Influences: Tosca

Music

Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber have been producing together as Tosca since 1994, with the Viennese duo releasing their debut EP 'Chocolate Elvis' a few years later. Their trademark sound of jazzy dubbed hip hop beats and samples, earned them huge recognition and have released eight albums over those two decades, the latest due now on !K7 Records. 'Going Going Going' is them "coming back to our original sound", and sees the pair touch on "uneasy listening", house and ambient electronica. We asked them both for some selections that have instilled the Tosca sound.

Tosca – Going Going Going is released by !K7 on 17th February 2017 and can be found HERE.

LISTEN

Dean Martin - Houston

Rupert: I’ve always loved and admired artists who can make people laugh, and in addition to that Dino has one of the best male singing voices ever, and therefore influenced my career: I heard his voice, I heard my voice, and then decided to never ever sing in public…

Dean Martin - Houston

Rupert: I’ve always loved and admired artists who can make people laugh, and in addition to that Dino has one of the best male singing voices ever, and therefore influenced my career: I heard his voice, I heard my voice, and then decided to never ever sing in public…
Talking Heads - What A Day That Was

Rupert: Stop Making Sense was one of the biggest influences on me in how I saw and approach live music. I must have seen the movie at least 5 times back then and I’m still impressed by the intensity and beauty of the music.
John Cage - Sonata Ii For Prepared Piano

Rupert: Although John Cage is famous and he did influence and change music, in my opinion he still is underrated as a very poetic and sensitive composer. His compositions for prepared piano are amongst the most beautiful pieces of music ever written for that instrument.
Laurel And Hardy - Blockheads (1938)

Rupert: This Laurel and Hardy movie from 1938 is one of the best they made. I’ve loved it since I was a kid and still enjoy watching it! It has influenced my life for the better and every time I’ve seen it I’ve laughed and had a good time!
White Sound: An Urban Seascape | Bill Fontana

Rupert: Bill Fontana is one of the greatest sound-artists of the world, and he has influenced my work, my life and my hearing and sonic thinking deeply. This piece stands for his whole work: a live-transmission of the sound of the seaside to a busy street in a city.
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) [Full Album] Hq

Richard: I discovered the bossa-nova master through a mutual school friend. His father had this vast collection of Jazz records, so I was able to dive headfirst into this inspiring world. This Jobim album sums up the feeling of the time and adds several more dimensions to it.
The Can (From Krautrock: The Rebirth Of Germany Documentary)

Richard: To get a bit of a deeper insight into the world of the amazing CAN collective I thoroughly recommend this documentary to understand the free and revolutionary approach that these German guys had.
Harold Budd And Brian Eno - The Pearl (1984)

Richard: This is just a perfect match of early Eno ambient sounds and the gentle piano themes of Harold Budd, this is surely an album that will last forever.
Blade Runner Blues - Vangelis - 1982 - [Hd]

Richard: It’s just immense how good this soundtrack was and still is. The film itself is such a classic and was as influential on me at the time as something like “Birdy” or the Talking heads live movie “Stop Making Sense”.
Miles Davis - He Loved Him Madly

Richard: This is one of the deepest cuts by Miles Davis. This track has been following me for over 20 Years now. It’s deep and lovely at the same time!