Artist profile
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based techno producer and DJ known for his contributions to the city's electronic music scene. His work spans peak-time techno and deeper explorations of the genre, released across various independent and established labels.
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Carl Craig is a restrained with strong groove and drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low energy for Techno (Peak Time / Driving).
Across 70 analysed tracks, Carl Craig averages 36% energy — gentler than 97% of individual Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks — and 64% groove, straighter than 61%.
Measured against 25,003 Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 81–164 BPM with a median of 125 · predominantly minor keys (69% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 11 tracks.
How Carl Craig’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tempo.
Across Carl Craig's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~110 to ~138 BPM; groove has deepened; production has darkened.
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We scored every transition between Carl Craig’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 605 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
34 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 11 different Carl Craig tracks.
At Les - Antigone Remix → Surge - Steve Rachmad Remix · 4A → 4A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
40 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 5 different Carl Craig tracks.
36 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 10 different Carl Craig tracks.
At Les - Antigone Remix → Bounce Your Body To The Box · 4A → 4A · −3 BPM · 89 chemistry
39 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 8 different Carl Craig tracks.
Party → Body, Mind and Soul · 7B → 7B · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
35 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 10 different Carl Craig tracks.
How → Dark Yellow · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry
37 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 9 different Carl Craig tracks.
34 of the 1,320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.6. They come from 10 different Carl Craig tracks.
At Les - Antigone Remix → P2ME · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
36 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 9 different Carl Craig tracks.
How → Avka - New Life · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Carl Craig by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Carl Craig, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Carl Craig's tracks in our catalog range from 81 to 164 BPM, with a median of 125 BPM. Across 70 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Carl Craig's tracks are mostly in minor keys (69% minor across 70 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 11 tracks.
We scored every transition between Carl Craig's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 605 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and DJ Deep, Julian Jeweil, Kevin Saunderson are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: At Les - Antigone Remix into Surge - Steve Rachmad Remix, 4A to 4A, 92 chemistry.
Carl Craig sits closest to 69, Paperclip People, Kenny Larkin in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Carl Craig releases spanning 1991 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 1990s.
