J.VELEZ PRESS

Jorge Velez is bidding farewell to his best-known alias. 

If you haven’t been au fait with Velez’s low-key, scuffed-up techno and electro over the last ten years or so, it’s worth checking out his exceptional 2012 MMT Tape Series: Home Recordings 1996-1999 retrospective for Rush Hour – a gruff set of lo-fi techno jams that long predate the current vogue for scrappy 4×4. His Professor Genius moniker, meanwhile, has seen him turn out releases on L.I.E.S (2012’s Hassan LP, plus an appearance on the American Noise compilation), as well as drops on Italians Do It Better and Templo.

Velez has spoken to FACT about his forthcoming plans for the year, and bears surprise news: the Professor Genius alias is being put out to pasture for “the foreseeable future.” He’ll say goodbye to the alias with a new four-track 12″, Cara, due on Borneo in the coming months. He’ll also contribute to Moon Rock, a forthcoming compilation from James Friedman’s NY-based Throne of Blood imprint.

That’s far from all, with Velez plotting a string of release under his own name. Most notable is a new LP for L.I.E.S, titled Territories. The six-track effort promises “menacing drones”, “EBM influenced floor tracks” and “Sakamoto-esque melodic experiments”; closer ‘Venas’ is available to stream below.

On top of that, the producer will return to Rush Hour with a new two-track 12”, Ausland. A four-track release on DJ TLR’s ever-enjoyable Crème Organization imprint is also in the works, titled Aventuras.  He’ll also follow in the footsteps of Aarvarck and October with by putting out a 12″ on Skudge, with the title Intramuros. No release dates for the short-form discs are available as yet, but the L.I.E.S. LP will drop on April 15; select tracklist details are available to peruse below.

Velez recently contributed to our Forgotten Classics series, rhapsodising about Ian Anderson’s brilliant electronic prog LP Walk Into Light.

Tracklistings:

Jorge Velez – Territories
A1. Blood and Bone
A2. Curves
A3. Festival Mounds
B1. Ley Lines
B2. Wrecks
B3. Venas

J. Velez – Ausland 12″
A. Lost Highway
B. Ausland

Professor Genius – Cara 12″
1. Cara
2. Apparition
3. Flesh Palace
4. Strobe Life

J Velez – Aventuras 12″
1. Chant d’ombres
2. Airplanes
3.Magic 8 Ball
4. Aventuras

J Velez Intramuros 12″
1. Bluebottle
2. Hydrocution
3. Les Meandres
4. Tunnel

 

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