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Green Velvet

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Also known as Curan Stone, Curtis Alan Jones, Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Half Pint, Gino Vittori, Curtis Jones

American electronic musician

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Green Velvet Dress. the Beautiful Villa

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1967-04-26
electroelectronichouseminimal technotech house

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
244,155
Total plays
1,521,425

Tags

technoHouseelectronicelectroelectronica

Using the Green Velvet moniker to make his singularly twisted, funk-flecked house and techno hybrid, it was as Cajmere that he made his first musical mark back in the early 90's after ditching school half way through a post-grad, chemical engineering degree at top-notch US college Berkeley. Up until then, music had been a hobby fueled by cobbling together tracks on a "sixty buck keyboard, a cheap four-track and a cheap drum machine" while still an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alan
Family name
Jones
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
composer
Genre
techno
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.green-velvet.com
Image
Cajmere @ afterhours.jpg
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date of birth
1967-00-00
different from
Curtis Jones
influenced by
David Bowie
start of work period
1991-00-00
social media followers
18862
Commons category
Curtis Jones
pseudonym
Green Velvet
Sources (3)

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