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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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Awake

Full album : https://obeno1.bandcamp.com/

artwork by snae

Evolution

My second remix made from the first one...

http://thisquietdustmusic.com/

This Quiet Dust (The Second Left Hand Remix 2)

edit of https://soundcloud.com/lacauseerrante/la-fin-du-voyage

La cause errante - La Fin Du Voyage (the Second Left Hand Edit)

Out 11 May 2014
Extract from the ReVerse EP

Bandcamp

ReVerse 1

Summer 14

First housy version of my rendez-vous in paradise
https://soundcloud.com/the_second_left_hand/the-second-left-hand-rendez?in=the_second_left_hand/sets/bbst-of-by-the-second-left

Rendez - Vous In Paradise (house Version)

New morning

Chingachgook

New album The dark dancer http://obeno1.bandcamp.com/
Obenoealso produces music under the name "the second left hand"
contact : bdemoncuit@yahoo.fr
discography

discography :
2014
Obeno - The dark dancer (album)

2011 
Hughes Giboulay - Lilou (Obeno remix) from "Come to life EP" on Logos recordings

2010 
Obeno - Any Time EP - Big Mama Records 
Jo Delo et Obeno – Sweet Sax EP  – Logos Recordings

2009 
Obeno - Arrangements on Channel Crossing EP - Shazam Recordings 
Jo Deldo et Obeno - Eternal Sunshine on Logos Volume 2 – Logos Recordings 

2008 
Obeno – Morning  démo du mois de juin de TSUGI (magazine musiques éléctroniques)


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