Omunye wabaqambi abaphambili besitezi somdanso nomdidiyeli ohamba phambili wase-Detroit we-techno u-Carl Craig cishe akanambangi mayelana nobuciko, umthelela kanye nenhlobonhlobo yomsebenzi wakhe.
Efaka izitayela ezifana ne-soul, i-jazz, igagasi elisha nezimboni emsebenzini wakhe, umsebenzi wakhe nawo unomsindo ozwakalayo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsebenzi womculi waba nomthelela wesigubhu ne-bass (i-albhamu ka-1992 ethi "Bug in the Bassbin" ngaphansi kwegama elithi Innerzone Orchestra).
U-Carl Craig naye unesibopho sezingoma zoqobo ze-techno ezifana neka-1994 ethi "Phonsa" kanye neka-1995 ethi "The climax". Kokubili kuqoshwe ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Paperclip People.
Ngaphezu kwamakhulu ama-remix abaculi abahlukahlukene, umculi ukhiphe ama-albhamu aphumelele kakhulu athi “Landcruising” ngo-1995 kanye “Nezingoma eziningi ezimayelana nokudla nobuciko benguquko” ngo-1997.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-21, umculi wangena emculweni we-classical nge-"ReComposed" ka-2008 (ngokubambisana no-Maurice von Oswald) kanye ne-"Versus" ka-2017.
Ngaphezu kokubhala owakhe umculo, wonke osezingeni eliphezulu, uCraig uphinde aphathe ilebula ethi Planet E Communications.
Le lebula isiza ukukhuthaza imisebenzi yabanye abaculi abanamakhono hhayi kuphela abavela eDetroit kodwa nakwamanye amadolobha emhlabeni jikelele.
Iminyaka yokuqala
Umculi ophumelele wakusasa wafunda eCooley High School eDetroit. Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yesikole, lo mfana wayelalela umculo ohlukahlukene - kusukela kuNkosana kuya kuLed Zeppelin kanye neThe Smiths.
Ubejwayele ukuzijwayeza isiginci kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waba nothando lomculo wekilabhu.
Le nsizwa yethulwa kulo mdlalo ngomzala wayo, owayehlanganisa amaqembu ahlukene eDetroit namaphethelo.
Igagasi lokuqala le-Detroit techno lase lifiphele maphakathi nawo-80s, futhi u-Craig waqala ukulalela amathrekhi akhe awathandayo ngenxa yohlelo lomsakazo luka-Derick May ku-MJLB.
Waqala ukuhlola amasu okuqopha esebenzisa izidlali zekhasethi wabe eseqinisekisa abazali bakhe ukuthi bamnikeze i-synthesizer nesequencer.
UCraig uphinde wafunda umculo we-elekthronikhi, kuhlanganise nomsebenzi kaMorton Subotnick, Wendy Carlos, noPauline Oliveros.
Ngenkathi ethatha izifundo zomculo we-elekthronikhi, wahlangana noMeyi futhi wabeka ezinye zemibhalo yakhe yasekhaya kwirekhodi.
UMay ukuthandile akuzwile, wabe eseletha uCraig esitudiyo sakhe ukuze aphinde aqophe ingoma eyodwa - "Neurotic Behavior".
Ayifani nhlobo ekuxubeni kwayo kwasekuqaleni (ngoba u-Craig wayengenawo umshini wesigubhu), ithrekhi yayicabanga phambili futhi ibheke phambili.
Iqhathaniswe nephrojekthi kaJuan Atkins nge-touch of cosmic techno funk, kodwa uMeyi wavula ithrekhi ngendlela entsha futhi wayenza idume ngempela.
Isigqi Isigqi
I-British craze ye-Detroit techno yayisanda kuqala ukusabalala ngo-1989.
UCraig uzibonele yena lokhu ngesikhathi ezovakasha nephrojekthi kaMay iRhythim is Rhythim. Uhambo lusekele "idolobha langaphakathi" likaKevin Saunderson emibukisweni eminingana.
Uhambo lwaba uhambo olude lomsebenzi lapho u-Craig eqala ukusiza ukukhiqiza ukuqoshwa kabusha kwengoma yakudala kaMeyi ethi "Strings of Life" kanye nengoma entsha ethi Rhythim is Rhythim ethi "The Beggining".
Uthole nesikhathi sokuqopha amanye amathrekhi akhe e-R&S Studios eBelgium.
Lapho ebuyela e-US, uCraig ukhiphe izingoma ezimbalwa nge-R&S ku-LP yakhe ethi "Crackdown", esayinwe igama elithi Psyche kuMay Transmat Record.
UCraig wabe esesungula iRetroactive Record noDamon Booker. Futhi naphezu kwezinsuku zokusebenza ezimpunga esikhungweni sokukopisha, umculi waqhubeka eqopha izingoma ezintsha egumbini elingaphansi kwendlu yabazali bakhe.
"Isiphazamisi e-Bassbin" и 4 Okwakudala kwe-Jazz Funk”
UCraig ukhiphe izingoma eziyisithupha zeRetroactive Records ngo-1990-1991 (ngaphansi kwezibizo ezithi BFC, Paperclip People noCarl Craig), kodwa ilebula yavalwa ngo-1991 ngenxa yezingxabano noBooker.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Craig wasungula i-Planet E Communications ukuze akhulule i-EP yakhe entsha ethi "4 Jazz Funk Classics" (eqoshwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi 69).
Ngokuqaphela nangokuzikhandla, ngokusetshenziswa kwamasampuli ahlekisayo ne-beatboxing, amathrekhi afana nokuthi "Uma i-Mojo Yayiyi AM" imele ukugxuma okusha okuya phambili ngemva kwesitayela esidala esibi nesibuyisela emuva sezingoma ezingashadile ze-"Galaxy" nethi "From Beyond".
Ngaphezu kokushintsha umsindo ku-4 Jazz Funk Classics, omunye umsebenzi wakhe we-Planet E phakathi no-1991 wawuqukethe izinkomba ezingavamile zezitayela ezihlukene ezifana ne-hip hop ne-hardcore techno.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-Bug in the Bassbin yethula enye i-Carl Craig pseudonym, i-Innerzone Orchestra.
Izinto ze-jazz ezixutshwe ne-beatbox zengezwe emsebenzini.
Phakathi nale nqubo, u-Craig waba nethonya elimangalisayo ekuthuthukisweni kokuqala kokunyakaza kwe-British drum and bass - o-DJ nabakhiqizi babevame ukusebenzisa i-"Bug in the Bassbin" ukuze baxube kabusha, noma badlale amanye amathrekhi emidlalo yabo.
I-albhamu Phonsa
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu kaCraig ethi "Phonsa" ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Paperclip Abantu baphinde bashintsha umsindo ojwayelekile. Kulo msebenzi, ungezwa futhi i-disco ne-funk - imibono emibili ethakazelisayo yomculi.
Ukuqhubekela phambili kwemvelo kuka-Craig kuma-remix ngo-1994 kwanikeza umhlaba izinguqulo ezimbalwa zokudansa zamahithi ahlukahlukene avela ku-Maurizio, Inner City, La Funk Mob.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwaphinde kwakhululwa ukwakhiwa kabusha okumangalisayo kukaTori Amos “Nkulunkulu”, okwakucishe kube yimizuzu eyishumi ubude.
Kakhulu ngenxa ye-remix ka-Amos, uCraig usheshe wasayina inkontileka yakhe yokuqala nelinye lamalebula amakhulu esigabeni sikaBlanco sophiko lukaWarner's European.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala enobude obugcwele, ethi Landcruising ka-1995, yavuselela umsindo ka-Carl Craig futhi yawenza wazizwa usondelene kakhulu nokurekhodiwe kwakhe kwangaphambili. Nakuba i-albhamu ngokwayo ivule yonke imakethe yomculo kumculi.
Ukusebenza noMnyango Wezomsindo
Ngo-1996, ilebula enkulu yaseBrithani ethi Ministry of Sound yakhipha ingoma entsha evela ku-Paperclip People ebizwa ngokuthi "The Floor".
Ingoma ikakhulukazi iqukethe amabhithi amafushane e-techno kanye ne-bass line ecacile. I-symbiosis enjalo imelela iphethini ye-disco evamile, eyaletha ukuthandwa okukhulu okukodwa.
Nakuba u-Craig wayesenelinye lamagama aziwa kakhulu emhlabeni womculo we-elekthronikhi, isithunzi sakhe saqala ukukhula ngokushesha emkhakheni womdanso olula nomculo ovamile.
Ngokushesha umculi waqala ukunamathela kancane kuDetroit techno yakhe.
“AmaTapes ayimfihlo kaDkt. Eish”
U-Craig uqondise ukuqoshwa kwelinye lama-albhamu ka-DJ Kicks aqoshwa futhi akhululwa yiSitudiyo! K7. Umculi wahlala izinyanga ezimbalwa eLondon.
Kamuva, ngo-1996, wabuyela eDetroit ukuze agxile kulebula yakhe yePlanet E. Eyi".
Ngokuyisisekelo, i-albhamu yayiqukethe izingoma ezikhishwe ngaphambilini.
Unyaka Omusha ulethele abalaleli umsebenzi ogcwele ka-Carl Craig - LP "Carl Craig, izingoma eziningi mayelana nokudla & Ubuciko be-Revolutionary".
Esikhathini esiningi sango-1998, umculi wajikeleza umhlaba wonke ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Innerzone Orchestra enabathathu be-jazz.
Le phrojekthi iphinde yakhipha i-"Programmed" LP, iletha inombolo ka-Craig yama-albhamu anobude obugcwele kwabayisikhombisa.
Nokho, bathathu kuphela kubo abavela ngaphansi kwegama lakhe langempela.
“I-albhamu ebiyaziwa ngokuthi…”
Ngo-1999-2000 kwavela ezinye izinhlanganisela ezimbili, okuhlanganisa i-albhamu ye-remix ethi "Planet E House Party 013" kanye nethi "Designer Music".
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, u-Craig wayehlala esebenza, ekhipha uchungechunge lwama-albhamu nezinhlanganisela ezihlanganisa "Onsumothasheeat", "The abstract funk theory", "The Workout" kanye "Nendwangu 25".
Lo mculi wabuyekeza i-albhamu yakhe ethi “Landcruising” ngo-2005 futhi wabiza ingoma yakhe entsha ngokuthi “I-albhamu ebiyaziwa ngokuthi…”.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2008, u-Craig wahlanganisa futhi waxuba i-albhamu enamadiski amabili ezixube zakhe ezibizwa ngokuthi "Sessions". I-albhamu ikhishwe ku-K7.
Futhi ngo-2008 kwafika i-albhamu ethi "ReComposed", iphrojekthi ye-remix eyakhiwe nomngane wakudala uMoritz von Oswald.
Ukuhlolwa komsindo
Umsebenzi kuPlanethi E wanda, futhi uCraig wayematasa enza u-DJ futhi akhiqiza.
"I-Modular Pursuits", i-LP yokuhlola ka-Craig yakhululwa ngo-2010. Kodwa isayinwe, njengeminye imisebenzi eminingi yomculi, enegama-mbumbulu - Ayikho Imingcele.
Craig ne-orchestra
U-Craig usebenzisane ne-Green Velvet ku-albhamu yobude obugcwele ethi Unity. Irekhodi likhishwe ngokwedijithali yiRelief Records ngo-2015.
Ngo-2017, ilebula yesiFulentshi i-InFiné yakhipha u-"Versus", ukusebenzisana nomdlali wepiyano u-Francesco Tristano kanye ne-orchestra yaseParis i-Les Siècles (edlalwa u-François-Xavier Roth).
Ngo-2019, i-albhamu yakamuva yomculi, i-Detroit Love Vol.2, yakhululwa kuze kube manje.
