''No Hassle'' is the fifth studio album by

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, released by

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in 2009. The album was "conceived as a single seamless sea of sound." ''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 ''

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''. The cover contains a picture of

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Track listing

Studio

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

Live

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

Personnel

Richard Dorfmeister Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo, known for their trip hop/downtempo remixes of pop, hip hop and drum and bass songs. Career In 1993, they released their first EP '' G-Stoned ...

Rupert Huber Rupert W.M. Huber (born 1967 in Mödling, Austria) is an Austrian composer and musician. In 1994, Huber founded ''Huber Musik'' to publish his own music, and in the same year, founded Tosca with Richard Dorfmeister. Huber's 2006 release of ''Fu ...

References

External links

No Hassle Official Site
{{Authority control 2009 albums Tosca (band) albums Ambient dub albums