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.
Percolator
Cajmere Lyrics
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Bargain Music How long has the percolator How long has the percolator been…
Charly Bliss Come on, baby, get me high There's always something new to…
Peter Kraus I bought myself a percolator Just to keep my coffee hot I…
Stereolab J'ai très très peur, ça c'est certain J'ai très très peur,…
Stereolab & Sonic Boom J'ai très très peur, ça c'est certain J'ai très très peur,…
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup J'ai très très peur, ça c'est certain J'ai très très peur,…
Stereolab - Topic J'ai très très peur, ça c'est certain J'ai très très peur,…
SZA Say you got love for me Say you don't mind that…
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Brighter Days 10cc How Dare You Lazy Days Hazy Days With Lazy Ways You ge…
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Emerald
This is perfection! Hope everybody in the video doing well these many years later 🙏 someone in my Chicago neighborhood is playing this regularly in the AM, and it does wake me up and makes me smile and dance! Joy joy joy!
missdarkeyes
This song never gets old!
Dj Venziemaniac
True universal things have no TIME SPACE ... they just ARE 8-) juste a la track PERCULATOR , oldskool 2 the bone & 2 dance ya ass of ;)
Xenophon Alexandrou
Indeed!
tonyfoxnyc
Sets the dance floor on fire every time I spin it. The freshness right there!
Mistah Jay
I love this song! I remember when the dance was a trend back when I was in school. Man the memories
Aria Woods
Those little kids are awesome. You go Jordan and Aaron!!!!!
Jesse Teknohed
An eternal classic !
Rod Riley
Great music. Great dancing. Great video!!!
DJNaveE
OMG, this was shot across the street from my apartment, and where my life came full circle, where I actually got to see Green Velvet LIVE at North Coast Music Festival... The union park salvation army. WOW.
I never knew this all these decades till now. I looked at that building and said I know that building, duh it's right outside my damn kitchen window...I should .. Lol