No Hassle Explained

No Hassle
Type:Album
Artist:Tosca
Cover:No Hassle.jpg
Released:April 21, 2009
Genre:Ambient dub, downtempo, trip hop
Label:Studio !K7
Prev Title:J.A.C.
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Odeon
Next Year:2013

No Hassle is the fifth studio album by Austrian downtempo / trip-hop duo Tosca, released by Studio !K7 in 2009. The album was "conceived as a single seamless sea of sound."[1] No Hassle includes no featured vocal tracks, and instead marks Tosca's return to vocal samples and the "use of the voice as an instrument" last heard on the 2000 album Suzuki.[2]

The cover contains a picture of Manhattan viewed from Long Island City, Queens.

Track listing

Studio

  1. "My First" – 5:42
  2. "Elitsa" – 4:55
  3. "Springer" – 5:12
  4. "Birthday" – 4:49
  5. "Oysters in May" – 4:36
  6. "Joe Si Ha" – 4:09
  7. "Elektra Bregenz" – 4:08
  8. "Fondue" – 3:33
  9. "Rosa" – 5:07
  10. "Raymondo" – 5:16
  11. "Mrs Bongo" – 5:34
  12. "No Hassle" - 6:24

Live

  1. "Piano Intro" - 4:14
  2. "No Hassle" - 5:49
  3. "Oysters In May" - 4:55
  4. "My First Ambient" - 1:10
  5. "My First" - 5:29
  6. "Springer Ambient" - 2:00
  7. "Springer" - 5:22
  8. "Knoll" - 4:32
  9. "Joe Si Ha" - 3:51
  10. "Elektra Bregenz" - 4:36
  11. "Birthday" - 4:31
  12. "Utrecht Spa" - 4:24
  13. "Mrs. Bongo" - 5:33
  14. "Rosa" - 6:24

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tosca: No Hassle (Official Site). 2016-05-04 .
  2. Web site: Tosca: No Hassle Review. Turn On, Tune In, Chill Out. 2016-05-04 . Pop Matters . Ranta . Alan .