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Carl Craig was born on 22 May, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American electronic music producer and DJ. Discover Carl Craig's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Occupation Producer · DJ
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 22 May 1969
Birthday 22 May
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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1969

Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Planet E Communications.

Carl Craig was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 22, 1969.

His mother was a teacher's assistant and his father was a post office worker.

He attended Cooley High School, where he developed an interest in music.

He learned to play guitar and later became interested in club music through his cousin Doug Craig, who worked lighting for Detroit area parties.

After hearing Derrick May's radio show on WJLB, Craig began experimenting with recording on a dual-deck cassette player.

Craig met someone who knew May and passed along a tape of some of his home studio productions.

1980

He is known as a leading figure and pioneer in the second wave of Detroit techno artists during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He has recorded under his given name in addition to a variety of aliases, including Psyche, BFC, and Innerzone Orchestra.

Craig has remixed a variety of artists including Manuel Göttsching, Maurizio, Theo Parrish, Tori Amos, and Depeche Mode.

1989

Since 1989, Craig has released many recordings under a large number of aliases, including Psyche, BFC, 69, Paperclip People, and Innerzone Orchestra.

1991

Craig founded his own record label called Planet E Communications in 1991.

Since then, it has released records by other artists such as Kevin Saunderson, Moodymann, and Kenny Larkin.

1992

Craig's 1992 track "Bug in the Bassbin", released under the Innerzone Orchestra moniker, was picked up by DJs such as 4hero, Goldie, and J Majik.

In the United Kingdom, DJs started playing the track at 45 rpm instead of the intended 33 rpm.

According to Now, the track "ended up providing inspiration and in many ways writing the blueprint for what drum 'n' bass was to become in England."

1995

His first studio album, Landcruising, was released on Blanco y Negro Records in 1995.

1996

Many of these early Psyche and BFC releases were collected on the 1996 compilation Elements 1989–1990.

In 1996, he released The Secret Tapes of Doctor Eich under the Paperclip People moniker.

1997

In 1997, he released More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art.

It was placed at number 29 on Pitchfork's "50 Best IDM Albums of All Time" list.

According to Vinyl Me, Please, Craig "managed to not only push the boundaries of Detroit techno, he also introduced an urgency and melodic richness to the sometimes navel-gazing world of IDM" with releases such as More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art (1997).

1999

In 1999, he released Programmed under the Innerzone Orchestra moniker.

2000

Craig served as co-creator and artistic director for the 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.

2001

In 2001, he filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against festival producer Pop Culture Media.

2005

He released a reworked version of Landcruising, titled The Album Formerly Known As..., in 2005.

2008

He was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording for his remix of the Junior Boys track "Like a Child."

He has released collaborative recordings with Moritz von Oswald (2008's Recomposed) and Green Velvet (2015's Unity).

In 2008, he released a collaborative album with Moritz von Oswald, titled Recomposed, on Deutsche Grammophon.

2010

He returned as artistic director for the 2010 Detroit Electronic Music Festival.

2015

In 2015, he released a collaborative album with Green Velvet, titled Unity, on Relief Records.

In a 2015 interview, he cited The Electrifying Mojo, Prince, Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins, and Jeff Mills as the major influences on his music.

2017

In 2017, he released Versus on InFiné.

2020

Craig created a sound installation, titled Party/After-Party, which opened at the Dia Beacon art museum in March 2020.

The culmination of a five-year-long engagement with Dia Beacon, it was his first foray into the art world.

In 2023 the installation was brought to The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles and the exhibition was accompanied by Party/After-Party Sessions, a series of three live concerts that were including DJs and electronic musicians DJ Holographic, Felix da Housecat, King Britt, Moodymann, Kenny Larkin.

Mixmag called Carl Craig "a leading figure in Detroit techno's second generation," while Exclaim! called him a "central figure" in the genre's second wave.

Pitchfork described him as "techno pioneer."

He has approached techno using inspiration from a wide range of musical genres, including soul, jazz, new wave, industrial, and krautrock, while his works have spanned ambient techno, breakbeat, house, classical, and modular synthesizer-based stylings.