Thursday, December 16, 2010

Aaron-Carl Ragland, American electronic dance musician, died from lymphoma he was , 37


Aaron-Carl Ragland  better known simply as Aaron-Carl was an American electronic dance musician. He died of cancer he was , 37.[1]

(born 1973 - died 30 September 2010)

In 1999, he was the founder of Detroit, Michigan-based Wallshaker Music, an independent record label and music production company specializing in soulful Tech-House music. Aaron-Carl was also the founder and CEO of W.A.R.M.T.H. International Inc.
In addition to his own label, he also released materials on some of house and techno's most respected labels, including Ovum and the Underground Resistance, a sub-label Soul City[2] as well as Rebirth, Metroplex, Subject Detroit and Universal France.
He has remixed to many Detroit techno artists, like Underground Resistance, Scan 7, DJ Bone, Aux 88 & Kelli Hand. In addition, he has remixed various house, R&B and other mainstream artists, including Dajae, GusGus, Manu Dibango, N'Dambi (with Keite Young) and Kindred the Family Soul, CeCe Peniston ("Above Horizons") and Michelle Weeks.
Aaron Carl's single "My House" got licensed by Josh Wink's label, Ovum Recordings, and became Aaron's first Billboard Top 40 Dance/Club hit.
Aaron-Carl's music has been showcased in various feature films, most notably Maestro, a house music documentary by Josell Ramos, which featured original tracks "Sky" and "Oasis". Aaron-Carl also appears in The Godfather Chronicles -- The Ghetto Tech Sound of Detroit. His remix of rapper Johnny Dangerous' "Topsy Turvy", in which Aaron-Carl makes a cameo appearance is featured in Pick Up the Mic, a documentary by Alex Hinton.

 Discography

Singles

  • "My House" (Ovum Recordings label - made it to US Billboard Top 40 Dance/Club chart)

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