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  Carl Craig (1969 - )
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names, in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs.
Carl Craig has also created his own record label called "Planet e", which apart from his own work, has released records by well known techno and house artists like Kevin Saunderson, Alton Miller and Moodymann.
Carl Craig was a key player in Detroit techno's second wave, following the futuristic lead of originators Derrick May and Juan Atkins, and eventually collaborating with May. He began recording at the turn of the '90s, using a number of aliases to release innovative ambient, techno, breakbeat and future jazz sounds.
www.jahsonic.com /CarlCraig.html   (1465 words)

  
  Carl Craig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names, in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs.
Carl Craig has approached techno using inspiration from a wide range of musical genres, including jazz and soul.
Carl Craig has also created his own record label called "Planet E", which apart from his own work, has released records by well known techno and house artists like Kevin Saunderson, Alton Miller and Moodymann.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Craig   (325 words)

  
 Carl Craig - Fabric 25 - Stylus Magazine
Craig, it should go without saying, is a man among men.
A history of Carl Craig is, in many ways, a history of the past two decades of dance/electronic music.
With Craig behind the turntables, however, the mix is smooth as anything.
www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=3625   (281 words)

  
 Carl Craig, MP3 Music Download at eMusic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Craig released six singles for Retroactive during 1990-1991 (as BFC, Paperclip People, and Carl Craig) but the label was dissolved in 1991 due to disputes with Booker.
Though he was already one of the most noted names in the world of techno, Craig's reputation began growing in the more general category of mainstream/global dance, and he soon became less tied to the mantle of Detroit techno than many of his contemporaries.
Craig helmed one in the series of DJ Kicks albums released by Studio !K7 and spent several months based in London.
www.emusic.com /artist/11595/11595442.html   (1007 words)

  
 CARL CRAIG: Maison-Music Artist Management   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carl Craig started out as Derrick May's chief assistant in Detroit and London, then moved on to found his own label, Planet E, and influence the direction of techno with a number of recordings under all sorts of monikers.
This time Craig is truly conducting an orchestra, that includes seasoned programmers such as Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) and veteran jazz players such as Paul Randolph on bass, Craig Taborn on piano and jazz drummer Francisco Mora.
Carl Craig finally recorded under his own name the album Landcruising (Planet E, 1995), and the effect was to distance himself from the dancefloor.
www.maison-music.com /carlcraig.htm   (556 words)

  
 Mixmaster Morris | Music I Like | Detroit Techno | Carl Craig
Carl Craig is perhaps the most universally respected producer in the techno universe.
There can no longer be any doubt that Detroit's Carl Craig is one of the most imaginative, skillfull dance producers on the planet.
Craig brings rattling drum volleys to the top of the mix, inverting their pitch and frequency while never losing sight of the demanding dancefloor.
www.southern.com /MMM/music/detroitechno/artists/craig.html   (245 words)

  
 YouTube - Carl Craig 'Televised Green Smoke' Music Video
Carl Craig is one of the gods of music...together with Derrick May and Ellen Allien
Carl Craig @ House Café, La Coruña, Spain (5-08-2006)
Carl Craig Live at springseven graz - introduction
www.youtube.com /watch?v=IwUQ5oKM-hE   (389 words)

  
 Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Carl Craig
Born of an accident in Craig's laboratory, E.M.L.A.S. (Electronic Music Laboratory of Aural Sciences), it grew to be such a formidable force in planetary communications that Craig himself could no longer ignore its strange and twisted vision of worldwide domination.
Or Craig's status as dance music's underground hero, a name spoken of in hushed tones by listeners to all genres of music –; a producer who declares innovation and individualism as prerequisites for taking electronic music forward into the 21st century...
Pitch'd (6/5/01) - Carl Craig honored by Mayor Archer and the City of Detroit.
www.metrotimes.com /metropolis/sonic/artistprofile.asp?id=3873   (622 words)

  
 innerzone orchestra | biography
Craig then used that impetus to launch a jazz trio, both as a live and recording project.
Craig's music is released on his own label, Planet E (Earth) Communications, and his music is said to possess a timeless beauty.
He is best known as the guy who slipped a demo tape into a take-out order for Carl Craig, who in turn was blown away and signed him to Planet E, where he records under the alias, Recloose.
www.chaoskitty.com /chaoskitty/innerzone/bio.html   (749 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : DEMF Celebrates Electronica: Carl Craig
But it was the ousted Craig, also a techno artist, who had the last word and the last laugh.
Craig closed the free, three-day event, which began on Saturday, by thanking the crowd who came out in full force -- attendance is expected to surpass last year's one million mark -- saying, "It was my pleasure to have you in Hart Plaza.
Neon stickers reading "I support Carl Craig" were passed out beginning on Saturday and on Monday night his fans walked around a huge banner that said "DEMF=Carl Craig." Others canvassed Hart Plaza with a petition that they hope will allow Craig to return.
www.rollingstone.com /artists/carlcraig/articles/story/5931886/demf_celebrates_electronica   (788 words)

  
 Carl Craig: Designer Music: The Remixes, Vol. 1: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Designer Music: The Remixes is an awkward compilation of Carl Craig's remixes of other musicians' material and as such showcases both his strengths and his indulgent arty weaknesses.
On this disc, Craig veers from excellence to insouciance, and expects not to be called on it.
Telex's abilities are so minuscule that Craig is left to extend the track by four minutes or so, plopping in some extra-spacy blurps and blops, and collect his large honorarium check.
pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/c/craig_carl/designer-music-1.shtml   (657 words)

  
 CMT.com : Carl Craig : Detroit Electronic Music Festival Plans Life After Carl Craig   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A noted electronic-music producer and label owner in his own right, Craig was fired two weeks before this year's event for failing to secure several artist contracts on deadline (see "Clouds Settle Over Detroit Electronic Music Festival").
That's how it is." Without Craig, Legal Alien and Theakston said, the DEMF could lose its credibility and ability to attract the caliber of national and international artists it has in the past, such as the Roots or De La Soul.
Carl just had the most visible role." Craig vacillated as to whether he would join the board if invited.
www.cmt.com /artists/news/1444353/06072001/craig_carl.jhtml   (1006 words)

  
 Off the Record | Carl Craig   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although Carl Craig (Innerzone Orchestra, Paperclip People) spends most of his time these days producing, the Detroit legend is still a sought-after DJ, thanks to his timeless good taste and deep crates.
His latest mix is a funky, non-threatening selection of electro, techno, drum ’n’ bass and soul-drenched downtempo slabs culled from the Planet E (Craig’s label) and Shadow back catalogues.
It’s not easy to discern Craig’s true chops on the strength of this mix since his selections were limited by the two sponsoring labels — despite their diversity, the two imprints represent a mere sliver of his outer-limit tastes and personal archives.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/00771524.htm   (209 words)

  
 wolf's kompaktkiste: carl craig
carl craig - more songs about food and revolutionary art.
carl craig presents the paperclip people - the floor ep.
spacetime continuum - remit recaps ep (carl craig).
www.kompaktkiste.de /craig.htm   (393 words)

  
 Carl Craig
While most people argue about whether techno was born in Detroit, Carl Craig, himself from Detroit, looks to the future.
Craig's apotheosis began when he launched the Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000.
Craig runs the Detroit record label Planet E with his father, wife and a close circle of friends.
www.ecurrent.com /art/carl0203.php   (331 words)

  
 Carl Craig News: Spotlight Artist: Carl Craig (Detroit, MI) >> liveDaily   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By the end of the decade, Craig was working with live jazz musicians and releasing notable albums from other artists--such as Recloose--on his Planet-E imprint.
In the new millennium, Craig stepped up as curator of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, a position he was eventually and controversially forced out of as he returned to production and deejaying.
Stylistically, Craig is all over the place, combining sparse, futuristic techno, jazzy and funky tracks with just about anything that tickles his fancy.
www.livedaily.com /clubchannel/9351.html?t=1   (362 words)

  
 SSR / Carl Craig "More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art"
And in that case we also have to talk about Carl Craig's status as dance music's underground hero - a producer who declares innovation and individualism as prerequisites for taking electronic music forward into the 21st century...
But all around the world, Carl Craig has made a difference in the way people perceive and listen to modern music.
Despite the myriad changes, trends and critical shifts which have occured in electronic music since Carl Craig's first release, he has consistently pushed forward challenging musical boundaries and preconceptions.
www.crammed.be /ssr/artists/craig/ssr188p_.htm   (349 words)

  
 Demon Days - an official Planet E selection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Craig also produced the jazz influenced Detroit Experiment album that featured players like Amp Fiddler and Marcus Belgrave.
Craig is also one of the founders of the highly successful Detroit Electronic Music Festival – he was responsible for starting the festival and booking the first 2 years.
Craig released a new mix CD on Fabric in December 2005 and completed work on a new studio in Detroit.
www.demon-days.com /carlcraigbio.html   (416 words)

  
 Line-Up. UKATP/04. The Nightmare Before Christmas.
In 1994 Carl released his signature nine-minute remix of Tori Amos' God, which opened up his work to a much broader audience and paved the way for the release of his Landcruising LP (Blanco y Negro), and re-releases of earlier 69 tracks on the LP Sound of Music (R & S).
In the late ninties, Carl was back in Detroit and focusing on Planet E Communications projects, including re-releases of earlier work and his second LP as himself, More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art.
Carl's contribution to the development of dance music for over a decade can't be underestimated, and the Detroit Experiment shows that there's plenty more great music to come from Mr Craig.
www.atpfestival.com /events/line_up.php?event=13&view=380   (454 words)

  
 Obscure.co.nz | Carl Craig   (Site not responding. Last check: )
To cut a long'ish story short, Carl hooked up with Derrick once he'd learnt the basics of production and toured the UK and Europe in 1989 as part of Derrick's live version of Rhythim is Rhythim, Carl having already helped out with the 1989 reissue of the track.
Carl Craig has developed a myriad alter-egos for his music, each of them with their own distinctive style and personality.
Craig`s huge reputation means he is much sought-after, and he says it has made him very choosy in which artists he decides to work with.
www.obscure.co.nz /culture/carl_craig   (2763 words)

  
 Carl Craig
Carl Craig rose to prominence on Derrick May's Transmat Records imprint, releasing material under names like Psyche (famed for the pre-trance "Crackdown" epic) and BFC (notably "Static Friendly").
Most notable among these are his collaboration with Maurizio ("Mind") and his work as Paperclip People ("Remake Uno"), which were licensed from Planet E to the Ministry Of Sound's Open label in the UK.
Carl Craig finally recorded under his own name the album Landcruising (Planet E, 1995), and the effect was to distance himself from the dance floor.
www.inmetrodetroit.com /music/detroit_techno/carl_craig_bio.htm   (665 words)

  
 Fabric Nightclub, London
Carl wanted to be a DJ from the age of ten, inspired, like all Detroit techno artists, by the radio jock Electrifyin' Mojo.
He chooses projects with care and consideration and is as likely to look back as forwards (Carl has worked with 'greats' like Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Belgrave, Geri Allan, Regina Carter and Rodney Whittaker, and helped forge the careers of Recloose and Kenny Dixon Jnr.
As a testament to his centrality to Detroit's music, he was chosen as the creative director of the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000 and, in the midst of a legal struggle at being removed a year later, unanimously supported by Detroit's artists and citizens.
www.fabriclondon.com /label/release.php?item=fab25/car   (516 words)

  
 Carl Craig Concert Review
Craig's musicians then came back on-stage with the addition of a bass player for a rendition of a War (the band) song whose title I'm unsure of but where the MC kept chanting "Galaxy," which makes me think that that might indeed be the title of the song.
Clearly, what Craig is trying to accomplish with Innerzone Orchestra is going to be quite amazing, based on what I heard that night and what I have heard previously.
"(...) As for the major concert by Carl Craig and Innerzone Orchestra, we are left with a confused and mitigated impression.
www.undergroundfiles.com /carlcraig.html   (1555 words)

  
 Carl Craig - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Carl Craig's name is symbolic of everything good about Detroit techno.
With deep roots and respect for those who went before him, Carl always brings a soulful approach to his productions that instantly set them on a groundbreaking course.
Besides being one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, Carl Craig can tap into the soul of the dancefloor like nobody else.
music.download.com /carlcraig/3600-8247_32-100856963.html   (719 words)

  
 CARL CRAIG - The DJ List
A prolific techno third columnist from Detroit, Michigan, Craig rose to prominence on Derrick May's Transmat imprint, releasing material under names like Psyche and BFC.
Increasingly welcomed across two continents as a prime mover in the Detroit techno sound, Craig has issued a plethora of subsequent material.
Craig has also performed remix work for prominent artists including the Orb, Yello and Tori Amos.
www.thedjlist.com /djs/CARL_CRAIG   (257 words)

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