Carl Craig

Detroit's Carl Craig is a leading figure of the city's second wave of techno. He grew up in Detroit, attended Cooley High School and passed a tape of home productions to Derrick May before releasing music from 1989 under names such as Psyche, BFC, 69, Paperclip People and Innerzone Orchestra. In 1991 he founded Planet E Communications, which has also released Kevin Saunderson, Moodymann and Kenny Larkin. His albums include Landcruising and More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art, and he made Recomposed with Moritz von Oswald for Deutsche Grammophon. He was artistic director of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and his installation Party/After-Party entered the permanent collection at Dia:Beacon.