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Offshores is a chilled dance track that takes its inspiration from sailing through the ocean waves. The cool grooves, voyaging guitar melodies, and wave-like percussion all aim to give the feeling like you're sailing across the water with no worries to be had.

“This song was inspired by sailing and the feeling of being carried by the wind over water. Sailing has always been in my life thanks to my father who learned from my grandfather; an accomplished sailor. I’ve had a few opportunities to experience being on the water sailing and have always wanted to translate this feeling into sound.” - Koresma

Offshores

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

Lost at Sea

Selected as the official Digital Bonus Track for the Japanese edition of Nils Frahm’s ‘Screws Reworked’ – out December 11, 2015. More info: www.inpartmaint.com/site/15218/

Nils Frahm - You (Teen Daze Rework)

Track 1 From @FentPlates "Beyond The Confines" compilation.

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Occult - @occult-science
Klatu - @klatu

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Turn To Salt [Vinyl]

Aurora (Master)

Clutchy Hopkins 4:08

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Whir (Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6Music Rip)

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➢ Mastered by Blanka
➣ Artwork by JCSD Photography
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Vega

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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