Ambience

Purchase "Spectre" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spectre-single/id825607441

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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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

Ember - now available for licensing exclusively through www.themusicbed.com

Commissioned by The Music Bed for #projectfilmsupply

Composition: Tony Anderson
Vocals: Brooke Johnson
Celli: Seattle Symphony
Keys: Tony Anderson

Engineer: Steve Smith
Orchestrator: Tim Huling

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Ember

I was commissioned by frame.is to score a film for Florida State University and then things got out of hand...

Guitars: Curt Vernon
Vocals: Brooke Elaine Anderson & I
Drums: Jeremy Weldon - tracked @ Haxton Road
Bass: Carson Childers
Celli: Jerram John & Seattle Symphony - tracked @ Creatio
Keys, Synths & Other Strange Noises: Myself

Mixed by Ryan Ceola @ Haxton Road Studios
Mastered by Tony Anderson - apologies in advance :)

License 

Eyes Wide Open

Composed, Mixed & Mastered In-House

Acoustic Guitar Plucking & Harmonics: Adam Taylor
Vocal Presence & Fiddle: Maggie Lander
Violins 1 and 2: Andrew & Morgan Quick
Viola: Sarah Grindle
Cello: Jerem John


The plucked/felted piano you'll hear in this is something I modified in my studio - I used felt from the bottom of adhesive furniture savers (the things you put on the bottom of chair legs to keep them from scratching the floor) and adhered them to different piano strings - made for a magical experience!

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Dreamlife

Lucid Dreaming is one of the more ambient songs from Dear Avalanche, and one I had a lot of fun exploring. 

www.lightsandmotion.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1Q4lWl84CNsZDDXQCm9VLe

Dear Avalanche

Lucid Dreaming

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Lights & Motion - Lucid Dreaming

This song is called "Exhale" - taken from the album Dear Avalanche. 


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Lights & Motion - Exhale

I did a completely new recording and arrangement for the song "We Only Have Forever" from my latest album Dear Avalanche - the original version is very up-tempo and epic, and so it was a challenge to redo the song in a very intimate and soft way, using mainly a piano and strings.
Goes to show how different a piece of music can be, even if the notes are all the same.  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0QALuENs8NUZHNgHswOx5D
Download. http://deepelmdigital.com/album/we-only-have-forever-quiet
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We Only Have Forever (Quiet)

Lights & Motion - We Only Have Forever (Quiet)

Anomaly, taken from the latest Lights & Motion album Dear Avalanche. 

Album Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQfTpW0F0Dc

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Anomaly

Lights & Motion - Anomaly

Circa 2002 

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Helios - Grand Ronde

Circa 2001
All rights reserved. © Unseen 2017

Helios - Windfall

Improvisational ambient sketch from last winter where I was trying to find the sound for a short film I was scoring.

Ambient Explorations #1

Taken from my sketchbook of initial ideas for a short film I was scoring.

Ambient Explorations #2

I wrote this song for a benefit compilation, curated by Keith and Holly Kenniff, called Disquiet. 

Disquiet is a benefit compilation of ambient artists, across three volumes, with 100% of the profits going to non-profits that support the environment, investigative journalism, women and minorities.

Available on all major digital retailers (iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Music, Bandcamp etc...)

Disquiet Volume 2

The Last Of Us

Lights & Motion - The Last Of Us

calm

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Blut Own
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artwork by CG-Zander
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Blut Own - Like The Wind

All Of A Sudden

I am a casual improviser. All my works are piano up to this point. I simply record with my phone. So quality might be poor, but the creativity is what I'm documenting.

Ambience

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