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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

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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Never Mess With Sunday

First single from forthcoming full length "Dive" out Nov. 15th.

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Hours.mp3

Hours

 A lot of "Tycho easter eggs" in there for you Tycho lovers :)



Tycho - Dye : PBS (The Lonely Astronaut Cover/Remix)

Sometime last year a computer update caused my pc to no longer recognize one of my drives. This drive had all of my sample libraries on it, some of which I don't even know how to find anymore. I tried multiple steps to recover it, even sending it to a company, but was unable to. This absolutely killed my motivation to make music.

At the time, I had a bunch of tracks that were near a point where I wanted to release them, but I couldn't quite get them finished. When the drive died, I lost so much of what made these tracks what they were and I just couldn't bring myself to redo everything and have it not sound the same.

Its taken me some time, but I have decided to put these tracks out in their unfinished forms. I hope even if they don't live up to what I wanted from them, you can find something in them to enjoy.

misty ~ <3

How It Feels

Working for a Nuclear Free City  Je Suis Le Vent

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

Coastal Brake

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12399-hours-teen-daze-remix/
Dive, the new full-length from beatific producer Scott Hansen's Tycho project, is out November 15 via Ghostly. You've heard the excellent first single "Hours", and now here's an equally blissful remix from Vancouver beatmaker Teen Daze.

DOWNLOAD HERE
http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Tycho_-_Hours_Teen_Daze_Remix.mp3



Tycho - Hours (Teen Daze Remix)

Adrift

Dictaphone's Lament

The Daydream

Taken from "Diving Into Reality" EP released at Abandon Building Records 
& exclusive for Japan only at AY.

Available to listen and buy here and there:

- https://abandonbuilding.bandcamp.com/album/sun-glitters-diving-into-reality

- https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/diving-into-reality-ep/id1053346730

- https://soundcloud.com/abandonbuilding

Diving Into Reality

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Everyday Is A New Start

While on Saturn's Rings is the title track from Ernest Gonzales's album of the same name. This track was remixed by Daedelus on the album.

A Walk

Tycho

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