# Carl Craig — Every Record We Rank

Carl Craig appears 2 times in our Detroit Techno and The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Detroit Techno and The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno
- **Year:** 1997
- **Highest placing:** No. 7 in Detroit Techno
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/carl-craig/

## Appears on

### [At Les](https://waxonia.com/track/carl-craig--at-les/)

*1997 · Planet E · No. 7 in [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/)*

Nine minutes of patient, unresolved chord movement. Craig treats techno as long-form composition and produces the genre's most convincing case for itself as art music.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Carl%20Craig%20At%20Les) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1lzLxbifln0)

### [At Les](https://waxonia.com/track/carl-craig--at-les/)

*1997 · Planet E · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/)*

The argument's resolution, if it has one. Craig lets the melody breathe for nine minutes and proves the machine funk was always capable of tenderness when nobody was trying to prove anything.

Also on: [Detroit Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Carl%20Craig%20At%20Les) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1lzLxbifln0)

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