DJ Kicks

Carl Craig | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B0000013EE
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars rare dud from techno master, June 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

Fans of harder techno may like this energetic mix cd, but fans of Craig may be disappointed. From a man known for his electicism and sophisticated style, this cd is surprisingly uniform and "banging." Look instead towards Craig's excellent compilation cds: the elegant "Designer Music" and the more get-down "All Access." Both of these are lots of fun for enthusiasts and the uninitiated alike.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A more than worthy Release from the 'DJ Kick's' label......., February 20, 2004

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fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

This would probably be my first introduction to `Carl Craig', and like the finest of the established Detroit Techno artists, his set is a steady progression of manipulating sound, and creating mood, as opposed to hands in the air E-generation.....this is music for the more (Dare I say it??) discerning listener, with Carl working little by little, building on his stable foundations to shift through various states of musically diversity without sudden shifts in tempo. Starting off with mostly sublime percussion tracks, it all hits a peak with the tremendous "Crazy Dream (reload mix)", leading perfectly into "I2I"....and never allowing any weak tracks to disturb the flow, before half through the album moving smoothly into a drum heavy sequence of tracks, where astounding drum programming skills take effect, to create pulsating Drum loops that almost certainly prompt simultaneous head nodding....but the end of the album, Carl's so blissfully aware he's captured the listeners attention, that his last track is a 9 minute epic made purely from samples of the previous tracks, and it's at this point, that you realise that this release will get regular playing time.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An ode to "Mr. Techno Critic", July 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: DJ Kicks (Audio CD)

So Mr. Techno Critic from San Fran, tell me if you even know what techno music is, or if you've ever even heard of Transmat records. I live near Detroit and I know how influential and talented Carl Craig is. This is a good techno album- not great, but with all due respect good.