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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

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Seas Of Years
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Rely On Thermal Winds
Drifting Ever Shifting (2014)

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One year ago we released our first album "The Ships" and now we have a lot of ideas for the next one. Some stuff is still in progress, but we’ve gathered our emotions and feelings and composed a new track.
We have a great desire to share these feelings with you, our listeners!

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The Swedish duo A Swarm of the Sun will release their third album, "The Rifts", on January 30, 2015. It is a bleak and beautiful journey through the innermost landscapes of the heart and soul. A brooding album about losing hope, dreams falling apart, isolation and final moments of clarity and redemption. Unquestionably, this is the band's darkest and most emotional album to date.

A Swarm of the Sun is Erik Nilsson and Jakob Berglund. "The Rifts" is written and produced by the band, and recorded by Erik Nilsson at Garaget Studio and The Church of Brännkyrka. Drums are performed and recorded by Karl Daniel Lidén (Vaka, The Old Wind) at Studio Gröndahl. The album is mixed and mastered by the acclaimed Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, Refused, Khoma, Pg.lost).

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Ocean Floors.

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La courbe Dunlop au Mans, un passage qui devient vite hypnotique à répéter les mêmes gestes aux mêmes rythmes et à poser le regard aux mêmes repères au fil des tours de circuit. On y expérimente aussi une certaine "hyper-conscience", due à l'adrénaline. J'en ai tiré cette musique, répétitive mais plutôt calme.
Photo : en 2024, à l'entrée de la fameuse courbe, sur ma R1 du jour.

The Dunlop curve at Le Mans, a section that quickly becomes hypnotic as you repeat the same movements at the same rhythms and look at the same landmarks throughout the circuit. You also experience a certain "hyper-awareness" due to adrenaline. I drew this music from it, repetitive but rather calm (a prerequisite for diving into this curve at 290 km/h / 180 m/h).
Photo: in 2024, at the entrance to this famous curve, on my R1 lent by a friend, who has raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans several times.

Hypnotised in the dunlop curve

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A new track from our forthcoming album, The Quiet Lamb, released on Denovali Records in the Autumn.

No sense in me lying to you
This is going to hurt me more than you
A wave of endorphins and a cold shoulder
And a mighty blow to the back of the skull
I'm in an aircraft out of control
I'm in an aircraft out of control

Pour more oil on us
Pour more oil on us
Wrap your hands around my heart again I am home at last

The Quiet Lamb

Pour More Oil

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SKIN is taken from album SALUTE SOLITUDE released 13th March 2015. (Check our new album Martial Hearts [2021])

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