed he's a huge fan of Limp Bizkit as well as Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand.
"I bought the Franz Ferdinand album a few weeks ago, and I've already one track from the album which started me thinking 'hmmm, that could be useful for a bootleg version'," he revealed.
"It's all about the energy. These bands work with guitars, drums and bass and as an electronic artist you can add something with that; a hell of a lot, actually," said Chris.
http://www.cl-rec.com/new
Jonty Skrufff Skrufff.com
Rising techno star Chris Liebing chatted to Skrufff this week and revealed that he's actively looking into introducing heavy rock elements into his high energy style of funky techno.
"What I've been trying lately is to steal a few of those heavy metal sounds and incorporate them into my tracks," said Chris. "It's really interesting to place these two worlds together. The borders between music are vanishing which is great, otherwise where does it go? Music has always been influenced by other genres and that's what's happening now," he suggested.
"I used to listen to hard rock and heavy metal when I was really young and I believe the energy of the music is often similar to techno, even if the bpms are different," Chris continued.
"If you listen to a tough Metallica track there's a hard hitting energy about it which you can also find in a really cool techno track. I wouldn't say it's the same kind of music but there's somehow the same sort of energy flow going on and you can connect some of these things.
The Frankfurt based producer, who was DJ magazine's highest climber in their latest Top 100 DJ Poll, also revealed he's a huge fan of Limp Bizkit as well as Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand.
"I bought the Franz Ferdinand album a few weeks ago, and I've already one track from the album which started me thinking 'hmmm, that could be useful for a bootleg version'," he revealed.
"It's all about the energy. These bands work with guitars, drums and bass and as an electronic artist you can add something with that; a hell of a lot, actually," said Chris.
http://www.cl-rec.com/new
Jonty Skrufff Skrufff.com
Nicee intreeging stuff, no doubt some of which we will hear this season @ Meganite 
