You may be more familiar Carl through one of his many aliases.

Paperclip People, Innerzone Orchestra, Psyche, BFC, 69 (pron. 'six-nine'), Shop, Piece, Designer Music or Immortal Music. He's been creating universally acclaimed music since his late teens.

Carl acknowledges eclectic influences; The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Parliament,with more esoteric input from electronic pioneers such as Morton Subotnick, Walter/Wendy Carlos and Pauline Oliveros.

"In 1994 Carl released his signature nine-minute remix of Tori Amos' God"

He first released his own material through 'Godfather of Techno' Derrick May's Transmat label as Psyche in 1990. The Crackdown EP featured tracks recorded by Carl in Belgium, and after establishing Retroactive with Damon Booker in 1990 he recorded six more singles as BFC and Paperclip People in the basement of his parents' house.

Falling out with Booker in 1991, Carl set up Planet E Communications through which he released the 4 Jazz Funk Classics EP as 69. The lo-fi, distorted flavour of the tracks on the 69 EP was a far cry from the slicker production of his earlier releases.

In 1992, Carl's Innerzone Orchestra alias added elements of jazz to the gritty beatbox sound, and the track Bug in the Bassbin, when played at 45 instead of 33, became an anthem for the emerging UK Jungle / Drum 'n' Bass movement.

In 1994 Carl released his signature nine-minute remix of Tori Amos' God, which opened up his work to a much broader audience and paved the way for the release of his Landcruising LP (Blanco y Negro), and re-releases of earlier 69 tracks on the LP Sound of Music (R & S).

"Carl Craig's contribution to the development of dance music for over a decade can't be underestimated"

More Paperclip People material came out in 1996, with The Floor (Ministry of Sound) taking Carl out of his Techno pigeonhole and into a more global dance arena.

In the late ninties, Carl was back in Detroit and focusing on Planet E Communications projects, including re-releases of earlier work and his second LP as himself, More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art.

He also took the Innerzone Orchestra project on a world tour with a live jazz trio of Paul Randolph, bass, Craig Taborn, piano and drummer Francisco Mora in 1998. The Innerzone Orchestra LP Programmed (Plant E) was released in 1999, with Matt Chicoine (a.k.a. Recloose) co-producing.

Carl's contribution to the development of dance music for over a decade can't be underestimated, and the Detroit Experiment shows that there's plenty more great music to come from Mr Craig.