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The Time Machine

The Time Machine (Part 1)

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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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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One Thought Away

No Fear Suite, Pt II

Lyrics and co-production by Isabella Goloversic :

You can hang on to me if you don't know
I'll take you down the line

Don't you move too fast but don't go too slow
I want your love tonight

You can hang on to me if you don't know
and we'll go down the line

Don't you move too fast but don't go too slow
I need your love tonight

I'll catch you when you fall and fall again

You catch me when I fall
I fall again

I'll catch when you're falling
fall again

You can hang on to me if you don't know
I'll take you down the line

Don't you move too fast but don't go too slow
I want your love tonight

You can hang on to me if you don't know
and we'll go down the line

Don't you move too fast but don't go too slow
I need your love tonight

He goes/I go

He knows/I know

He goes/I go

He knows, it's only a matter of time

Do you know what I need now?

(hold on and let it go)

(you can hang on to me if you don't know)

Well, you're all that I need right now

(I'll catch your fall)

(you can hang on to me if you don't know)

And you know what I need now

(hold on and let it go)

(you can hang on to me if you don't know)

Oh, you're all that I need right now

so fall

Perturbator - Hard Wired (Feat. Memory Ghost's Isabella Goloversic)

Remixes Pack

E=Mc2 (Kniagna Remix)

Tracklist:

1. LazerHawk - So Far Away
2. Daniel Deluxe - Darkness
3. KRIS MENACE feat. Simon Lord - Golden Ratio [Douze Dub]
4. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)
5. Scratch Massive - Take Me There feat. Jimmy Somerville
6. Perturbator - Naked Tongues feat. Memory Ghost's Isabella Goloversic
7. Makeup and Vanity Set - Collapse
8. Makeup and Vanity Set - No Regrets
9. Scratch Massive - Nuit De Mes Rêves
10. Killstar - Summer Drive feat. Jon Of The Shred
11. LazerHawk - The Video Craze
12. Luke Million - Arnold
13. Power Glove - Motorcycle Cop
14. Power Glove - Streets of 2043
15. DYE - Fantasy
16. Protector 101 - Fighting Spirit
17. Protector 101 - Runners
18. Kavinsky - Endless

Nerd Nostalgia

Taken from the debut FM-84 album, 'Atlas'. Available NOW.
Purchase the album here: http://fm84.com

Written by Col Bennett and Clive Farrington.
Vocals and lyrics by Clive Farrington.
Artwork by Signalnoise.

As summer fades away 
Lost in a cloudless haze 
Just hold me and touch a wave 
There’s no more we need to say 

Yet I don’t want to say goodbye 
And I don’t want to see you cry 

And now it’s too late to say goodbye 
Now I love you 
And now it’s too late to say goodbye 
It’s not over 

We’re caught in a moment 
Lost in a summer breeze 
Moving in circles 
As light flickers on the sea 

Now I don’t want to say goodbye 
And I don’t want to see you cry 

And now it’s too late to say goodbye 
Now I love you 
And now it’s too late to say goodbye 
It’s not over 
And now it’s too late to say goodbye 
Ohh na na ohh 
I know it’s too late to say goodbye 
Now we’re forever

Atlas

Goodbye (feat. Clive Farrington)

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11 - Goodbye (feat. Clive Farrington) **Album OUT NOW**

Taken from the debut FM-84 album, 'Atlas'. Available NOW.
Purchase the album here: http://fm84.com

Written by Col Bennett and https://soundcloud.com/olliewride 
Vocals and lyrics by Ollie Wride.
Artwork by Signalnoise.

It’s not through lack of feeling 
That my heads against the wall 
Convince me that I’m dreaming 
and you’re waiting by my door 

I know that I’ve been chasing my tail now 
I’ve been dragging us both down to our knees 
If you want to escape just say now 
You always knew what was good for me 

Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind 
Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind 

I’m not looking for half answers 
To gain a sense of this 
Just let me lose my head for a while 
Then, I’ll be whatever you insist 

I know that I’ve been chasing my tail now 
I’ve been dragging us both down to our knees 
If you want to escape just say now 
You always knew what was good for me 

Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind 
Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind 

I’ve let all my defences run 
Talked every dream that we had dry 
And as I reach the no return 
You pull me back and everythings right 

Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind 
Don’t want to change 
Don’t want to change your mind

Don't Want To Change Your Mind (feat. Ollie Wride)

08 - Don't Want To Change Your Mind (feat. Ollie Wride) **Album OUT NOW**

Taken from the debut FM-84 album, 'Atlas'. Available NOW.
Purchase the album here: http://fm84.com

Written by Col Bennett and https://soundcloud.com/olliewride
Vocals and lyrics by Ollie Wride.
Artwork by Signalnoise.

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 
Don’t know what you’re thinking of 
Slipping further out of reach 
To the edge of town we could go 
Away from all the world to see 

You were wild trying to set yourself free 
I didn’t see the signs right in front of me 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your place to land 
Under the shadows 
Into the palm of my hand 
You’re always changing the situation 
Just when we found paradise 
You’re always shutting down my conversation 
I can never read your mind 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
Running with the night 
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
I’m Running with the night 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 

Chorus repeat x 2

Nerd Nostalgia

Radu Tomici