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Carl Craig

Carl Craig
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About

Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969, Detroit) is a DJ, producer and founder of the Planet E Communications label, widely recognised as one of the key architects of Detroit techno's second wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Recording under aliases including 69, Paperclip People and Innerzone Orchestra, he has pushed the genre far beyond the club - into orchestral halls, art museums and, most recently, a nuclear physics laboratory. His 2024 documentary Desire: The Carl Craig Story, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, brought his story to a global audience.

190.2K
Spotify monthly listeners
346K
Facebook followers
32
Live shows in 2025
#1
Most-played city (Paris, 49 shows all-time)

What's new

  • 2026-07

    DJ Mag Italia published a feature on Craig and Jeff Mills in July 2026, continuing press attention around Craig's recent projects.

  • 2026-04

    Craig released his ambient album Meditations on Planet E Communications on April 23, 2026 - its first full appearance on digital streaming platforms.

  • 2026-01

    Michigan State University named Craig artist-in-residence from January through April 2026, collaborating with nuclear physics researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) toward a new sound installation.

  • 2025-06

    Craig headlined the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit in June 2025, where the documentary Desire: The Carl Craig Story was screened at a pre-party event.

  • 2024

    The documentary Desire: The Carl Craig Story, directed by Jean-Cosme Delaloye, premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.

Tour

ManchesterLyonDetroitValle D'ItriaAmsterdamTisnoZakynthosChicago

Tracks

4 Jazz Funk Classics (as 69)Planet E Communications' debut release (1991), a founding document of Detroit techno's second wave
Bug in the Bassbin (as Innerzone Orchestra)1992 single blending techno and jazz, hugely influential in electronic music
Landcruising1995 debut album under his own name, released on Blanco y Negro / Warner
Versus2017 orchestral collaboration with pianist Francesco Tristano and Les Siècles, conducted by François-Xavier Roth
MeditationsAmbient album of six beatless modular synthesis compositions, released digitally for the first time in April 2026 on Planet E

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