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Carl Craig

American music producer
Person Human Q962197

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 22, 1969
Place of birth
Detroit
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
disc jockey, record producer, jazz musician, composer, musician
Educated at
Cooley High School[9]
Genre
house music, techno, broken beat, electronic music, ambient techno, breakbeat, classical music[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Official website
www.planet-e.net[22]
Family name
Craig[20]
Given name
Carl[21]
Instrument
keyboard instrument, musical keyboard, sound[23][24][25]
Member of
Urban Tribe[10]
Record label
Planet E Communications[19]
Social media followers
86k (86k–94k, n=3)[27][28][29]
Start of work period
1989[26]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000116812335
VIAF cluster ID
85318032
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2011043473, n2004070285
GND ID
134947533
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Carl Craig.jpg ↗
Album of the Year artist ID
8725
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000174035
Apple Music artist ID
4084473
BBC Things ID
db530b3b-8c16-43dc-aa33-f5492648529f
Bandcamp profile ID
carlcraig
Bandsintown artist ID
51936
Beatport artist ID
6460
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13972609t
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1014400, 125970
Deezer artist ID
9812
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134947533
Dezède person ID
44528
Discogs artist ID
871
Evene ID
carl-craig-42894
Facebook username
carlcraigofficial
Freebase ID
/m/03fhcx
Genius artist ID
Carl-craig
Grammy Awards artist ID
carl-craig/1928
IdRef ID
077721004
J9U entity ID
987007416581205171
Last.fm ID
Carl+Craig
Laut.de artist ID
Carl-Craig
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
118161
Lex ID
Carl_Craig
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
4728
MusicBrainz artist ID
6732e9f3-5f24-4ba4-aef1-a2a49442b96b
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000083879
Myspace ID
carlcraig
NL CR AUT ID
xx0001920
NME artist ID
carl-craig
Obálky knih ID
xx0001920
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095645480
Pitchfork artist ID
851-carl-craig
Qobuz artist ID
carl-craig
Rate Your Music artist ID
carl_craig
Resident Advisor artist ID
carlcraig
Rolling Stone artist ID
carl-craig
SecondHandSongs artist ID
45537
Shazam artist ID
4084473
Songkick artist ID
375525
SoundCloud ID
planetedetroit
Spotify artist ID
17dbJyUCrxh4I7iyUrjaHU
Stats.fm artist ID
18700
Tidal artist ID
13189
Universal Music France artist ID
20000232733
WhoSampled artist ID
Carl-Craig
X (Twitter) username
carlcraignet
Yale LUX ID
person/5949466c-deb0-440b-968f-8173287f4393

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 6
Landcruising, DJ-Kicks: Carl Craig, Fabric 25, More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art, The Album Formerly Known As..., Versus
Instrument 3
sound, keyboard instrument, musical keyboard
Occupation 3
disc jockey, record producer, jazz musician
Genre 2
house music, techno
Mb:label founder 2
Planet E Communications, Planet E Communications
Mb:member of band 2
Urban Tribe, The Detroit Experiment
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Craig
Given name 1
Carl
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Detroit
Record label 1
Planet E Communications
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Gamera vs. Viras
← Producer 1
The Players Club
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Summary

Carl Craig was born on May 22, 1969[1], in Detroit[2]. He has worked as a disc jockey[3], record producer[4], jazz musician[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[30]

  • Country: US[31]

  • Began / founded: 1969-05-22[32]

  • Genre(s): detroit techno, electronic, house, techno[33]

  • Community tags: detroit techno, electronic, house, remix, techno[34]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6732e9f3-5f24-4ba4-aef1-a2a49442b96b[35]

FAQs

Where was Carl Craig born?

Carl Craig's place of birth was Detroit[2].

What did Carl Craig do for work?

Carl Craig worked as a disc jockey[3], record producer[4], jazz musician[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

Where did Carl Craig go to school?

Carl Craig was educated at Cooley High School[9].

Related Entities

musical keyboard United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65760: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 9d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NME artist ID → carl-craig
    "Created claim: NME artist ID: carl-craig, Matched to carl craig (#214809421) in NME artist #mix'"
  3. 23d ago · Euro know · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → house music, techno, broken beat +4
    Library of Congress Authorities ID → no2011043473, n2004070285
    "Created claim: Genre: broken beat"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Record label → Planet E Communications
    Official website → http://www.planet-e.net/
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+94422'}, {'amount': '+89389'}, {'amount': '+86129'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32157: import P21 and P106 from GND (38)"
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