{"product_id":"don-philippe-velvet-breaks","title":"Don Philippe - Velvet Breaks","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP - Black Vinyl.\u003cbr\u003eDon Philippe announces new instrumental album Velvet Breaks – out October 10th on Sonar Kollektiv Lo-fi textures meet emotional depth across a meditative, analog- inspired journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonar Kollektiv proudly announces the new album by lo-fi veteran Don Philippe.\u003cbr\u003eTitled Velvet Breaks, the fully instrumental record drops October 10th, 2025 on vinyl and digital formats.\u003cbr\u003eWith its textured production, broken rhythms, and a distinctly analog warmth, Velvet Breaks is a slow-burning, introspective work – a meditation on fragility, erosion, and beauty in decay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Philippe, real name Philippe A.\u003cbr\u003eKayser, brings decades of musical experience to the project.\u003cbr\u003eA professional drummer in the 1980s and later active as a pianist and guitarist, Kayser has worked since the 1990s as a composer and producer from his own studio.\u003cbr\u003eHe is also a co-founder of the legendary German hip-hop group Freundeskreis, a pioneering act that helped define the sound and culture of German rap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 2015, Don Philippe has focused on instrumental hip-hop, releasing over ten solo albums across various independent labels and building a global fanbase on streaming platforms.\u003cbr\u003eHis music bridges the soulful subtleties of jazz with the grit of classic boom- bap, always delivered with a delicate, cinematic touch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Velvet Breaks, that mastery is on full display.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the crackle of dusty drum loops to the hazy elegance of Rhodes melodies and tape-saturated fragments, the album builds a fragile world where silence and space are just as important as sound.\u003cbr\u003eThe track titles read like a poetic deconstruction — “fibers displaced,” “torn,” “a rupture, ” “entanglement” — tracing a conceptual journey from tension to release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album unfolds like a narrative, with each track title suggesting a step in a process of unraveling: “fibers displaced,” “edges,” “a rupture,” “tension,” “entanglement” – culminating in the title track, “velvet is broken.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no need for words here.\u003cbr\u003eThe beats speak for themselves, telling a story in fragments, textures, and ghostly grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SONAR KOLLEKTIV","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":53207249355079,"sku":"TRI-65979","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/9822683aa6ad9aa253782eef69ec6a11.jpg?v=1769380451","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/don-philippe-velvet-breaks","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}