Beats and atmosphere

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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Vocal Insanity

Make Me Wonder

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5x

Stonefox - All I Want (5AM Remix)

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Calculated Movements II

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Thrupence - Don't You Mind

Taken from his forthcoming originals mixtape Lessons, out on limited edition paint splatter wax on November 7,2014.

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Under Lie

'Shadow of the Wind' is taken from my debut, self-titled EP, out March 6.
You can pre-order the EP now via iTunes: http://bit.ly/1Kj5TN9. 

Leave out the colours you once adored
Find a mask in a shade with eyes that won't explore
Feel free from the questions of before
See yourself an exoplanet can just sit back watch it all 

You are the shadow of the wind
Stay in the shadow of the wind please
Keep my reflection from your skin
And I'll keep my distance from the wind

Bad blood infection within your skin
Try to bleed it out from scar but only let others in
Keep far the faces you once made
Ensure yourself the one you wear 
Is reasoned and not enslaved

You are the shadow of the wind
Stay in the shadow of the wind please
Keep my reflection from your skin
And I'll keep my distance from the wind


Kagu

Shadow of the Wind

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Fighting Higgs - Ambivalent (feat. Kiala)

Composed & Produced by Fighting Higgs
Written by Kiala
Mixed and Mastered by Julien Maurel at Sodastudio
Cover Art by Marius
Published by Sodasound
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Fighting Higgs - Ambivalent (feat. Kiala)

Taken from my new double EP released by Full Time Hobby Records.

Tourist - A summer outside in Berlin 
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Hung Markets

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Hanging On

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I'm wasting my young years, it does't matter if i'm chasing my ideas

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