schooldays
Tosca is the brainchild
of Richard Dorfmeister + Rupert Huber. Both met in school where they shared
the same enthusiasm about music. Very soon they formed their first group called
Dehli 9, which was a wild collective, experimenting with tape machines and
indian influences, mixed with poetry lyrics.
new paths
After school everybody went its way. Rupert decided to
work in the experimental music scene, while Richard teamed up with Peter
Kruder to form the producer/dj duo Kruder+Dorfmeister.
1993 the G-stone label was launched. K&D; became trademark, their K&D; remix
sessions are legendary.
tosca
In
1994, Richard and Rupert met again to do a new thing called Tosca. Initially
a fun-project, they released their first 12", called Chocolate
elvis (G-stone 12 002), which combined classical samples with NYC
street-blues samples. The track was licensed to a whole range of compilations
and still can be heard on dancefloors worldwide. Their second stroke called
Fuck dub (G-stone 12 003) used heavy basslines and freaked-out spoken
word clips.
opera
1997 saw the release Opera
(G-stone CD 002), their first album, which featured old + new tracks and
was described as soulful and analogue soundscape. Some saw it as a smooth
fusion of ambient funk + delicate dub. The mixmag wrote: It's the blues,
and the thick sultry bass, that make this as sexy and melancholy as cigarette
smoke after a one-night stand in a strange city. The new tracks were featured
on Buona
Sarah (G-stone 12 005)
fuck dub remixes
The
next step was to bring in mutual friends from all over Europe to work
on a remix-series of Fuck dub. It became a very exciting project and resulted
in a colourful mixture of versions. Artists + labels involved in this
project were: Fila Brazillia, Baby Mammoth (pork),
Fauna Flash, Beanfield (compost),
Daniel Haaksman, Shantel (essay), Morpheus/Beanfield (SSR),
Gambusa (studio K7),
Uptight productions (uptight),
pulsinger + tunakan (cheap) All these reworkings were featured on Fuck
dub the remix album (G-stone CD 003).
exclusive tracks
The first exclusive track The
key was produced for the high-profile Freezone 4 compilation released
on SSR/Crammed,
followed by Ocean
beat, released on the Future sound of jazz vol.4. This tripped out-track
is intended to be heard on the beach after the consumption of at least
3 jazz-cigarettes.
future
The world of tosca is
always connected to the city Vienna, sounds seen through a rain-drenched cab
windscreen, a low world full of bluesy gentleness. |