Yearly Archives: 2007
Carl Craig at Jam Club 2008, Turin (Italy)
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs. According to an article about Craig, "Of this group, Craig was often recognised as being the most artful and the most willing to engage the rapidly growing shape of techno outside Detroit." Carl Craig has approached techno using inspiration from a wide range of musical genres, including jazz and soul.
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Abandoned “Maggiordomo” Villa, Italy
The Villa "Maggiordomo" (Butler), now belonging to Count Revelli de Beaumont, lies near Grugliasco, 18 kilometres from Turin, in a flat, green country, with the Alps rising in the distance. It was built in 1630 for Francesco Napione, Marshal of the Cuiras-siers in the service of the Prince of Carignano, and it was named after his son Valeriano, then Majordomo and Esquire to his R.M. Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Carignano.
