Green Velvet

Early life Curtis Alan Jones was born on April 26, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up listening to blues, jazz, funk, and rock. He started making music with a "sixty-buck keyboard, a cheap four-track and a cheap drum machine".

Jones graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a degree in chemical engineering.

Career In 1991, Jones started releasing his music under the Cajmere moniker. In 1992, he founded a record label, Cajual Records. that peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. while Mixmag included it on its "20 Best US Rave Anthems of the '90s" list in 2019. In 1993, he founded another label, Relief Records. Billboard included it on the "10 Essential '90s Rave Jams" list in 2019. Mixmag included it on the "20 Best US Rave Anthems of the '90s" list in 2019. In 2000, he released a compilation album, Green Velvet. He released Whatever in 2001, Walk in Love in 2005, and Unshakable in 2013.

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

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

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

Personal life In the mid-2000s, Green Velvet revealed on Myspace that he had become a born-again Christian, after his drink was (allegedly) spiked with GHB.

Discography Studio albums Constant Chaos (1999) Whatever (2001) Walk in Love (2005) Unshakable (2013) Unity (2015)

Compilation albums The Nineties (1993 A.D. Through 1999 A.D.) (1999) Green Velvet (2000) Lost & Found (2009) It's Time (2010) Too Underground for the Main Stage (2013)

DJ mixes The Future Sound of Chicago: Cajual Relief (1995) Wheels of Steel Vol. 1 (1997) Techno Funk (2000) Sessions (2006)

Extended plays Underground Goodies Vol. I (1991) Underground Goodies Vol. II (1992) Underground Goodies Vol. III (1992) Underground Goodies Vol. IV (1992) Dreaming (1992) Underground Goodies (1993) Let Me Be (1993) Velvet Tracks (1993) Underground Goodies Vol V (1994) Underground Goodies Vol. VI (1994) Destination Unknown (1997) Chicago (2010) New Gotham (2010) The Chicago Jazz (2011) Elevated Tracks (2011) Go Dancing (2011) Chicago Style (2011) Playground (2011) White Label (2012) Black Label (2012) Taste of Chi-Town (2012) Jungle Love (2014) It's All About Me (2014)

Singles "Keep Movin'" (1991) "Brighter Days" (1992) "Chit Chat" (1992) "Percolator" (1992) "Feelin' Kinda High" (1994) "Flash" (1995) "Get Up Off Me" (1995) "H*rny" (1995) "Only 4 U" (1996) "The Stalker" (1996) "Answering Machine" (1997) "Lookin' for a Man" (1997) "Feelin'" (1998) "Nasty" (2001) "La La Land" (2001) "Genedefekt" (2002) "Coitus" (2002) "Sometimes I Do" (2003) "Midnight" (2004) "I Need U" (2004) "Nude" (2004) "Come" (2004) "Powered" (2004) "House-Werk" (2004) "Say U Will" (2005) "The Bathroom" (2005) "Temptation" (2005) "No S*x" (2005) "Cuz of You" (2005) "Shake & Pop" (2006) "Bigger than Prince" (2013) "Voicemail" (2014) "Suga" (2015) "Mind Yo Bizness" / "Snuffaluffagus" (2016) "Keep Pushin' (Harder)" (2017) "Jolean" (2019) "Fuzion" (2019) "Unapologetic Raver" (2020) "Critical" (2021) "My Cheri" (2021)