Active since 1991, Carl Craig's Planet E label has been one of the most influential electronic music imprints of the past two decades, pioneering the exchange of ideas between techno music and genres like jazz and soul. Set up as an outlet for Craig's own productions as 69, like-minded producers such as Kirk Degiorgio or Terrace contributed to the label early on, and it was as early as 1992 that Craig recorded the seminal Jazz-fusion track 'Bug In The Bass Bin' with his Innerzone Orchestra. More artists associated with the label at one point or another include Recloose, Common Factor, and more recently Martin Buttrich and Vince Watson.
This Maxi-Single is featured in Update #071:
Martyn, Axel Boman, Sandwell District, Alva Noto
This October has provided us with an abundance of outstanding albums, and it's been harder than ever to pick our release of the month. In the end the accolades had to go to Martyn's brilliant 'Ghost People' full-length, which evolves his sound far beyond the more...
Top 5 in Best Rated Releases of Week #42
Picked!
No one else than Carl Craig and Caribou's Dan Snaith hide behind their lesser known No Boundaries and Daphni guises, and it's the latter delivering two brilliant remixes of the former's 'Modular Pursuits' from 2010 here: Two up-tempo, ultra-raw and hypnotic house cuts that are guaranteed to turn heads on the floor. Killer.