Carl Craig may not have won a grammy for his remix of Junior Boys "Like A Child" and to some this seems wrong, considering the winner. But by god Carl is way better than the grammys.This is one of the great records of the past year, hauntingly brilliant. It's long, seems to do bugger all and is simply the dogs bollocks!
Let's just reinforce what is musically obvious: C2 has spent the past 18 or so months killing young fashionistas and old heads in the name of capital-t Techno, flooding the market with a parade of straight-up classics (remixes of Delia & Gavin's "Relevee", Theo Parrish's "Falling Up", Rhythm & Sound's "Poor People Must Work") and bangers that speak to the newbies' tastes for indie-dance maximalism, while at the same time invoking the canon that Carl is such a firm part of.
His take on the Junior Boys' "Like a Child" is another in that line. Carl's aesthetic formula remains tried and true: the melodies are transmitted on wide, reedy dollops of future-soul/-jazz chords, the rhythmic tides are built on the backs of titanic arpeggio basslines equal parts Giorgio Moroder groove and Detroit tension, while the textural odds and ends embrace dub warmth, industrial cold and the constant pitter-patter of drum-machines running around making everything more grand. Pitchfork
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Junior Boys - Like A Child (original)
Carl Craig is simply one of the greatest electronic music producers ever.... FACT
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