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At 05:54 PM 5/29/99 +0200, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines who, what and how is Green Velvet?

> >who, what and how is Green Velvet? >

Green Velvet is a hard house/chicago techno guise of chicago's own dj Cajmere. His trademark sound is excellent pumping techno/house with his humorous narrations over the music. He has over 30 releases to date on a slew of different labels including: Relief, Open, Music Man, Live, Cajual, and Harthouse to name a few. Several of his tracks have become so popular they could be considered party/rave "anthems." Those include Flash, Stalker, Preacher Man, Never Satisfied, Land of the Lost, and Destination Unknown. I would venture to say Green Velvet is one of chicago's most successful chicago techno/ house artists and one of my favorites as well. I wish there was a Green Velvet "best of" compilation cd i could recommend but, unfortunately for the vinyl impared, most of his releases are vinyl-only with the exception of his most recent Constant Chaos album on Music Man. Other than that, i recommend getting all his eps on Music Man, Relief, and Open. "Camera's ready prepare to flash...!" -->-Lance--- mclance@nacs.net lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states

Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com> wrote:

quoted 1 line who, what and how is Green Velvet?

>who, what and how is Green Velvet?

Get more info at this address: http://www.cajual.com/relief/green.htm There's a recent Green Velvet album out called 'Constant Chaos' which is OK, but by far the best examples of his music are his vinyl only EPs. My favourite is probably 'The Stalker', but there are several available. He also does cracking DJ sets and live appearances - with his fluorescant green wig and flying goggles, he puts the shits up happy club crowds with his hypnotic brand of dark house music. You haven't lived till you've heard 'Flash' played out, with its machine gun snare batteries and chilling vocal... "He's sucking on a balloon! But this is no ordinary balloon parents, it's filled with a gas called nitrous oxide. Laughing gas. Ha ha ha haaaar. But this is no laughing matter... Camera's ready, prepare to flash..." Damon. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

On 3 Jun 99, Damon Fairclough wrote re: Re: (idm) green velvet Q: First, I thank you for responding to my original Q.

quoted 3 lines "He's sucking on a balloon! But this is no ordinary balloon parents, it's

> "He's sucking on a balloon! But this is no ordinary balloon parents, it's > filled with a gas called nitrous oxide. Laughing gas. Ha ha ha haaaar. But > this is no laughing matter... Camera's ready, prepare to flash..."

He's sucking on a spliff! But this is no ordinary cigarette, parents; it's filled with green twigs and leaves called marijuana... Oh dear oh dear. Sorry, but it doesn't strike me as particularly clever. I'm not talking about the music - which I haven't heard - but this quote doesn't make me favourably inclined to start with. It's that patronising air of "us" against "them". We, who are in the know, and the rest of the moronic 'parents' out there. Sore spot.

quoted 1 line with its machine gun snare batteries

> with its machine gun snare batteries

Can hear those down in the ghettos every night. For real. What a world ... tut tut ;-) I * np : Speedy J // G-spot (tickles me in a better place than guns and drugs)

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Irene McC wrote:

quoted 3 lines this quote doesn't make me favourably inclined to start with. It's

> this quote doesn't make me favourably inclined to start with. It's > that patronising air of "us" against "them". We, who are in the > know, and the rest of the moronic 'parents' out there. Sore spot.

Hmm, I didn't interpret it that way at all. To me the track seems designed to induce paranoia in the kids in the club. They're there hiding in the dark corners doing their naughty little balloons, or joints or whatever, and then there's this scarey voice coming over the PA, implying that everyone knows what they're up to, and that they're probably on film right NOW! Its not a happy song about getting high, its a scarey song about doing drugs in dirty corners of seedy nightclubs. Anyhow - its a great track - very dark, low end throbbing, if you think all house music is fluffy and light weight, then you should check some Green Velvet. CheerioAndrewC.

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, bloat wrote:

quoted 12 lines On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Irene McC wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Irene McC wrote: > > this quote doesn't make me favourably inclined to start with. It's > > that patronising air of "us" against "them". We, who are in the > > know, and the rest of the moronic 'parents' out there. Sore spot. > > Hmm, I didn't interpret it that way at all. To me the track seems designed > to induce paranoia in the kids in the club. They're there hiding in the > dark corners doing their naughty little balloons, or joints or whatever, > and then there's this scarey voice coming over the PA, implying that > everyone knows what they're up to, and that they're probably on film right > NOW! Its not a happy song about getting high, its a scarey song about > doing drugs in dirty corners of seedy nightclubs.

finally an artist that considers me a target audience!!! :) music, four lunchpails: wednesdays 7-8pm kuci 88.9fm www.kuci.org _chicks dig laptops_

On 3 Jun 99, bloat wrote re: Re: (idm) sex'ndrugz'nrock'nrollkid:

quoted 2 lines then there's this scarey voice coming over the PA, implying that

> then there's this scarey voice coming over the PA, implying that > everyone knows what they're up to,

Oh - cool. Yes, I can see that's another take on it. Okay. I have no problem with house music - time and a place for everything. Thanks for giving me that angle; it's easy jumping to conclusions. I * np : Bedouin Ascent off Chill out of Die ~ you can also mail me at <lime909@hotmail.com>