James Curd

James Wilson Curd began spinning loft parties and raves at the ripe old age of fifteen years. At the time, most of his friends made fun of him for this, called him names and never returned his phone calls. These same friends would wind up eating their words because by the time James was 19 he had already built a solid foundation for himself in the Chicago club scene as well as the scenes from many of major cities around Chicago. At 20, though still not legally admissible to the clubs he was spinning at, James found himself guest Dj-ing at most of Chi-Town’s dominant dance clubs while holding down residencies along side Chicago greats, Gene Farris and Diz.

At about this time, James’s love of music pulled him into the strange and wonderful world of music production. He wasted no time and had his first record deal with the French recording label BNO within his first year. Lucky Bitch! With him to celebrate his success was long time skateboard friend, Nick Maurer. It was 1998 and Nick had just moved back into town after working for a year in Southern Germany as (you guessed it) a greens keeper. What James forgot was that Nick was a talented guitarist, pianist and drummer who (after his year overseas with crazy techno blasting his ears) developed a taste for electronic music. They decided to join forces to see if their two unique perspectives on music creation could spawn something great. With James’s studio equipment and Nick’s old Ibanez, they were able to lay the foundation for a project that blossomed into what is Greens Keepers today.

James is currently running three record labels:

Greens Keepers Music (formerly called Static), which has releases from Diz, Gene Farris, Demarkus Lewis, Ron Carroll, Atjazz and Mike Dixon.

Igloo Music that is the byproduct of James and Diz’s love to steal well known songs and remix them.

G-Swing is a joint venture between James and Romain from Basenotic. The label is dedicated to the “swing-house” style that James has decidedly made his own after the initial success of “What’s Your Man Got To Do With Gan?” released on Classic Records.

Now Greens Keepers are really seeing things take off with the current success of tracks such as “Should I Sing Like This?” (Classic) and “Keep Quiet” (G-Swing); and the future looks bright with a plethora of releases for Fall 2002 including a Greens Keepers full length album on Classic.

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