Green velvet
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Green Velvet is the third studio album by Marterias Alter Ego Marsimoto. It was released on Friday, January 13, 2012 via Four Music . The album entered the charts at number 3 in the first week of sales. The album title is a reference to Torch's groundbreaking German rap release " Blauer Samt ".
Track list
| # | title | Producer (s) | length |
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| 1 | Green velvet | Kid Simius, Nobodys Face, Marsimoto | 3:09 |
| 2 | Wellness | Nobodys Face, Marsimoto | 3:20 |
| 3 | The point | Dead Rabbit, Marsimoto | 3:38 |
| 4th | Indians | Dead Rabbit, Marsimoto | 3:53 |
| 5 | Me Tarzan, you Jane | Nobodys Face, Marsimoto | 3:54 |
| 6th | Green house | Nobodys Face, Marsimoto | 3:07 |
| 7th | Marsi the gypsy | Robot cook, Marsimoto | 3:32 |
| 8th | My buddy Spalding | Kid Simius, Marsimoto | 3:25 |
| 9 | Alice in WLAN land | The Krauts , Robot Koch, Marsimoto | 3:07 |
| 10 | I got 5 | Dead Rabbit, Marsimoto | 3:16 |
| 11 | absinthe | Kid Simius, Marsimoto | 4:17 |
| 12 | Blue Lagoon | Rabih Abou-Khalil, Dead Rabbit, Marsimoto | 3:29 |
| 13 | fear | The Krauts, Marsimoto | 3:27 |
| 14th | Where is the beat | Kid Simius, Marsimoto | 2:44 |
| 15th | For Uwe | Dead Rabbit, Marsimoto | 4:01 |
| 16 | Björk's singer | Kid Simius, Marsimoto | 3:02 |
| 17th | Green Granada (only in the first edition on CD and in the enclosed CD from the Green Velvet double vinyl) | Kid Simius, Marsimoto | 3:05 |
| 18th | Cuba Clubbin 'Junior (' I hate Techno 'Remix) (only in the first edition on CD and in the enclosed CD from the green velvet double vinyl) | Kid Simius | 3:33 |
| 19 (17) | The office (only in the download version from iTunes, track 17) | Marsimoto, Henrik Miko | 2:30 |
Singles and Videos
In advance, on Christmas Eve 2011, a film for the album was released on Vimeo , in which many tracks from the album are already represented.
Cover
The cover was taken in Iceland by photographer Paul Ripke . It is a rocky landscape overgrown with moss. One of Marsimoto's trademarks, the mask, was placed on a rock. The name of the artist and the name of the album are shown on the cover. A limited edition was released with a cover made of green velvet.
criticism
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| The gap |
 
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The reviews of Green Velvet are all positive.
- rap.de thinks that Grüner Samt is "an incredibly multi-faceted album" and that "modern German hip hop [...] finds its manifesto here".
- BACKSPIN Online says: "[...] in 'Green Velvet' there is again a large pinch of the nonchalance that you want to hear when Marsimoto is on it" and rates the album with 4 out of 5 points.
- The online magazine laut.de rates the release with 5 out of 5 possible points.
- Klaus Buchholz from The Gap writes: "Marteria has given his stoner alter ego Marsimoto a third album and has already anchored another genre milestone."
- Steffen Uphoff from hip-hop magazine MZEE writes about the album: “The sustaining, atmospheric melodies, the deep bass and the many electronic sounds are extremely suitable for the content influenced by the ' green velvet ' . They also demonstrate innovation and a willingness to experiment. "
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- ↑ Facebook status of "media control" on January 23, 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Green Velvet - The Film on Vimeo
- ↑ Review rap.de
- ↑ BACKSPIN Online Review
- ↑ laut.de Review
- ↑ Klaus Buchholz: Green velvet ( memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (February 2012) on The Gap
- ↑ Steffen Uphoff: Marsimoto - Green Velvet - record box. Retrieved on August 11, 2019 (German).
