Cajmere - Percolator (Cajual Records 1992)

Curtis Alan Jones aka Cajmere is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. His style of house and techno music has been compared to and inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Prince, Gary Numan, and Nitzer Ebb. Jones is also known as Geo Vogt, Green Velvet, Half Pint, Curan Stone, and Gino Vittori. Before becoming a professional musician, Jones studied chemical engineering at the University of Illinois. In 1991, he left a Master’s program at UC-Berkeley to move back to Chicago, releasing his first song (“Coffee Pot“ on ClubHouse Records) the same year. Up until this point, music had been a hobby fueled by cobbling together tracks on his “sixty-buck keyboard, a cheap four-track and a cheap drum machine“ set-up while still an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. This DIY method of production was never taken seriously, and when childhood plans to become a doctor were shelved, Jones was firmly committed to a career as a chemical engineer. His father was an occasional DJ and eventually became a b