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CW004 Brad Peterson - Visions Beyond EP 
100 Limited // Handstamped // Handnumbered // 12" Vinyl // NO REPRESS.

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B. Brad Peterson - Particle Storm - Visions Beyond EP - (CW004)

Purchase "Spectre" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spectre-single/id825607441

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

Design and layout by Scott Hansen
Photography by Reuben Wu

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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Spectre

A1 Wild Grass

Coming November 2014.
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Halal Prepared Vol. 3

A1 Ganymede
B1 DEEeeP-r
B2 Atomic Fuzz

Released Early 2015

Ganymede

DEEeeP-r

Atomic Fuzz

Allnite Music 002 is a strong peace of vinyl for those DJs who know what Deep House really means. A Side brings two of the better Alex Agore works so far, combining his killer dancefloor drumming with his early days style magical sampling. Apoena shows his House skills bringing some Jazz soundings cutted directly from vinyl into those two grooving tracks. Make sure you grab this one!

ALLN 002. B2 - APOENA - Midnight (promo Clip)

Just ahead of a landmark 50th EP release, Catz ‘N Dogz’s Pets Recordings turn to Johan Cederberg aka HNNY for a special five track release that very much invites us deep into the off kilter world of the revered Swedish producer. 

Before now HNNY - preferably pronounced “honey” - has won himself many fans with curious and quirky releases on labels including Studio Barnhus, Let’s Play House and Local Talk. Producing house but with a charming sense of melody, a great ear for a sample and an irresistible sense of groove, he is a firm DJ and dancer favourite all across Europe, and for good reason. 

Opening the EP is ‘Happy Happy House House’, a lazy, beachy cut awash with sun-kissed melody and trip hop grooves. Swaying gently to and fro, it’s an immediately soothing track before ‘Brasilian Sound’ is as Latin as you would expect from the title: it's a percussive, summery, atmospheric jaunt though up-tempo and feel-good house that's littered with distant whistles, the sound of kids playing in the park and a variety of loveable instruments. ‘Fresh Laundry’ then drops into a much slower and more purposeful groove - stoned drums and a distant bassline unfold lazily before big wind instruments begin tooting up top. It’s human, imperfect and full of keys that imbue it with the joys of spring.

On the flip, ‘Fruktstund’ is another adult lullaby with colourful, cartoony instrumentals, angular grooves and plenty of organic textures, whilst closer ‘Yogalates’ is much the same with its big xylophones, joyous piano chords, rubbery kicks and generally disarming sense of playfulness. 

Spring is just round the corner but it feels so much closer with these enchanting new cuts from HNNY.

HNNY - Happy Happy House House

ISM001 - In a reflection (preview clip)

Deep Explorer 027   (200 copies limited edition)

SIde A: Ron Trent "Paradise regained" (from USG vaults)
Side B: Dubbyman "Music is food (Tribute to Prescription)

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Deep Explorer 027 Ron Trent/Dubbyman   "Paradise regained/Music is food (Tribute to Prescription)

A1.	Dancing with dreams  
A2.	Come down (Deep Explorer edit)
B1.	Open spaces 
B2.	Quiet (Dubbyman remake) 

All tracks written by Leo Gun and produced by Dubbyman & Above Smoke
Reworks on 02 & 04 by Dubbyman. Mixed and mastered by Above Smoke at The Hole of the Dub Studio. Sax arrangements on A1 by Above Smoke
Mike Banks sample on 01 taken from Dave Barnett's interview with Underground Resistance 1994. Artwork by 2h Design
For contact and distribution: info@deepexplorermusic.com    www.deepexplorermusic.com


Deep Explorer 029 Leo Gunn "Sea change EP" (part one)

CW002 Ethyl & Flori - Plurals - AA Side.
100 Limited // Handstamped // Handnumbered // 12" Vinyl // NO REPRESS.

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Ganymede

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