Ocean Beat

“Ocean Beat” was written and produced by Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber under their Tosca project and first issued in 1997 on Compost Records' The Future Sound of Jazz Vol. 4 compilation. The track later appeared as “Ocean Beat” on Tosca's 2000 album Suzuki, released through G-Stone Recordings and Studio !K7. The 1997 release placed Tosca within the European club-jazz and downtempo network curated by Compost's Future Sound of Jazz series. It marked an early appearance of material that later helped define the sound of Suzuki, one of Tosca's central catalogue albums. “Ocean Beat” remained in Tosca's core catalogue through Suzuki and later digital reissues. Its continued presence on the album connected the track to the long-running Vienna electronic scene built around Richard Dorfmeister, Rupert Huber, G-Stone and Studio !K7.