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Come Save Me (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

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

Alamo Race Track's debut album Birds At Home

Alamo Race Track - Don't Frighten Them

Shiny Joe & The Cosmic Microwave Background

SHINY JOE RYAN - The Cosmic Microwave Background Pt1

Fortune Teller - taken from Menace Beach's new EP Lowtalker out 13 Jan 2014 on Memphis Industries on 12" and digital. 

Preorder from :

Jumbo : http://www.jumborecords.co.uk/music-item.asp?product_id=DSR055
Rough Trade : http://www.roughtrade.com/artists/34799
Picadilly : http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/MenaceBeach-Lowtalker-MemphisIndustries-94358.html
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lowtalker-ep/id734801874

Fortune Teller

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - FFunny FFrends

Carrion

Sticky Fruitman Has Faith (White Fence)- The White Feather Collective

Satanic Planet by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Upstream

Lounge Livin

From the Melody's Echo Chamber 7" on Fat Possum July 31st.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Endless Shore"

Rehab reggae

ORDER NOW: http://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/htrk-tropic-of-cancer-part-time-punks-radio-sessions

Release info: http://www.ghostly.com/releases/part-time-punks-radio-sessions

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HTRK - Fascinator

Super psyched about our latest fc signing JAGWAR MA  !!! Check the vid too, its dope.

Jagwar Ma seemingly came fully-formed out of nowhere last summer with the nostalgic yet-thoroughly-modern sleeper 'Come Save Me'.  Off the back of community and triple j airplay, the track quickly made its way round the internet and the globe.  "Come Save Me" found a release in the UK on The Blue Rider label, then some love on the airways of KCRW (Los Angles) and BBC Radio 1 (London).

They first appeared live for a couple of shows in the European summer of 2012. NME reviewed their second ever show at the Midi Festival in Hyeres, France "It was Jagwar Ma who hogged all the industry interest. Their songs are huge….everything they play morphs into electrifying variations"

Jagwar Ma then scored a berth on the influential NME poll for the worlds 20 Most Exciting New Bands of 2013,"Hailing from Australia, indie-dance's most exciting new duo took a trip to rural France to concoct their throbbing pop masterpieces".

Their psyche influenced electro beats have generated equal interest in the recording industry and the band just signed an Australian and New Zealand record deal with Future Classic (Flume, Flight Facilities, Mitzi).

In Europe Jagwar Ma have signed a record deal with Marathon Music.  This brand new label is helmed by infamous frenchman Phlippe Ascoli who played a leading hand in signing or launching Daft Punk, Phoenix and Air.

Sydneysiders get the first look at the band when they do their debut show at GoodGod TONIGHT Wednesday Jan 16th . It is a warm up to their national slot on the Big Day Out this summer.

Pre-order on iTunes

Jagwar Ma - Come Save Me

Sun, Cloud

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's sophomore album, II. Out February 5, 2013 on Jagjaguwar. 

iTunes: http://glnk.it/1ur
Amazon: http://glnk.it/1sk
SCD: http://www.scdistribution.com/umo

So Good at Being in Trouble

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "So Good at Being in Trouble" (Official Audio)

Strange state of mind!

Defriended

Fleet Foxes 
http://www.subpop.com/artists/fleet_foxes
http://www.fleetfoxes.com 

tim chizzelle

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