Tosca is an electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 project of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber

Rupert Huber

Rupert W.M. Huber is an Austrian composer and musician.In 1994, Huber founded Huber Musik to publish his own music, and in same year, founded Tosca with Richard Dorfmeister...

. It is Dorfmeister's second such project, the first being Kruder & Dorfmeister

Kruder & Dorfmeister

Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop and drum and bass songs.-Style:...

, started in 1994. Tosca's first album, Opera, was released in 1997 with G-Stone Recordings

G-Stone Recordings

G-Stone Recordings is a Vienna-based independent record label founded by Richard Dorfmeister and Peter Kruder, members of its flagship group Kruder & Dorfmeister.- Artists :* DJ DSL* Dub Club* Kruder & Dorfmeister* Marsmobil* Peace Orchestra...

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History

Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber first met in school, and began experimenting with tape machines

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording

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, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Music of India

The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, classical music and R&B. India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as...

, and poetry lyrics, under the name of Dehli9. After school, Dorfmeister and Huber went their separate ways: Dorfmeister began producing and DJ

Disc jockey

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ing with Peter Kruder, and Huber worked in the experimental music scene

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

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1994 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....

, Dorfmeister and Huber released their first 12", entitled "Chocolate Elvis", on Kruder and Dorfmeister's G-Stone Recordings

G-Stone Recordings

G-Stone Recordings is a Vienna-based independent record label founded by Richard Dorfmeister and Peter Kruder, members of its flagship group Kruder & Dorfmeister.- Artists :* DJ DSL* Dub Club* Kruder & Dorfmeister* Marsmobil* Peace Orchestra...

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Studio albums

• Opera (1997)
• Suzuki
  Suzuki (album)
  Suzuki is a studio album by Austrian duo Tosca, released by Studio !K7 and G-Stone Recordings in 2000. The album was dedicated to the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki...
  
  (2000)
• Dehli9
  Dehli9
  Dehli9 is an album released by Austrian duo Tosca in 2003. Disc 1 contains relatively straightforward downtempo, while Disc 2 contains sparse, mostly piano music...
  
  (2003)
• J.A.C.
  J.A.C.
  J.A.C. is an album by the Austrian band Tosca, which was released in 2005 on Studio !K7.The album is named after Joshua, Arthur, and Conrad, the sons of Richard Dorfmeister and Ruper Huber, respectively.-Track listing:# "Rondo Acapricio" – 6:12...
  
  (2005)
• No Hassle
  No Hassle
  No Hassle is a concept album by Tosca released under Studio !K7. The cover contains a picture of Manhattan from Brooklyn's sideline.-Studio:# "My First" – 5:42# "Elitsa" – 4:55# "Springer" – 5:12# "Birthday" – 4:49# "Oysters in May" – 4:36...
  
  (2009)

Remix albums

• Fuck Dub Remixes (1997)
• Chocolate Elvis Dubs (1999)
• Suzuki in Dub (2000)
• Different Tastes of Honey (2001)
• Souvenirs (2006)
• Pony (No Hassle Versions) (2010)

Singles and EPs

• 1994 - Chocolate Elvis (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1995 - Favourite Chocolate (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1996 - Fuck Dub (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1997 - Buona Sarah (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1997 - Fuck Dub Remixes Vol. 1 (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1997 - Fuck Dub Remixes Vol. 2 (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1997 - Fuck Dub Remixes Vol. 3 (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1999 - Chicken Chiefly / Chocolate Elvis Dub (Pork Recordings)
• 1999 - Chocolate Elvis (G-Stone Recordings)
• 1999 - Suzuki EP (G-Stone Recordings)
• 2003 - Wonderful (Studio !K7)
• 2005 - Damentag (Studio !K7)
• 2005 - Heidi Bruehl (Studio !K7)
• 2006 - Souvenirs EP (G-Stone Recordings)

Chart positions

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	F France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	NED Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	NZ New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
2000	Suzuki	24	48	–	–	–	–	29
2002	Different Tastes of Honey	47	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Dehli 9	14	59	97	8	64	78	–
2005	J.A.C.	28	92	–	12	130	–	–

Music awards

• 2004: Amadeus Austrian Music Award-Nominating National Rock/Pop Group
• 2001: Amadeus Austrian Music Award-Nominating National Rock/Pop Group

External links

• Website of G-Stone Recordings Label
• Website of NO HASSLE album