Sessions

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0730003722424 Label: Universal Manufacturer: Universal Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Universal Release Date: 2008-03-03 Studio: Universal
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Seminal Cuts From Detroit's Prodigal Son Comment: Carl Craig is a weird character in the somewhat straightly compartimented world of electronic music; over the last twenty years or so, he's worked his way under various aliases through straightforward dancefloor sound (Paperclip People), abstract funkyness (69), modern jazz (Innerzone Orchestra, The Detroit Experiment), voodoo rhythms (Tres Demented) or lush intelligent techno (under his own name). The last time he released a proper 'Carl Craig' full length effort seems to have happened ages ago ("More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art", back in 1997), as he spent more time in the last decade at DJing or remixing other people's work with growing success. This 'Sessions' double CD offering highlights some of the best moments of his career, and does so not only when focusing on those last works (reconstructions for Rhythm & Sound, Junior Boys, Faze Action or Chez Damier) or unveiling newer versions of the man's classics (the live treat to "At Les" or the revamped "Bug In The Bassbin"), but also raises the interest of purchase because featuring many of his own recent releases on his label Planet E, which is what makes this collection so rewarding: to name a few highlights, Tres Demented's "Brainfreeze", the awesome "Futurelovetheme" or "Sandstorms" are available here for the first time on CD, sadly in a mixed format. While it's far more relevant than his job on the recent Fabric Series volume he delivered (at least he doesn't scream over the mix here, and lets the music speak for itself), it would have suited those tracks better to be presented in their full length versions. Anyway, it's an occasion to taste this great forward-thinking producer's wonderful skills, while hoping he'll finally concentrate enough on his own art to deliver us another proper full LP. More Reviews