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

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artwork by Furio Ganz

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Yakamoto Kotzuga - Your Smell

Stream on Spotify - play.spotify.com/track/2AI5byLjLweZH9yBmOJcRl

Official Lyric Video - https://youtu.be/ByTkVXO9PPg

Written and performed by Olivia Gavranich
Prod. @Yujen
Mixed by @ChuckleSound
Mastered by Roman Vail of Joe Lambert Mastering

Lyrics:

You've got to, you need to.
Or I'm gonna find another who wants to.
You're crying texture tales on your patterned drawers.
I was scared for you, for the kill of the cause.
What you gonna say to me, when I'm on my knees.
Darling please tell me what you know.

You're something better still, you really know how to spin the wheel.
Dragging your arms, through the last of the charms. x2

Pull the dark right over my head,
I don't care what she does in bed,
In the meantime, is she gonna be fine?

Follow you like I lurk in love,
Is there a fail in the woman we trust,
In the meantime, is she gonna be fine?

You're something better still, you really know how to spin the wheel.
Dragging your arms, through the last of the charms. x2

You've got to give, to grow now.
(And you’re not better still)

Better Still (Prod. Yujen)

losing my mind

You'r falling down

written, produced, recorded by dné
mixed by dné & Matouš Godík
mastered by Robin Schmidt
cover by Garrett Lockhart

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Asos Model Crush

otherside

nourish. playlist
http://spoti.fi/2eKbsLL

on youtube
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buy on iTunes
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Alex Lustig
https://soundcloud.com/alexlustig
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photo by Deni Pesto
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nourish.
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Otherside - Single

watch on youtube

Alex Lustig - Otherside

Sky With Hand

"The Songs To Chill To mix is a small collection of electronic, ambient, chillhop and jazzhop sounds perfect for when... you just can't be bothered to do anything."

read the post at https://www.stereofox.com/mix-songs-to-chill-to-vol-14/

Tracklist:
elijah who (@elijahwho) - "i had a dream.. we walked along the pier"
sleepdealer (@sleepdealerbeats) - "you & me" (via @effortlessaudio)
idealism (@idealismus) x jinsang (@jinsangbeats) - "winter bokeh"
B-Side (@b-side-production) - "Awake" (via @chillhopdotcom)
kling (@kling) - "keep u safe" (feat. @shiloh-dynasty)

Chill Spotify playlist

Mix: Songs To Chill To vol. 14

Here's my new single "You & I" featuring the beautiful voice of https://soundcloud.com/harveychild, taken from my new EP "Daylight" which is out 13th July.
I hope you enjoy it. x

Listen on Spotify:
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iTunes / Apple:
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D/L on Bandcamp:
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Stream / Download

You & I (ft. H/\rvey)

Written, produced, and recorded by Drinker -- Aaron Mendelsohn / Ariel Loh

Released April 22, 2020 on B3Sci Records

Even If I Know

Drinker is the bicoastal recording project of singer-songwriter Aaron Mendelsohn and producer-composer Ariel Loh. The two met in Brooklyn in 2016, brought together by their shared love of artists such as Bon Iver, Fever Ray and James Blake. Out of that initial collaboration came 2017’s sublime debut Happy Accident EP.It was around that time that Aaron moved to LA. In spite of the huge physical distance it created between them, the duo continued to explore and develop exciting new material. Two years of cross-country collaboration produced the band's 2019 debut full-length album Fragments. Lead single “Fragment II” reached #1 on HypeMachine and the singles that followed received support from KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and BBC1’s Radio Xtra. Less than a year later, Drinker return with the They Don't Want To Know EP, out early summer 2020 via B3SCI Records.