Dancefloor experimentalist and top Detroit techno producer Carl Craig has few equals in terms of the artistry, influence, and diversity of his recordings.
Carl Craig is the most enduringly idiosyncratic figure in Detroit techno. For much of his career he's rebelled against common perceptions of techno – the auteur approaching the music less as a genre and more as a philosophy, spirit or 'attitude'.
A curious club kid, Craig emerged as part of Detroit techno's so-called 'Second Wave' – following Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Unconventionally, he was a studio boffin, rather than a DJ-cum-producer. From the late '80s, Craig was mentored by May – who, with 1987's Strings Of Life, had blueprinted techno's romantic futurism. In 1991 Craig launched his own iconic label, Planet E (succeeding the short-lived Retroactive). Copious, he aired music under countless aliases – including 69, Paperclip People and Innerzone Orchestra.
There is a pervasive belief that the album has no place in electronic dance music – which privileges singles or EPs - but Craig has committed to the format (mythically, May has never released one). This has enabled him to widen the parameters of techno – and club culture. It's also facilitated collaboration with fellow musicians.
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