{"product_id":"don-philippe-velvet-breaks-sonar-kollektiv","title":"Don Philippe - Velvet Breaks [Sonar Kollektiv]","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1393632119\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/donphilippesk.bandcamp.com\/album=1393632119\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\"\u003evelvet breaks by Don Philippe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP in printed sleeve.\u003cbr\u003eCAT: SK540LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonar Kollektiv proudly presents the new album from lo-fi veteran Don Philippe. Titled Velvet Breaks, this entirely instrumental record will be released on October 10, 2025, in both vinyl and digital formats. With its textured production, broken beats, and a very particular analog warmth, Velvet Breaks is a slow-burning, introspective work: a meditation on fragility, erosion, and beauty in decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon Philippe, real name Philippe A. Kayser, brings decades of musical experience to the project. A professional drummer in the eighties and later active as a pianist and guitarist, Kayser has worked as a composer and producer from his own studio since the nineties. He is also a co-founder of the legendary German hip-hop group Freundeskreis, one of the pioneering acts that defined the sound and culture of rap in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2015, Don Philippe has focused on instrumental hip-hop, with over ten solo albums released through various independent labels, building a global fanbase on streaming platforms. His music bridges the soulful subtlety of jazz with the rawness of classic boom-bap, always with a delicate and cinematic touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Velvet Breaks, this mastery is fully displayed. From the dusty crunch of the drum loops to the hazy elegance of Rhodes melodies and tape-saturated fragments, the album constructs a fragile world where silence and space are as important as sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record unfolds like a narrative, with each title suggesting a step in a process of disintegration: \"fibers displaced,\" \"edges,\" \"a rupture,\" \"tension,\" \"entanglement\"—culminating in the eponymous track \"velvet is broken.\" No words are needed here: the beats speak for themselves, telling a story made of fragments, textures, and ghostly grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Velvet Breaks, Don Philippe delivers a deeply personal and musically rich work to his catalog: a record for long nights, solitary walks, and moments of quiet reflection. It is an ode to imperfection and emotional precision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenampa Record Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355865632931,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/1239\/2867\/files\/image_89fba0b3-fc10-41b8-8ec1-a75774a96459.jpg?v=1760290543","url":"https:\/\/tenampa.mx\/en\/products\/don-philippe-velvet-breaks-sonar-kollektiv","provider":"Tenampa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}