The cult song "Kapitel 1" is 30 years old and has lost nothing of its honesty and vulnerability. Originally released on the compilation: "Alte Schule" (MZEE Rec) After 30 years it is now released as Maxi Vinyl (360° Rec).
From the depths of the Heidelberg Hip Hop archives come these historical recordings, which show a young Torch, early 20s, on his way to mastery.
His extraordinary contribution to Hip Hop culture includes
- The introduction of freestyle rapping in German.
- Strong participation in the networking of the scene, since the 80s.
- With Advanced Chemistry, together with Linguist & Toni-L, he brought conscious rap to the German media with songs like "Fremd im eigenen Land".
- Due to his expertise in all elements of the culture and his self-confident appearance, he became a spokesman for the scene.
- Together with B-Boy Storm, Scope and DJ Stylewarz he presents the first Hip Hop show "Freestyle" on German TV.
- with his first solo track: "Kapitel 1", poetry enters the German rap scene.
- His solo album "Blauer Samt" (2000) is considered one of the most important German rap albums. Its importance is also reflected in the choice of titles for albums based on it, such as "Grüner Samt" (2012) by Marsimoto, "Lila Samt" (2014) by Sookee or "Normaler Samt" (2015) by Audio88 and Yassin.
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