Published
Mon, Mar 21, 2005, 10:00
- Detroit techno comes to Melbourne on Easter Sunday, 27 March, at Honkytonks as Carl Craig drops in on his Australia-New Zealand tour. Carl Craig was a key player in Detriot’s house/
Detroit techno comes to Melbourne on Easter Sunday, 27 March, at Honkytonks as Carl Craig drops in on his Australia-New Zealand tour. Carl Craig was a key player in Detriot’s house/techno's second wave, following the futuristic lead of originators Derrick May and Juan Atkins, and eventually collaborating with May.
He began recording at the turn of the '90s, using a number of aliases to release innovative ambient, techno, breakbeat and future jazz sounds. Craig heads Planet E Communications, a peerless dance label employing the same eclectic and futuristic ethos that informs his own music. With releases under BFC, Psyche, Paper Clip People, 69, Designer Music and Innerzone Orchestra, Carl Craig has more personalities than Sybil. As much as his different guises can confuse though, his music is always easily recognized because whatever he does, it retains that certain Craig-ness. A deep commitment to soul and jazz has always been the watermark of his music. Even when Craig is destroying dance floors with such songs as the classic “Throw,” there is always a subtleness and attention to detail that separates his music from that of the typical Johnny-come-lately dance music producer.
Supports on the night are Phunk De Sonique (live) and Jason Martin. Tickets are $35.00 and available on the door from 10pm. Get in early as this event will sell out!