TAG: Green Velvet

Feb11

Phase 2 of Ultra Music Festival 2010 Announced (Video)

The anticipation is building and you heard it here, folks. Phase 2 of Ultra Music Festival 12 was just announced and it looks like the producers are pulling out all the stops to bring the absolute best of the best in electronic dance music. With the festival just over 40 days away, we can only imagine what surprises they have up their sleeves.

This year’s UMF represents one of the strongest and most diverse electronic line-ups ever assembled with the addition of collaborators Damian Marley & Nas, Faithless Sound System, Groove Armada Live, Will.I.Am and ummm..Little Boots. And that’s just the beginning.

Friday, March 26

ULTRA MAIN STAGE: TIËSTO, *DAVID GUETTA, GROOVE ARMADA LIVE, PASSION
PIT, *LITTLE BOOTS, DAN BLACK, *WOLFGANG GARTNER, *MISS NINE.

BAYFRONT LIVE STAGE: THE DISCO BISCUITS, THE CRYSTAL METHOD …

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Jan11

Green Velvet Exclusive Mix (Podcast)

Green Velvet

URB.com Exclusive Mix


For nearly two decade, Curtis Jones has been one of dance music’s most commanding and intriguing personas. First as Cajmere and then Green Velvet, the Chicago jock has produced cross genre hits from 1992’s smash “The Percolator” to 2007’s hipster anthem “Shake & Pop.” Most recently, Jones released “Everybody Wants” with Kid Sister, just one of the new generation of artist who owe much of their sound to Jones original jackin’ style. But Green Velvet is still the king o the dance floor as this exclusive one-hour mix for URB proves.

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Nov27

Green Velvet & Kid Sister “Everybody Wants” (MP3)

It’s been a long time since Curtis Jones (Green Velvet/Cashmere) worked with a singer, usually preferring his own twisted take on society’s ills. Now, the man who warned about the “little pills that thrill until they kill a million brain cells” warns of scenester seduction with Kid Sister, which  undoubtedly makes the trans-generational Chicago track of the season. djMe

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Green Velvet feat Kid Sister – “Everybody Wants (Original Mix)”

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Sep23

Kid Sister Recording With Green Velvet (Video)

Kid Sister has tweeted that she’s hitting the studio with Chicago house legend Green Velvet, whose 1992 classic “Percolator” is probably the only reason the entire Chicago “juke” scene exist in the first place.

This bodes well for Kid Sister’s long-delayed album, Ultraviolet, which is now being pegged for a Nov. 17th release.

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May04

Decibel Festival Announces 2009 Dates Converting To Non-Profit Status

The critically-acclaimed multimedia art and music event boasted an attendance of over 13,000 in 2008. Past performers over the years include Autechre, Diplo, Green Velvet, Modeselektor, Apparat, Vladislav Delay, Michael Mayer, Gui Boratto, Justice, Matmos, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Stars of the Lid, Murcof, The Field, Deadmau5, Fennesz, among many others. In addition to these performance programs, Decibel also includes a professional section featuring panels and workshops, serving as a forum for musicians and industry professionals alike.

A community arts festival with an educational component, Decibel has always been “non-profit” in essence, by no means a “money-making”venture for its organizers. However, this year Decibel Festival is making it official and has changed to 501.c3 status in efforts to continue the festivals growth by attracting grants and charitable contributions. In preparation for the festival this …

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Mar17

Todd Terry

For some it May never have gone away, but house music’s return to the fore in dance music is undeniable. The past couple of years alone have seen the reemergence of some of house’s most seminal names, from Larry Heard with “The Sun Can’t Compare” to Green Velvet (”Shake And Pop”) and DJ Sneak, whose’ been remixing everyone from Sebo K to A Trak and Laidback Luke. Another name who’s taking charge of his formidable legacy and reintroducing himself to a generation of partiers that were in diapers when he got is his start is Todd Terry.

One of the principle architects of the New York house music sound, Terry went harder and more progressive when peers like Kenny Dope and Lil Louie Vega went deep and his production for the Jungle Brothers on “I’ll House You” …

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