Green Velvet Explained

Green Velvet
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Curtis Alan Jones
Birth Date:1968 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years Active:1991–present

Curtis Alan Jones (born April 26, 1968), better known by his stage name Green Velvet, is an American disc jockey, singer and record producer. He is also known as Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Half Pint, Curan Stone, and Gino Vittori.[1]

Early life

Curtis Alan Jones was born [2] on April 26, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois.[3] He grew up listening to blues, jazz, funk, and rock. In the mid 1980s, he was introduced to house music via the radio.[4] He started making music with a "sixty-buck keyboard, a cheap four-track and a cheap drum machine".[5]

Jones graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a degree in chemical engineering.[3] After attending the University of California, Berkeley, he moved back to Chicago in 1991.[6]

Career

In 1991, Jones started releasing his music under the Cajmere moniker.[7] In 1992, he founded a record label, Cajual Records.[7] In that year, he released a collaborative single with Dajae, titled "Brighter Days"[8] that peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In the same year, he released the single "Coffee Pot (It's Time for the Percolator)" also known as "Percolator”, which was recorded at the Playroom Recording Studio by Jerome Mark Mikulich. [2] Rolling Stone included it on its "20 Best Chicago House Records" list in 2014[9] while Mixmag included it on its "20 Best US Rave Anthems of the '90s" list in 2019.[10] In 1993, he founded another label, Relief Records.[7]

In 1995, he released a single, "Flash", under the Green Velvet moniker. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[11] Billboard included it on the "10 Essential '90s Rave Jams" list in 2019.[12] Mixmag included it on the "20 Best US Rave Anthems of the '90s" list in 2019.[10]

Green Velvet's debut studio album, Constant Chaos, was released in 1999.[13] In 2000, he released a compilation album, Green Velvet.[14] He released Whatever in 2001, Walk in Love in 2005,[15] and Unshakable in 2013.[16] [17]

In 2014, he teamed up with Claude VonStroke to form the side project Get Real.[18] The duo's debut single, "Mind Yo Bizness" / "Snuffaluffagus", was released in 2016.[19] The duo's second single, "Jolean", was released in 2019.[20]

In 2015, he released a collaborative album with Carl Craig, titled Unity.[21]

DJ Mag has described Green Velvet as "a stalwart figure in both house and techno".[22]

Personal life

In the mid 2000s, Green Velvet revealed on Myspace that he had become a born-again Christian,[23] after a (allegedly) GHB.[24]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

DJ mixes

Extended plays

Singles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chicago's "ageless, unapologetic raver" Green Velvet remains defiant and Unshakable. Beatport. Jason. Black. November 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925094001/https://news.beatport.com/chicagos-ageless-unapologetic-raver-green-velvet-remains-defiant-and-unshakable/. September 25, 2015. dead.
  2. News: Green Velvet's sound is still percolating. The Washington Post. Chris. Richards. July 30, 2015. June 21, 2020.
  3. Web site: Green Velvet - Biography. AllMusic. John. Bush. June 21, 2020.
  4. Web site: Q&A: Cajmere On His Roots, The Differences Between House And Rave Audiences, And Tweaking "Percolator". The Village Voice. Michaelangelo. Matos. August 3, 2012. June 21, 2020.
  5. Web site: Listen: Cajmere - 'Chit Chat'. The Quietus. Amanda. Barokh. September 26, 2012. June 21, 2020.
  6. Web site: Cajmere - Biography. AllMusic. John. Bush. June 21, 2020.
  7. Web site: Caffeine Funk: An Interview With Cajmere. The Quietus. Melissa. Bradshaw. November 7, 2012. June 21, 2020.
  8. Web site: House Music: A Condensed History of Chicago House. Chicago. Jacob. Arnold. Lorena. Cupcake. Meaghan. Garvey. Michaelangelo. Matos. Steve. Mizek. August 2018. June 21, 2020.
  9. 20 Best Chicago House Records: Cajmere – "Coffee Pot (It's Time For the Percolator)" (1992). Rolling Stone. Arielle. Castillo. Geeta. Dayal. Keith. Harris. April 2, 2014. June 21, 2020.
  10. Web site: The 20 best US rave anthems of the '90s. Mixmag. Cameron. Holbrook. July 29, 2019. June 21, 2020.
  11. Dance Club Songs: The week of June 24, 2000. Billboard. January 2, 2013. July 18, 2020.
  12. Camera's Ready, Prepare to Flash: 10 Essential '90s Rave Jams. Billboard. Liz. Ohanesian. July 11, 2019. June 21, 2020.
  13. Web site: Hardcore Jollies. The Village Voice. Simon. Reynolds. April 25, 2000. June 21, 2020.
  14. Web site: Green Velvet: self-titled. PopMatters. Dave. Heaton. April 24, 2000. June 21, 2020.
  15. Web site: Xbox teams up with Green Velvet. Resident Advisor. Nick. Torrens. June 8, 2005. June 21, 2020.
  16. Web site: Green Velvet – Unshakable [Album Review]]. Dancing Astronaut. Matt. Medved. November 6, 2013. June 21, 2020.
  17. Web site: Review: Green Velvet - Unshakable. SLUG Magazine. Kamryn. Feigel. December 31, 2013. June 21, 2020.
  18. Web site: Claude VonStroke and Green Velvet form new side project, 'Get Real'. Dancing Astronaut. Lizzie. Renck. December 2, 2014. June 21, 2020.
  19. Web site: Claude VonStroke and Green Velvet release their first music as Get Real. Dancing Astronaut. Michael. Sundius. January 27, 2016. June 21, 2020.
  20. Web site: Claude VonStroke, Green Velvet duo, Get Real dole out second release ever, 'Jolean'. Dancing Astronaut. Benjamin. Yi. November 22, 2019. June 21, 2020.
  21. Web site: Carl Craig and Green Velvet release surprise collaborative LP. Resident Advisor. Andrew. Ryce. March 25, 2015. June 21, 2020.
  22. Web site: Best DJ: Green Velvet. DJ Mag. Dani. Deahl. June 28, 2017. June 21, 2020.
  23. Web site: Green Velvet: The Percolator. XLR8R. Stacey. Dugan. February 6, 2007. June 21, 2020.
  24. Web site: Green Velvet: Mission from God. https://web.archive.org/web/20200623011039/https://itm.junkee.com/green-velvet-mission-from-god/6248. dead. June 23, 2020. Junkee. Chris. Sime. November 8, 2006. June 21, 2020.
  25. Web site: Fuzion - Single by Green Velvet & Layton Giordani. iTunes. January 25, 2019. February 6, 2019.
  26. Web site: Sweeney . Farrell . January 8, 2021 . Green Velvet and CamelPhat notch first collaboration, 'Critical' . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115065119/https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/01/green-velvet-and-camelphat-notch-first-collaboration-critical/ . January 15, 2021 . January 15, 2021 . Dancing Astronaut.
  27. Web site: My Cheri - Single by Green Velvet & Mihalis Safras on Apple Music . Apple Music . October 22, 2021 . November 27, 2021.

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