Carl Craig
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Artist's top tracks
| The Melody | Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano, LES SIECLES, François-Xavier Roth | 07:41 | |
| Es.30 | Carl Craig | 02:26 | |
| Desire (feat. Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth) | Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano, LES SIECLES, François-Xavier Roth | 08:18 | |
| Dreamland | Carl Craig | 06:05 | |
| Butterfly | Carl Craig | 07:30 | |
| Futures | Zero 7, José González, Carl Craig | 08:56 | |
| Falling Up | Theo Parrish, Carl Craig | 08:25 | |
| Red Lights | Carl Craig | 07:39 | |
| Attenuator | Carl Craig, Moritz von Oswald | 06:59 | |
| Kilode Remix | Carl Craig | 08:25 |
Most popular release
| Es.30 | |
| Televised Green Smoke | |
| Goodbye World | |
| Alien Talk |
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Biography
A popular figure on the influential Detroit techno scene in the 1980s and '90s, Carl Craig's boundary-pushing approach to dance music always looked to the future, while absorbing sounds from all genres and walks of life.
Starting out as a funk guitarist, Craig was introduced to electronic grooves by his cousin, a lighting technician for some of Detroit's seminal nightclubs, and Craig began experimenting with synthesizers and four-track cassette decks. He went on to work as an assistant to the pioneering producer Derrick May and spent time DJ-ing in London, where he heard industrial and hardcore sounds, before setting up his own label Planet E Communications in 1991 and releasing his early recordings under the alias 69.
His wide range of influences came together on the landmark EP '4 Jazz Funk Greats' (named as a nod to post-punk noise merchants Throbbing Gristle) and his albums 'The Sound of Music' and 'Landcruising' made a big impact with the early drum & bass producers.
In 1992 he released his best-known track 'Bug in the Bassbin'. Always futuristic and industrial in his outlook, Craig's label became a home for Detroit's experimental techno artists and, as a remixer, he produced a masterful club hit with a re-working of Tori Amos's track 'God'. Under the name Innerzone Orchestra he toured with a jazz trio and he recorded more glitchy, ambient work as Paperclip People, but continued to be a leading part of the Detroit techno scene with mix albums 'The Workout' in 2002 and 'Sessions' in 2008.