Osam

Description

For Tosca (aka Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber), the idea of rebirth is a creative driving force—an artistic device that not only informs their work but anchors it. As the avant-garde electronic group Tosca, the two artists have lived several musical lives, from their early electronic experiments with tape recorders to the blissful dub compositions that made them famous. Their latest project, OSAM, pushes this idea of renewal even further. A meditative journey through rhythm and texture, the album represents a new chapter for the Austrian duo. It is as much an instrument of change as a source of inspiration. "Osam" is the direct translation of the number eight in Serbian, but it is also the medieval symbol of a new beginning, a rebirth. This is their ninth studio album, but in true Tosca style, when they started working on the concept for the record, they thought it was their eighth.