Carl Craig

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Carl Craig
Background information
Also known as	BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, 69, Designer Music, Innerzone Orchestra
Born	May 22, 1969
Origin	Detroit
Genre(s)	Detroit Techno, House
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ
Years active	1989 to Present
Label(s)	Planet E
Website	http://www.planet-e.net/

Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names^{[citation needed]} 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 released many successful albums under a large number of aliases, such as BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, 69, Designer Music and Innerzone Orchestra. Using one alias, Innerzone Orchestra, he released perhaps his best-known track "Bug in The Bassbin" in 1992, a track that many regard as being a key influence in the then evolving sound of drum and bass.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Craig served as artistic director for the widely successful Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000 and 2001. His subsequent dismissal by festival organizers caused substantial controversy within the Detroit techno community, igniting a high-profile campaign in his favor.^[1] In 2001, Craig filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against festival producer Pop Culture Media.^[2]

Part of what makes Craig's style so unique and separates him from much of the normal "Detroit Techno" sound, including current works, are his remixes of world beat and jazz songs. This has helped spark a new movement of electronic music.

[edit] Discography

69: "4 Jazz Funk Greats" (12" ep), 1991
Landcruising, 1995
69: "The Sound of Music", 1995
DJ-Kicks: Carl Craig, 1996
Paperclip People: "The Secret tapes of Doctor Eich", 1996
More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art, 1997
House Party 013: A Planet E Mix, 1999
Innerzone Orchestra: "Programmed"
Abstract Funk Theory, 2001
Onsumothasheeat, 2001
The Workout, 2002
"The Detroit Experiment" 2002
Fabric 25 (2005)

He also participated in the collaboration "Sun Ra Dedication - The Myth Lives on" (2003)

[edit] References

^ Brendan M. Gillen , "In gratitude," Metro Times [1] Last accessed 14 November 2006
^ Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, "Carl Craig Fires Back At Festival Organizers Who Fired Him," VH1 News[2] Last accessed 14 November 2006