This one is a classic, and I'm talking about the video, the track but most of all the man.

Cajmere (aka Green Velvet) is one of the most forward-thinking producers in dance music, and through Cajual and Relief Records (to say nothing of his own tracks... of which you can say a lot) almost single-handedly ushered in the Second Wave of Chicago House Music in the 1990s.

Here he talks about the old days (even before Cajual and Relief, when he was dancing at the clubs) - names like Jamie Principle, COD's and Ron Hardy - as well as the collaborators he's working with today.

And don't miss this either: released just this week, It's Time on Cajual featuring 22 reworked classics including "Brighter Days", "U Got Me Up" and, embedded below, the new video for the new "Perculator":

Cajmere/Green Velvet: "Clear Blue Sky" (5 Magazine's Anniversary Project)