For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house… Read Full Bio ↴For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house during the 1990s, Curtis A. Jones acted as quite a renaissance leader. Besides donning his straightahead house guise Cajmere and a flamboyant, neon-haired acid-house alter-ego named Green Velvet for several of the most memorable underground house tracks of the decade (including "Preacher Man," "Answering Machine" "Brighter Days" and "Flash"), Jones helmed the two most respected labels in the new school of Chicago house, Cajual and Relief. Though artist-owned labels had become the norm in Detroit, Chicago occurrences were frustratingly rare, despite the fact that the two major house imprints of the 1980s, Trax and DJ International, had continually bilked their artists out of money. Cajmere went a long way towards rectifying that situation, releasing records by a diverse cast of producers old and new: DJ Sneak, Glenn Underground, Paul Johnson, Gemini, Tim Harper and Boo Williams, among others.
The Chicago native began clubbing and buying records while studying at the University of Illinois. He later graduated with a degree in chemical engineering (and even attended several years of grad school at UC-Berkeley), but then returned to his hometown in 1991 with a drive to begin recording and DJing around the area. His first track "Coffee Pot (It's Time for the Percolator)" was released in 1992 as Cajmere on Clubhouse Records. That same year, Cajmere worked on production for "Get With U" by Lidell Townsell, then hooked up with another Chicago vocalist, Dajae. After the pair recorded a breakout single named "Brighter Days," Cajmere decided to form his own Cajual Records to release it. "Brighter Days" ascended to the number two position on the dance charts and became an international smash; it was the perfect remedy to Chicago's quickly deteriorating fortunes, a track which looked back to the '80s boom years but updated the sound with heavier beats, low-end synth and up-to-date programming.
Subsequent Dajae/Cajual collaborations like "U Got Me Up" and "Day by Day" followed, and Cajmere eventually set up his Relief label in 1994. After deciding that the house scene needed a bit more showmanship, he created the alias Green Velvet for live gigs and DJ events. A kind of digital-age Bootsy Collins with impeccable fashion sense, Green Velvet hit the club charts with a trio of anthems from 1995 to 1997: "Flash," "The Stalker" and "Answering Machine." While no full-length appeared from either Cajmere or Green Velvet during those years, Cajual/Relief compilations like The Many Shades of Cajual, A Taste of Cajual and Relief: The Future Sound of Chicago collected all of his best productions.
The Chicago native began clubbing and buying records while studying at the University of Illinois. He later graduated with a degree in chemical engineering (and even attended several years of grad school at UC-Berkeley), but then returned to his hometown in 1991 with a drive to begin recording and DJing around the area. His first track "Coffee Pot (It's Time for the Percolator)" was released in 1992 as Cajmere on Clubhouse Records. That same year, Cajmere worked on production for "Get With U" by Lidell Townsell, then hooked up with another Chicago vocalist, Dajae. After the pair recorded a breakout single named "Brighter Days," Cajmere decided to form his own Cajual Records to release it. "Brighter Days" ascended to the number two position on the dance charts and became an international smash; it was the perfect remedy to Chicago's quickly deteriorating fortunes, a track which looked back to the '80s boom years but updated the sound with heavier beats, low-end synth and up-to-date programming.
Subsequent Dajae/Cajual collaborations like "U Got Me Up" and "Day by Day" followed, and Cajmere eventually set up his Relief label in 1994. After deciding that the house scene needed a bit more showmanship, he created the alias Green Velvet for live gigs and DJ events. A kind of digital-age Bootsy Collins with impeccable fashion sense, Green Velvet hit the club charts with a trio of anthems from 1995 to 1997: "Flash," "The Stalker" and "Answering Machine." While no full-length appeared from either Cajmere or Green Velvet during those years, Cajual/Relief compilations like The Many Shades of Cajual, A Taste of Cajual and Relief: The Future Sound of Chicago collected all of his best productions.
I Can't Take It
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3LW Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
3LW featuring Nas Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
3LW [feat. Nas] Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
3LW/Nas Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
Andy Stochansky If I was the last man on this earth would…
Angie Stone Got a lot of things I wanna say to you…
Badfinger Just give me five so I can step outside Or even…
Bleed There's a ghost somewhere I am sure, That wants me to…
Cheap Trick Well I saw you today and realized How I missed my…
Control They don't care about your safety, they only care about…
Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 Call out to the Gods when you release Diving deep up…
Crystal Shawanda There she was just seventeen Cryin' on the mornin' after He …
Cyclo-S9 feat. Search & Destroy Fake my love until I'm tame Do you remember my name? Been…
Dillon Francis I can't take it no more I can't take it no…
DJ Paul feat. DJ Kay Slay I'm sick and tired, I've been sick and tired What the…
Ernie Smith I can't take it I'm so lonely Gee, I need you so I…
Eugene Wilde intro: Verse I If I asked could I Touch You? Would i…
funeral anvii I don't really wanna talk My life now ticking on the…
Gloria D. Brown You can make lots of money Without tryin' at all You can…
Har Mar Superstar Uh Kick that submarine style Busy Sig Dj Ric Diculous Le …
Inner Circle I can't take it no more I can't stand it I can't…
Jerry and the Final Thoughts Today I passed you on the street And my heart fell…
Kapena I can′t take it, I'm so lonely girl, I need…
Lola I woke up early and it was a sunny day…
LW Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
LYELL Aaron Gillespie & Underoath Is there anybody out there? Is there anyone at all? I'm not…
M-Phunk I wake up every day and I pray to God That…
Me and The Guys Rumor has it she's a mess Across the room you'd never…
MORGVN I'm so wasted I can't take it I can't fake it That your…
Nas Everyday she walk by See me on the same block Same crew,…
never loved Every day you tend to cross my mind I wanted to…
Nina C. Alice A moment to change it all Had life before been so…
O.V. Wright I feel like I’m on fire Won’t someone please Put me out Of m…
PH-7 I'm writing the same songs over again I've been feeling the…
Rough Trade Been beatin' my head, been beatin' my head Been beatin' my…
Ryan Huston And I can't take it When you call me late at…
Skew Siskin Everything you do is complain about me I am a page…
Tegan & Sara So move, yeah move So move, yeah move I've got no where…
Tegan and Sara So move, yeah move So move, yeah move I've got nowhere to…
The Choir Take your money throw it all away And wonder how you…
Tina わかるわ 次の言い訳まで ムダだわ これで3度目でしょう? うわっ面の態度なんかで ダマされるわけないじゃない 楽しみだ…
Todd Rundgren Well I saw you today and realized How I missed my…
Vito A locked door won't keep me out I'll learn your secrets…
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