No Hassle

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No Hassle
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2009
Genre Ambient dub, downtempo, trip hop
Label Studio !K7
Tosca chronology
J.A.C.
(2005)
No Hassle
(2009)
Odeon
(2013)
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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]

Contents

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

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References

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