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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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I just found this one back on an old cdr in my studio and thought I'd share it. It's an unreleased mix of The American Analog Set's "Gone To Earth" off their amazing "Know By Heart" album. I think I produced this about nine (!) years ago. Back then I did three remixes of songs off this album: "The Postman", "We're Computerizing" (both released on the AmAnSet's "Updates EP" and this one which has stayed firmly in the closet until now. AmAnSet singer Kenny would go on to guest on my "Nothing's Lost" album and even played in a Styrofoam live line-up for about five East Coast shows in November 2005. I think the Amanset guys might have found this one a little too dancey and that's why it didn't make the cut alongside the two other remixes. I remember clearly how I got to this remix. I didn't know the band at all back then but I really really loved the record and I emailed their label while it was playing on my turntable and before the first side of the vinyl had finished I had already received a reply from them saying they would love me to remix some songs. The rest is history, as they say.

The American Analog Set - Gone To Earth (Styrofoam Remix)

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'I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance' (Tycho Remix) is available as part of a bonus I Take Comfort In Your Ignorance remix EP when purchasing Ulrich Schnauss' A Long Way to Fall out now from Domino or iTunes in North America.

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