Carl Craig

Techno's not a genre kind to careers, with legends generally relegated to the DJ touring circuit, their new tracks left for dead. Not so for the Don of Detroit's Second Wave. Carl and his Planet E label may have had their ups and downs, but as this two-decade-spanning mix of Craig tracks, collaborations and remixes proves, the C2 of '07 (the live "At Les," the Grammy-nominated Junior Boys remix) goes as deeply as the man who made all those '90s classics (the house madness of "Throw," the jazz madness of "Bug in the Bass Bin"). It's a way to start a party, and end it too.