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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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From TOPS' LP "Picture You Staring" 
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outside, you don't know why
tell each other in the middle of the night
talk about it like you really want to know 
what she running around for?

rat-tat the door unlatch
someone here to take you back
outside in the middle of the street
are you getting what you need?

thoughts of you 
running through my mind
open door but it doesn't feel right 
you look at me as if you know what it's like 
in the shadows of the streetlight

now i know 
I can't go back
you're with her and she doesn't deserve that
but when I look into your eyes
you see something I'm trying to hide 

thoughts of you 
running through my mind
open door but it doesn't feel right 
you look at me as if you know what it's like 
in the shadows of the streetlight
shadow, why's it a shame for me to love?

Picture You Staring

Outside

TOPS "Outside"

L'Impératrice - Sonate Pacifique

'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

The first single taken from my debut, self-titled EP out March 6.
You can pre-order the EP now via iTunes: http://bit.ly/1Kj5TN9. 

Don't Lose me shouted out Jacob 
But his words caught like him drifting in
Darker the light lost description 
And asteroid he clenched on to snooze

Silence will you stay with me
Silence will you come and grow

Your gonna feel the urge to run
Jacob your lonely little planet makes you strong
Keeps you from the problems that will only grow
If you stay in this familiar space

His sleepy rock, was held by a dead sun
It had swollen, or stolen his voice
Sit scared waiting is Jacob
Silence and he grew alone

Silence will you stay with me 
Silence will you stay and grow

Your gonna feel the urge to run
Jacob your lonely little planet makes you strong
Keeps you from the problems that'll only grow
If you stay in that familiar place 

Jacob will you stay with me
Jacob will you stay and grow
Silence will you stay with me 
Silence will you stay and grow


Human

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Bassline Surge

Mainstage Power

DORA

A cross between Aphex Twin, Four Tet, and Boards of Canada. From the debut album Halcyon Days on Magnatune Records / Mokhov Music.

Halcyon Days

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Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)

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