Three years are Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber already working on the new album of their project Tosca and the fans were relieved, when the album came finally out in the beginning of this year. On Monday, 29th of April, they will come to the LMB to introduce you to their newest stuff. The concert is organized by Radio1 (91,9 FM), they are celebrating their 22nd anniversary. This project of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber was born in 1994 in Vienna. They released their debut album Opera in 1997 at G-Stone Recordings. While many of the songs on Tosca’s upcoming album Odeon feature guest vocalists, instrumental, ambient compositions remain an area of expertise for the Viennese duo. “I don’t like the term ‘ambient’ so much, but I use it as a recognition point,” says Richard Dorfmeister. Rupert Huber clarifies further, “We don’t mean ‘ambient’ like the ambient scene of the 70s and 80s, or Music for Airports, rather it’s more like a sound collage. When we say ‘ambient,’ we mean no beat.” ‘Bonjour,’ which anchors the upcoming album Odeon, offers ample proof that Tosca’s mastery of lush, pastoral soundscapes remains unchallenged, and offers a glimpse of the “elegant dark” direction explored on the new LP.
Tosca’s new album Odeon is slated to be the first release of 2013 on the duo’s longtime home of !K7 Records. Featuring collaborators from Tosca’s creative inner circle, including vocalists Callier and JJ Jones, the album is darker than their previous five albums, more downbeat, at times ambient. It’s unlike anything else out there at the moment.
Tosca’s Rupert Huber takes up the thread. “The album is definitely a little darker than anything we’ve done before. It’s mainly male vocalists. There are the moodier ambient tracks and then some songs with downbeat bluesy feel.” The album’s name comes from the venue in Vienna where the duo debuted the new material in October. The performance went so well they decided it would make a fortuitous name — the music/place interface in action once again.
Tickets for the concert are available at Eventim.cz, Ticketpro.cz, Ticketportal.cz, at the cash desk of the LMB and at directly at this page.
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