Blauer Samt

Blauer Samt (German for Blue velvet) is the debut album by German hip hop artist Torch. It released in September 2000 by the labels V2 Records and 360° Records.

On September 30, 2011, the album was re-released as CD and vinyl.

Blauer Samt is regarded as one of the most important German hip hop albums. The German rap albums Grüner Samt by Marsimoto (2012, “Green velvet”), Lila Samt by Sookee (2014, “Purple velvet”) and Normaler Samt by Audio88 & Yassin (2015, “Normal velvet”) are named after it.

Samples
"Kapitel 29" "Gewalt oder Sex" "Wir waren mal Stars" "Als ich zur Schule ging" "Hey Mädel" "Ich hab geschrieben" "Blauer Samt" "Heute Nacht" "Morgen"
 * "A Life (1895 - 1915)" by Mark Hollis
 * "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown
 * "Fantasy" by Maynard Ferguson
 * "If Only We Knew" by John Handy
 * "The Bridge" by MC Shan
 * "Dreaming About You" by The Blackbyrds
 * "Water Moon" by Andreas Vollenweider
 * "Sehr fern" by Klaus Kinski
 * "Allein" by Klaus Hoffmann
 * "Night Streets - Sandy and Jeffrey" by Angelo Badalamenti
 * "Long Red" (Live) by Mountain
 * "Tomorrow Started" (Live) by Talk Talk

Personnel
Credits for Blauer Samt
 * Arranged By – Torch (tracks: A5, A6)
 * Producer – Boulevard Bou (tracks: B2, B5, C3), Torch (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B3, B4, B6 to C2, C4 to D5)
 * Recorded By, Mixed By – Boulevard Bou