Tosca - No Hassle (2009)

No Hassle is the new album by Viennese soundscape mastersTosca. Forefathers of the nu-Balearic/cosmic scene of artistssuch as Studio, Quiet Village, A Mountain Of One and WindsurfRichard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber have produced their mostmagical and mesmerizing album yet. A luxurious tapestry ofanalogue and digital sounds, submerged samples and liveinstruments No Hassle evolves and expands into an hour-longambient symphony. The title reflects not only the duos laidback approach to making music but their whole philosophy oflife.

Multi-instrumentalists Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huberhave been friends since their Vienna schooldays, when theyfounded their first experimental band, Dehli 9. Richard laterbecame half of the globally acclaimed DJ-producer duo Kruderand Dorfmeister, while Rupert worked in piano composition,sound-art installation and acoustic networks. The duorediscovered their musical chemistry again with their Toscadebut, the 1994 12 Chocolate Elvis a string of highlypraised albums and remix collections followed.