Browse by Label: PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS

Artist:	CRAIG, CARL
Title:	More Songs About Food & Revolutionary Art
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65232CD

A strange, epic follow up to Carl's solo debut from a couple years ago, Landcruising. It says "recorded throughout time in Detroit, London and Einhoven" and it does feel like a deep, extensively developed work. Blissful electronic soundscapes are slowly built up, rolled over and spaced out via slow beats, no beats, stunning atmospherics and pure alien transmission. A gorgeous, staggering record of emotional output from an artist at the peak of his powers. "How do you begin to tell the story of Carl Craig? Do you talk about his ground-breaking releases for labels like Transmat, Retroactive and, of course, Planet E? Or do you talk about the city of Detroit and the way Craig has created his own unique and compelling vision of techno. What about his breathtaking remixes...or his status as dance music's underground hero -- a producer who declares innovation and individualism as prerequisites for taking electronic music forward into the 21st century... Sometimes all this can be a bit confusing, since Craig has adopted a series of multiple musical personalities. Paperclip People, Innerzone Orchestra, Psyche/BFC and 69. But whatever he calls himself, all around the world, Craig has made an astounding difference to the way people perceive and listen to modern music...Despite the myriad changes, trends and critical shifts which have occurred in electronic music sine Carl Craig's first recording, he has consistently pushed forward, challenging musical boundaries and preconceptions. More Songs... delivers the pristinely romantic electronic jazz of 'At Les' to the edgily inventive 'Goodby World'. Featuring a rare collaboration with Derrick May on 'Frustration'. It attacks all senses and offers a glimpse of tomorrow."

Artist:	SAUNDERSON, KEVIN
Title:	Faces & Phases
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	2CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	PE 65235CD

Planet E's domestic version of the definitive Kevin Saunderson compilation, previously issued in the UK on Avex (w/ 3 more tracks than the Avex edition). "Techno was a direct product of the mad experiments conducted by what is referred to as the 'Holy Trinity'. this fraternity of innovators was made up of Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, neighborhood friends turned international heroes. Kevin Saunderson has been the most prolific and successful out of the three. Over the past ten years Kevin has been the driving force behind such mainstream acts as Inner City and Reese Project, but the monikers that he has used previous to these have been most impressive." Neil Rushton: "It might have been simpler to stick with one project. It might have been a better career move. But it wouldn't have been such (big) fun. Kevin's built like a brickhouse. His music shows it, it's loud, huge, heavy and weird, Dave Clarke is just one of the following generation of European techno producers who acknowledge a debt to him and his mad b-lines." Includes the pivotal Reese bassline on "Just Another Chance" -- widely swiped in techstep circles for the crucial "dark" quotient.

Artist:	HOGANS, JASON
Title:	Peter And the Rooster
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65245CD

"He makes some of the slickest left-field electronica ever heard. Imagine Gang Starr's DJ Premier remixing the music to the early Nintendo games or a jam in a 9/8 time signature that could actually make you dance as opposed to scratching your head. Hogans combines intricate chord changes with bizarre meters (ala Squarepusher and Wagon Christ) that pulse with own logic of funk, varying blends of organic and synthetic sound in the tradition of Herbi Hancock or Stevie Wonder."

Artist:	HOGANS, JASON
Title:	Peter and the Rooster
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65245EP

"He makes some of the sickest left-field electronic music I've ever heard. His brand of soul music is truly his own, combining intricate chord changes with bizarre meters that pulse with their own logic of funk, varying blends of organic and synthetic sound in the tradition of Herbie Hancock or Stevie Wonder. Imagine a cut reminiscent of DJ Premier remxing the music to the early Nintendo hit Metroid, or a jam in a 9/8 time signature that could actually make you dance as opposed to scratching your head."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Geology: A Subjective History of Planet E Volume One
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65249CD

Originally released in 1999. A collection of classic and soon-to-be classic moments from Carl Craig's legendary Planet E label. Featuring tracks by 69 (Six-Nine), Innerzone Orchestra, Paperclip People, Moodymann, Recloose and Common Factor. "Geology attempts to selectively highlight some of the more brilliant musical moments occurring over the first eight impressive years of Planet E's history. In less than a decade, Carl Craig's Detroit techno label evolved from primarily an outlet for his work under various aliases -- see Intergalactic Beats for an idea of Planet E's beginnings -- to a label hosting some of the Midwest's most promising electronic musicians. Consisting of ten tracks spanning 72 minutes, Geology features many drastically differing variations of the original techno sound pioneered in Detroit. The album begins with the low-budget sound of Craig's first release on Planet E back in 1991 as 69. While his peers were still working out the kinks in the original formula for prototypical techno, Craig was already straying from the norm with his sample-heavy blend of distorted bass beats and primitive synthesizers on tracks such as 'If Mojo Was AM.' Another key track on Geology is Craig's 1991 mix of Innerzone Orchestra's ten-minute monster of frantic jazz percussion and rich bass tones, 'Bug in the Bassbin (Original Mix).' There haven't been many artists outside of the drum'n'bass genre who have attempted anything as out-there as this merger of human spontaneity and meticulous computer programming. In addition to the 69 and Innerzone Orchestra tracks, Craig also contributes an exclusive epic remix of Paperclip People's 'Remake,' a polished update of the electronic funk he had originally created as 69. The accompanying artists on Geology are a varied bunch. Chicago's Common Factor represents possibly the strongest track on the entire album, 'Horizons.' Just one of the many standouts on his Dreams of Elsewhere album, this pumping track with its anthemic alien vocals retains the industrial grit of Detroit techno while employing the polished disco-funk of Chicago house artists such as Derrick Carter and DJ Sneak. Two other young artists, Recloose and Jason Hogans, use the cut-and-paste techniques of late-'90s drum'n'bass to construct interesting sound collages. --Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Artist:	INNERZONE ORCHESTRA
Title:	People Make The World Go Round REMIXES
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65253EP

"Now reworked and remixed for the urban DJ fraternity, the second volume of this vinyl only release gives the original another flavor with mixes by JayDee (UMMAH -- Tribe Called Quest's production arm, Detroit hip-hop outfit Slum Village) and Innerzone collaborator Lacksidaisycal (part of Detroit's esteemed Breakfast Club collective, demonstrating his strong productions skills, reworking this Stylistics classic)." Last copies...

Artist:	CRAIG, CARL
Title:	Designer Music: The Remixes
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65255EP

"One of the most sought after releases in the Planet E catalog, the original Designer Music was a limited edition vinyl 12" of some of Carl Craig's favorite tracks, remixed by himself to play exclusively in his DJ sets -- Carl decided to press a handful of copies for close friends and members of the now defunct Planet E subscription Service. Five years later, in the spirit of the original Designer Music release, we present a vinyl only 12" of two of Carl's previously unreleased mixes, to whet the appetite for our forthcoming compilation of Carl's remixes (including Can, Depeche Mode, Chris & Cosey, GusGus, U.N.K.L.E., Tori Amos, S'Express, System 7, A Guy Called Gerald, The Orb)."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Geology -- Vol. 2 -- A Subjective History Of Planet E
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65257CD

"2nd collection of previously unreleased tracks and classics culled from the vaults of one of the world's most acclaimed labels, Carl Craig's Planet E. Continuously mixed by Detroit DJ Mike Agent X? Clark. Geology 2 revisits the hallowed Planet E vaults and surfaces with a second edition of eclectic dancefloor favourites, unreleased tracks and remixes." Artists include Chaz Vincent, Common Factor, Carl Craig, Innerzone Orchestra, Clark, Alton Miller, Recloose, Mike Clark, Agent X, Ibex, Paperclip People.

Artist:	VA
Title:	2000 Black: The Good Good
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65260LP

"The first compilation of tracks from the newest/hottest label out of the UK -- 2000 Black Records. This British imprint was founded by Dego from the band 4 Hero. Dego releases his own bugged out electronic excursions through 2000 Black, but also displays music from other up-and-coming UK and worldwide talents. Featuring the legendary Roy Ayers on a remake of his classic track also entitled '2000 Black' (originally recorded with Fela Kuti), along side new artists from Switzerland, UK and USA. Bringing an array of sounds together on one CD: down-tempo, techno, new jazz, house, new drum'n'bass, new funk."

Artist:	VA
Title:	All Access
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65264CD

"Carl Craig is pleased to bring us 'The 1st Detroit Techno' compilation released in Detroit on a Detroit based label. The disk features music from scheduled performers of 2000 + 2001's Detroit Electronic Music Festival. All Access commemorates not only Carl Craig's role as the co-founder and creative music director of the D.E.M.F. for the last two years, but more simply the music of Detroit. Music that has had a profound influence on the world and is now finally fully recognized in its home thanks to the vision of a man who brought a stunning 1 million people gather in celebration of an artform and city he loves. Carl has captured the energy of the DEMF by integrating established Detroit artists like Stacey Pullen (Black Odyssey), Kenny Larkin (Dark Ccomedy), Richie Hawtin, Inner City (aka Kevin Saunderson), Random Noise Generation and Slum Village with up and coming talent like Recloose, Ibex, Lacksidaisycal and Bill Van Loo. There's also two stunning exclusive tracks -- 'The Playground' from Random Noise Generation and 'Suspended Animation' from Shake. This is a record that captures the energy and diversity of Detroit music. It's the perfect introduction for newcomers to the scene and fresh enough for the converts."

Artist:	RECLOOSE
Title:	Cardiology
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PE 65267CD

2002 release. "Presenting the highly-anticipated album from one of the hottest producers in the industry. With his two EPs, two singles, one mix CD and numerous remixes for everybody from Herbert to Ballistic Mystic, Recloose's well-received releases have made him one of Detroit's signature artists. Recloose describes his sound and style best as 'shape-shifting,' an amorphous aesthetic that mixes samples, chopped beats and lots of rhythms predicated on tweaks and abstractions of sound. That his album is called Cardiology is intended to mean that it is music not intended to be dissected and deconstructed but rather, felt. 'I was trying to create music from the heart,' he describes. 'Less with my brain and more with my innards.' And that has never been so true as it is with this incredible LP."

Artist:	SINES & NATACHA LABELLE, TODD
Title:	Overlap EP
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65268EP

"Todd Sines has long been a staple of regional, national, and international electronic music scenes. His first releases were as Enhanced on Planet E in 1993 for 'elements of and experiments with sound,' as well as minimal tech-house releases on UK's Peacefrog Records and Detroit's Seventh City with Dan Bell as .xtrak. The 'Overlap' EP ebbs and flows between atmospheric electronica and deep, sensual, vocal house. Natacha Labelle's unique vocal sounds blends her native tongues of English and French with the soul of both Billie Holiday and the eclectic sounds of Bjork."

Artist:	SINES & NATACHA LABELLE, TODD
Title:	Overlap: The C2 Mixes
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65269EP

"'Overlap' is the latest EP from Planet E artist Todd Sines and Canadian vocalist Natacha Labelle... On 'Overlap: The C2 Mixes' Carl Craig subtly and masterfully rearranges Todd's sensual beats and Natacha's haunting vocals... This release ebbs and flows between atmospheric electronica and deep, sensual vocal house. Natacha Labelle's unique vocal sound blends her native tongues of English and French with the soul of Billie Holiday and the eclectic sound of Bjork."

Artist:	URBAN TRIBE
Title:	Covert Action
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65271EP

"A special vinyl release from Urban Tribe, including the infamous track 'Covert Action,' originally released on Carl Craig's first label, Retroactive. The single made such a large impact that Urban Tribe was picked up by Mo' Wax Recordings to produce the groundbreaking LP The Collapse of Modern Culture. Now, Planet E is re-releasing 'Covert Action' and 'Low Berth' as a special 12" single! 'Covert Action' has not been previously available as a single, and this release also features an extended mix of 'Low Berth' produced by Sherard Ingram and mixed by Carl Craig. These hard-to-find Detroit classics have heavily influenced and inspired many Detroit artists and music."

Artist:	MARKS, NIKO
Title:	Chune
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65273EP

"A mini EP featuring 'Chune', a melodic and cosmic trip into where ever you want to be. Also, Niko has included a very soulful and highly spirited house groove entitled, 'Truly Somethin'' which is truly worth listening to. The track displays Niko on lead vocals which a lot of the listeners of his music had grown accustomed to. The track, 'Chune' and Carl Craig's mix of 'Truly Somethin'' are currently found on Carl's latest compilation called The Workout"

Artist:	CRAIG, CARL
Title:	Tres Demented
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.50
Catalog #:	PE 65274EP

Repressed. "One of those club bangers that pays reference to classic Carl Craig productions such as Paperclip People 'Throw' and 69 'Sound on Sound'. From the minute the needle hits the record, the speaker system takes a life of its own, smacking clubbers the face and kicking them up the wazoo. Loud screams and chants along with big bass and a constant tom loop keep the pulse increasing to a frantic high. A shrill siren signals a warning that the bomb will drop on your head just as the drums punch you in the chest."

Artist:	BUTTRICH, MARTIN
Title:	Full Clip/Programmer
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65287EP

"Top producer of Timo Maas + Loco Dice with his own single on Carl's label. Already big with all the usual suspects. The word prolific is often overused but Martin's production credits don't read like a who's who of a decade of dance, they are a decade of dance. Aside from over 100 collaborations with Timo Maas, Martin has been involved with twice as many again from the Italo house of Sounds of Life to the sophisticated pop of the Sugarbabes. He was nominated for a Grammy on his work as a remixer on Tori Amos' 'Don't Make Me Come to Vegas' and still finding time to work with LocoDice on the 420 releases, you can't help but feel that this man's thirties are going to be a very public ride..."

Artist:	SAN, SEBASTIEN
Title:	Rising Sun
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PE 65292EP

Two-track single, B-side features a C2 (Carl Craig) edit. "Sebastien San grew up with the sounds of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Prince, and Serge Gainsbourg. In the early '80s, he got into the new wave and industrial scene and was heavily inspired by Depeche Mode, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Human League, Front 242, and Severed Heads, amongst many others. The emerging club culture of the mid-'80s, as well as the birth of Detroit techno and Chicago house had an even greater impact on him. He consequently landed a job at a local record store where he could get his hands on all those great records. It also helped him to launch his own party series where he could play those fabulous tracks. By the mid-'90s, Sebastien founded his own (and now defunct) record label called Shield Records. During that time, he had the chance to collaborate with artists such as Kirk DeGiorgio, Kevin Saunderson and Fabrice Lig, to name a few. 'It was Fabrice who really turned me into the production side of music. He convinced me to buy synthesizers and drum machines.' Another key factor was Sebastien's meeting with Mad Mike of Underground Resistance in Detroit at the infamous Submerge building. As Sebastien became more familiar with production techniques and studio equipment, he decided to concentrate full-time on music production. He developed his very own style which combines deep atmospheric strings, sweet melodies, and funky beats and rhythms, releasing records on Gigolo Records and Planet E, among others."

Artist:	ATTIAS, ALEX
Title:	Analysis
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PE 65293EP

"Attias is the project of brothers Alex and Stephane Attias. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland (also home to Planet E signings Lazy Fat People), the duo have been DJing all over the world and making records and remixes for many years on a diverse list of labels ranging from Compost to Talkin' Loud and their own Visions and Freedom Soundz imprints. Their local music scene is one of the most vibrant in Europe for electronic music and the duo are close with artists like Mirko, Ripperton, Quenum and many others in the Geneva/Lausanne axis -- no surprise then that you can say the duo have much in common with the Swiss minimalism of LFP and Luciano. But it is their love and deep appreciation and understanding for Detroit techno that has brought them to the attention of Carl Craig and given them a home on Planet E. Their love is re-enacted here in the appropriately titled 'Analysis' single. The title also re-enacts both the duo's approach to techno and their own personal searches in life. Like much of the best in electronic music, there is a progressive, searching pulse in the music here. This is a new 2007 look at what techno can be. Fresh and alluring, it is sure to bring the brothers a new wave of attention and respect."

Artist:	JONA
Title:	Altiplano/Secret47
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PE 65297EP

"Jona says he's always trying to explore new ways of sounding... making emotions talk is what he calls it. He has been recording and releasing dance music for the past four years on labels such as Strobe, Fumakilla, Toys For Boys, Resopal Schallware and most popularly for Berlin's Get Physical. He also records under the alias' Carsen Denaso and Fandango. He has remixed M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, Daso and others. His past productions have already appeared in the boxes of major DJs like Sven V�th and John Digweed as well as Laurent Garnier and Mylo. He's currently working on his first album that will be released on Get Physical, but before then he found time to give two very special dancefloor cuts to one of his heroes, Carl Craig. And here you have it: further proof that in terms of dancefloor damage, Planet E is unsurpassable in 2008, first Sebastien San, then Martin Buttrich and now Jona and things are just heating up. Dancing on Planet E never sounded better."

Artist:	LARKIN, KENNY
Title:	You Are...
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PE 65300EP

All tracks written and produced by Kenny Larkin from the forthcoming album Keys, Strings, Tambourines. "Take the first single from the album, You Are..., which is based in part on the phenomena of The Secret -- Kenny's vocal here is something that wouldn't have been featured on earlier Larkin albums prior to Funkfaker. It's a track that sees him expanding beyond the dancefloor into some kind of new twisted song territory that most definitively isn't pop -- it's electronic, it's Detroit, it's twisted. Perhaps he's just taking in his now very Los Angeles lifestyle (he moved there in the early '00s) which sees him hiking the Hollywood hills and spending his non-music time doing stand-up comedy and learning how to act and shooting independent films and productions of his own and others."

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Artist:	PAPERCLIP PEOPLE
Title:	4myPeepz
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	CD
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65240CD

Artist:	COMMON FACTOR
Title:	Expanded
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65242EP

Artist:	IBEX
Title:	Bok Choy/Oasis
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	PE 65256EP

Artist:	DESIGNER MUSIC
Title:	Good Girls
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65276EP

Artist:	PSYCHE
Title:	Elements/Neurotic Behavior
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65278EP

Artist:	DANIEL, NAOMI
Title:	Feel the Fire/Stars
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65279EP

Artist:	69
Title:	Pungtang Classics
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65284EP

Artist:	ICAN
Title:	A Quien/Yamaya
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65286EP

Artist:	WATSON, VINCE
Title:	Renaissance/Rendezvous
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.50
Catalog #:	PE 65288EP

Artist:	LAZY FAT PEOPLE
Title:	Pixelgirl EP
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PE 65289EP

Artist:	TRIBE
Title:	Livin' in a New Day
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	PE 65294EP

Artist:	69
Title:	Sound on Sound
Label:	PLANET E COMMUNICATIONS
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	PE 69170EP