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Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

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

From 'Silent Hour/Golden Mile' EP out now on Warp Records.

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iTunes
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Daniel Rossen US Tour Dates and pre-order links
March 22 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
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March 23 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
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March 25 – San Francisco, CA – Chapel

March 26 – Sonoma, CA - Gundlach-Bundschu Winery 

March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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April 4 – Austin, TX – Central Pres. Church
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April 6 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge

April 8 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
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April 10 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
http://tinyurl.com/ksxc74d

April 11 – Raleigh, NC – Haw River Ballroom

April 13 – Washington, DC – Sixth and I
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April 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
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April 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg http://tinyurl.com/krk8ze9


Daniel Rossen on the web:
https://www.facebook.com/rossendaniel
http://4ad.com/artists/departmentofeagles
http://warp.net/records/daniel-rossen


Silent Hour / Golden Mile

Return to Form

Daniel Rossen - Return to Form

Purchase "Montana" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/montana-single/id799641047

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": http://shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

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.

WEB - www.tychomusic.com 
TWITTER - www.twitter.com/iso50 
FB - www.facebook.com/tychomusic 
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/iso50 
INSTAGRAM - @iso50

Montana

If These Trees Could Talk "What's in the Ground Belongs to You" from the album "Above the Earth, Below the Sky"

If These Trees Could Talk "What's in the Ground Belongs to You"

I Built The Sky - Lacunosus (OFFICIAL PLAYTHROUGH)

This is the interview I did with Chris Crisci of the Appleseed Cast for Asheville FM.

Appleseed Cast Interview

Off the Coastal Brake EP on Ghostly International which includes remixes by Manual, Lusine, Hatchback 

Coastal Brake

Sunlight Ascending - All the Memories, All at Once

If These Trees Could Talk "Solstice" from the album "The Bones of a Dying World"

If These Trees Could Talk "Solstice"

If These Trees Could Talk "Berlin" from the album "The Bones of a Dying World"

The Bones of a Dying World

If These Trees Could Talk "Berlin"

Akeboshi - Wind.mp3

Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine by This Patch of Sky

With Morning Comes Hope

(Spring) This Was Your Place by Sunlight Ascending

Track 1 of 4 off of the EP, "You Don't Belong Here".

(Winter) Diorama Dream

Track 2 of 4 off of the EP, "You Don't Belong Here"

(Spring) This Was Your Place

Track 3 of 4 off the the EP, "You Don't Belong Here".

(Summer) The Golden Plain

Track two from the album "Leaving My Waiting Room"

The Dhanbad Rails

Track three from the album "Leaving My Waiting Room"

Vladdie

<a href="http://bit.ly/jazzistlive">Ninjashop</a> / <a href="http://glnk.it/1yr">Amazon</a> / <a href="http://glnk.it/1zi">iTunes</a>

Free download of <a href="http://ninjatune.net/artist/jaga-jazzist">Jaga Jazzist's </a> 'One-Armed Bandit', taken from their album <a href="http://ninjatune.net/release/jaga-jazzist/live-with-britten-sinfonia">'Live With Britten Sinfonia'</a>, released 6 May 2013 on Ninja Tune.

The Dhanbad Rails

SunlightAscending