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Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

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Awake

Spring 2014 and Eduardo Castillo returns to Robot Heart for an amazing night in New York City.  One to remember!

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Track list:

1 Kobresia - Biosphere
2 Bellevue - Canson
3 You're A Fish - A. Balter
4 Epikur - David August
5 The Bright Forest - Culoe De Song
6 a1 Simone Venanzi - Body (Eduardo Castillo Remix)
7 Kolombo Remix - Nhar Lotus
8 Unstable Condition - John Tejada
9 Fuse (Ame Remix) - The Machine
10 Cumbia 1 - JD Twitch
11 I Had a Dream That She Was Dying Alone - Gathaspar
12 Black Fiddler - Dubfound
13 The End feat. Csilla - Joe T Vannelli, Hot Since 82
14 Orchestral (Vid Re'Shape) - Egal 3
15 Coari - Dimitri Andreas
16 Nothing Can Be True  - Guy Gerber
17 taniec con golpe (Eduardo CASTILLO remix)  -  Eduardo Castillo


Eduardo Castillo - Robot Heart - NYC - Spring 2014

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Look back
To when midnights broke their sleep
Awake in our memories
Of when we would make believe

Collide
Colors of the masquerade
Watch as they fall away
Faceless under faces made

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Spring would lie in summer showers
In my hair were winter flowers

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Seasons multiplying power
That I found in winter flowers

Turn back
I see rivers beyond the line
Ancient roads in broken design
Angels running thru our minds

Look up
Your city's built on marble floors
Neon lights in the falling snow
Those night back in tokyo

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Spring would lie in summer showers
In my hair were winter flowers

And weeks went by but felt like hours 
Seasons multiplying power
That I found in winter flowers

And we said
This has only just begun
In the end
Time forever favors the young

And we said
This has only just begun
In the end
Time forever favors the young

Young

"World Away" by Kasbo (@kasbomusic) is the fifth release from Foreign Family Collective, an outlet for musicians and visual artists alike curated by the duo behind ODESZA.

Available for streaming and download on all digital platforms on Friday, October 16th.

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World Away

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Kasbo - World Away

Meet some of the people willing to to bear their bottom halves on LA's metro subway. 

No-Pants Ride

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"British ambient band Marconi Union has drummed up the world's most relaxing song: Weightless is 8 mins 10 sec. of aural bliss" - Time Magazine, Best Inventions of the Year. 

"An excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music" - The Sunday Times

"The Ambient Zone is an album that feels like the world is peeling away, layer by layer, into multi-colored panoramas, just for you" - Echoes (CD of The Month)

The Ambient Zone is a beautiful journey into ambient and electronica inspired by universal themes of calmness, purity, relaxation and enrichment where Weightless is coupled with some exclusive first releases and other blissfully ambient tracks from Just Music artists and alumni.

Created instinctively and intuitively by Marconi Union, Weightless has been claimed to have therapeutic properties in the way the track almost appears to have a heartbeat running through it which slows down very gently throughout the piece, encouraging a deep sense of relaxation in the body, It's use of specific rhythms, beep bass tones, frequencies and intervals induce an almost trance like state in the listener.

"The Ambient Zone is an album that just screams (albeit quietly) of pure class" - Fluid Nation.

Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

Weightless Part 1

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Marconi Union - Weightless

Joan Baez sang for the Sunday night circle in camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where Native Americans are defending the Missouri River and the graves of their ancestors. Broadcast live by Govinda at Standing Rock Spirit Resistance Radio and recorded by Censored News.

Joan Baez at Standing Rock Sunday Night Circle

Leonard Peltier called in to Standing Rock Spirit Resistance Radio on his birthday. Listen. Broadcast live by Govinda. 

Leonard Peltier on Standing Rock Spirit Resistance Radio

Tex Allen is Hugging America!  Tex Allen is a long-time burner who has gifted thousands of burner hugs on the playa and beyond.  Maybe you’ve seen or felt that meaningful hug on the playa that becomes a big part of what burners have described as their transformative experience. Tex has campaigned using a simple red nose for over 7 years and has shared how his daily intention of being acutely aware of presence has opened him to “magical”, synchronistic experiences daily. Now he’s taking another step forward and inviting you to Hug America with him. We know the power of hugs. You are invited to join Tex’s Hug America Campaign to spread the love beyond Black Rock City.   Links Associated to this podcast: Hug America Page on fb. Hugging America fb Group Graphic art by Tex Allen Music by Duckman on Soundcloud

Into The Fire: Tex Allen is Hugging America

Decompression Theory - Pouncing Spider (Preview)

Sergio de la Pava is a critically acclaimed novelist (A Naked Singularity, Personae, Lost Empress) and a full-time public defender who has represented thousands of criminal defendants over the last two decades. Earlier this year, he joined At Liberty live at the Brooklyn Public Library to discuss his literary and legal work and his approach to life.

Sergio de la Pava on Literature and Law

Decompression Theory is a hypnotic bass duo comprised of Volcan Records own Koolintent and Sublitz (aka Fried Rich). Combining their passion for deep bass culture and unity through sound, expect nothing but the most fresh, grimy, and stimulating music for the mind, body, and soul.