Issue 123

While feted producer, club mainstay, and dream remixer Carl Craig is America's premiere ambassador of electronic-dance music, he's also the standard-bearer for more obscure legacies, like Detroit's underrecognized jazz collective Tribe. On the eve of his appearance at New York's JVC Jazz Festival, alongside Tribe veterans Marcus Belgrave, Phil Ranelin, and Wendell Harrison, Craig spoke to Earplug about a side of himself that far fewer listeners know about. Continuing the educational theme, Invisible Conga People prove they're not just another nu-disco act, giving us the lowdown on ten of the cuts that influenced the band's psychedelic sound. Excellent sets from Nôze, James Pants, Tobias., Low Motion Disco, and DFA's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney are sure to prick up your ears, while reviews of albums from Quiet Village, Spiritualized, the Wighnomy Brothers, Nomo, and Claro Intelecto offer some summer-listening favorites.

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