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

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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Tycho - Awake (Remixes)
Ghostly International
January 15th, 2016

Purchase now: https://ghostly.lnk.to/tycho

1. Awake (Com Truise Remix)
2. Montana (Christopher Willits Remix)
3. L (Dusty Brown Remix)
4. Dye (Nitemoves Remix)
5. See (Beacon Remix)
6. Apogee (RJD2 Remix)
7. Spectre (Bibio Remix)
8. Plains (Baio Remix)
9. Montana (Few Nolder Remix)

TYCHO. DJ SET. TOUR DATES.
02.10 Denver, CO @ Club Vinyl *
02.11 San Diego, CA @ Bang Bang *
02.12 Tucson, AZ @ Gem & Jam Festival 
02.13 Los Angeles, CA @ Exchange LA * #
02.16 Miami, FL @ Bardot *
02.17 Washington, DC @ Flash *
02.18 Brooklyn, NY @ Output *
02.19 Chicago, IL @ The Mid *
02.20 Detroit, MI @ Populux *
03.04 San Francisco, CA @ 1015 Folsom w/ Nitemoves, Dusty Brown
03.05 San Francisco, CA @ 1015 Folsom w/ Few Nolder, Christopher Willits

* - w/ Nitemoves
# - w/ Autograf

Tycho - Montana (Christopher Willits Remix)

Featuring Vocals By Desire
Produced & Mixed By Johnny Jewel

Chromatics - Yes (Love Theme From Lost River)

Break Free, this track is inspired by the idea that music can set you free. It’s a reminder that rhythm, movement, and expression can help you release the past, reconnect with yourself, and step into a more empowered state.

Break Free

Tame Impala - Posthumous Forgiveness (TEO Remix) ft. Schwab

here is my remix of soundcloud.com/ash-walker-music https://soundcloud.com/ash-walker-music/glacier that is out now on soundcloud.com/deepheads with Dark Hour.

support the single here:
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bassline from Joel Brüning

Ash Walker - Glacier (eeph Remix)

From a forthcoming album (we're still working on).

LYRICS
The truth you heard
The island of her youth
Down on the ice
The usual stars pass by

Along the shore
You look so cold
In the white winter sun
I couldn’t write another line

We fix our gaze
The single strand of light
Caught in the air
We’re captured in the glow

We stay out late
To catch the world we knew
We move farther away
Our sight failing in the low gray

Sometimes it comes in waves
Sometimes it comes, it comes in pieces
Soon they say, soon they say

(Hollie Kenniff)

Mint Julep - Black Maps

Get the album here: http://merchlinks.com/givenbynature

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Given by Nature

Listen on Apple Music

Love Runway

You Were Bigger Than Life

this will be available as a bonus track on my upcoming album "Dusk Aquarium" on bandcamp only, it will be released a single everywhere else.  

preorder here: https://hellometeor.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-aquarium

Kuroshio

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Artwork by Léa Gagelin (IG: leaglnart )

Shatter

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Latest:
Helios - Espera: https://ghostly.ffm.to/helios-espera
Hollie Kenniff - The Quiet Drift: https://ampl.ink/5Y9Rw
Mint Julep - In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep: https://ampl.ink/omKoq
Goldmund - The Time it Takes: smarturl.it/ibfvzw

I write music for film and record as Helios, Mint Julep, Goldmund.

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Mint Julep - Black Maps

Keith Kenniff