Dehli 9

Tosca | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B00007L6RZ
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #31 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Austria

Editorial Reviews

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While Richard Dorfmeister will always be remembered along with Peter Kruder for the now-classic 1998 downtempo record The K&D Sessions, both Kruder and Dorfmeister have given over substantial time since then to Peace Orchestra and Tosca, their respective "side projects." Dehli9 isn't quite in the class of Tosca's best work (namely, 1999's Suzuki), but it's still hypnotically impressive, using cyclic beats, lazy electronics, and a few choice vocalists to induce an active dream state. "Rolf Royce," featuring Stephan Graf Hadik Wildner's druggy vocal swoops, pits long melodic phrases against a staccato bassline to create a nice flow, while Earl Zinger's laconic style matches up well with the jazzier textures of "Wonderful." Fans of minimalism will want to investigate a bonus CD included with the record from Tosca's other member, fellow Austrian and like-minded beathead Rupert Huper. Based on an earlier piece from Huper titled "12 Easy-to-Play Piano Pieces," it's a somber, icily beautiful song cycle. Like late afternoon sunshine on a hazy winter's day, Dehli9's elegant and haunting mixture lingers in the background, barely holding onto the day as whatever light seeps through slowly fades to shadow. --Matthew Cooke

Product Description

A sublime collection of music, the 2003 CD by Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber is full of uptempo beats with a downtempo feeling, grooves in soft satin, spliff tunes with lyrical extravagance, & piano-pieces in a dub style. There's musical diversity galore on Dehli 9, CD 1 contains the classical Tosca sound infused with lush instrumentation, & CD2 features twelve dubwise piano compositions. Deluxe digipak. G Stone.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Little change since Suzuki, March 3, 2003

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"_-stephen-_" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dehli 9 (Audio CD)

Tosca's newest effort almost seamlessly continues their last effort, Suzuki, which is a good thing. The sound is very similar, the most notable change being a wider range of vocal accompaniment, but other than this, there wasn't enough to make this album higher on my list than Suzuki. If you liked their last, you'll most likely be happy with this purchase; but if you haven't heard the former, pick it up first.

Moving on, the packaging of Dehli9 is great: it has a very nice canvas cover enveloping two CDs of music. The first is the actual CD, and the second is filled with minimalist piano music that really doesn't ever pick up, but works well as haunting soundtrackish background music. I wouldn't pay for this CD alone, but it's a welcome addition. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out that the last track of the CD ("La Vendeuse des Choussures des Femmes part 1") doesn't end with part 1. Tosca leaves you with a nice thank-you gift, letting you pick up part 2 online.

The music really hasn't evolved much since Suzuki, but it hasn't fallen, either. Just pick it up and chill.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for the Ambient Disc, August 9, 2005

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Eric "Eric" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dehli 9 (Audio CD)

The vocal disc is pretty good, although maybe not quite up there with the K&D Sessions. The other reviews sum it up just fine.

But if you like ambient music (and some of the comments below prove that not everyone does) then by all means give the second, ambient disc a shot. These piano pieces are haunting, chilling, moody, dark and downright gorgeous. I play the vocal disc maybe once for every twenty times I play the ambient one.

As others say here, it's the perfect music for a cold dark afternoon or evening; a wonderful soundtrack to a brooding mood. An absolute must-have, in my opinion. I'm a hard-core Enophile, but this is right up there with Eno's Ambient 2 (the Plateaux of Mirror), and that's saying something.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars second best Tosca, February 26, 2003

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Mike (Trumbull , CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dehli 9 (Audio CD)

I bought this cd yesterday and have listened to it about 6 times already. It was well worth the wait for another cd from them. I think Suzuki is there best offering to date. If your a fan of tosca, K & D, peace orchestra then you will really like this cd, if you are more inclined to be a fan of Tosca alone then you might go either way. The second cd is mostly piano. It flows like one long song of smoked out, chilled piano sessions. I think the second cd is cool on its own but would not recomend it if it was sold seperatly. The main cd has a good live vibe to it and sounds more like a band than previous cds. There is a good amount of vocal work by a variety of featured artists that really work well with the Tosca formula. There are a few songs that sound like they could have been written from the Suzuki sessions. I think anyone waiting this long for a Tosca cd will be pleased with the cd, despite the wait...