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

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

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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 - See (Beacon Remix)

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11.2 w.i.p.

Where are your brothers?
They're getting money to make mothers
None of us had the time to get groovy
That just got harder when we start moving

How do we never
How do we never
How do we never
How do we never
Play
A way
That's not
The same

Come back to the woods
Come back to the village
Come back to the woods
Come back to the village
I just want you here, or me there
Or us somewhere

I still want to say
Thank you
For playing
The songs that we did

Is it still a dream of yours?
To sing sing sing
Sing it well and sing it big?

I don't mean to pull you far away
I'd just like to say
For a weekend we could lock
Ourselves in nature
And cast a great spell

What holds you back?
I think of you
A lot more
Than I reach out

I'm sorry
My phone is not
A thing I
Like to use a lot

I want you right there
You are my best friend and I'm sad

I came here late
We can't integrate
As children

Broth-oth-oth-oth-er 

BROTHER

Loud, Godmode

I can tell you want a man who's blind
That's why you don't like my kind
Don't fuck with me bitch, I'm on my grind
I might die, so don't eat my time, I want it for life, I ain't here to slime

Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time

Fucking around, you're always fucking around
I am too high I can not see the ground
I am too high I can not be around
Wasting my clip on the clouds
I want it now, counting these stacks
Living so loud, don't ask me how
Sirens in town, time to bounce out
Bags on the dash, I'm keeping it out, Loud

I didn't give a fuck, and I still don't
No thots in my phone, air strike like a drone
Pardon my tone, bitch you can leave my zone
Was gonna, but fuck it I won't

Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time

Your breath coming out of my iPhone
If I hold it close I can feel it
The truth in my hands so I wield it
Heavy heart, you can't steal it
Don't sell shit, I deal it
This is my art, so deal with it
I'm on my guard, so deal with it
I am the Scarface of cannabis
Shoot for the stars and I never miss
I am the Scarface of cannabis
Wallet on autopilot - but Loud stays Grinding
Shoot for the stars and I never miss
I am the Scarface of cannabis
Fuck this, I want none of this

Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time

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