Tycho Remixes Little Dragon, "Dive (Radio Edit)" Single Featured on Rolling Stone
Wired Magazine Features Epic Tycho Synth Collection
Dive LP Out Now on Ghostly International
(photo: Charles Bergquist)
Scott Hansen aka Tycho and graphic artist ISO50, recently saw the his long-awaited new LP Dive see the light of day from Ghostly International, and a slew of new tracks have surfaced post-release.
Rolling Stone is featuring the radio edit of the title track "Dive," which trims the eight-minute plus original into a focused gem. Recent fall tour mates Little Dragon have been remixed by Tycho as well, with Hansen bringing a minimal, synth-driven shuffle to the song "Little Man." And last but not least,
Wired Magazine
recently sat down with Hansen at his San Francisco studio, where he
took them on a tour through his fascinating, vintage synth collection.
Check the feature out here. The sepia-toned, double-exposed soundscapes that highlight the record are still on full display at Spin Magazine
and Tycho also announced a handful of additional live dates to close out the year, including headlining dates in Los Angeles and Hansen's hometown of San Francisco. Stay tuned for more tour announcements to come for 2012.
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Tycho - LIVE DATES
11.18 Fort Collins, CO @ AGGIE THEATRE
11.19 Denver, CO @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
12.08 Los Angeles, CA @ ECHOPLEX
12.10 San Francisco, CA @ THE INDEPENDENT
01.13 Chicago, IL @ LINCOLN HALL
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Tycho - LIVE DATES
11.18 Fort Collins, CO @ AGGIE THEATRE
11.19 Denver, CO @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
12.08 Los Angeles, CA @ ECHOPLEX
12.10 San Francisco, CA @ THE INDEPENDENT
01.13 Chicago, IL @ LINCOLN HALL
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More info on Tycho:
While his formative years were spent listening to everything from Yes to Photek, Scott Hansen didn’t get his hands on an actual guitar or drum machine until he left his native Sacramento for San Francisco in 1995. “Encountering this whole new world at 20 years old was a profound experience,” says Hansen. “At the time, I was just learning the processes of design and music; both felt very similar, and have flowed back and forth for me ever since.”
While his formative years were spent listening to everything from Yes to Photek, Scott Hansen didn’t get his hands on an actual guitar or drum machine until he left his native Sacramento for San Francisco in 1995. “Encountering this whole new world at 20 years old was a profound experience,” says Hansen. “At the time, I was just learning the processes of design and music; both felt very similar, and have flowed back and forth for me ever since.”
The product of a prolonged break from IS050’s design work and blog, Dive
pays tribute to Tycho’s prismatic past, but spends most of its time
pointing to the project’s not-so-distant future. That can mean any
number of things, really, from the halcyon hooks and hopeful horizons of
“A Walk” to the expansive, wildly expressive tone poetry of the title
track, an eight-minute epic that unfolds like a compressed concept
album. Or at the very least, a restless vision of prog-rock—one that’s
been coated in neon colors and filtered through a thick piece of blotter
paper. And then there’s “Elegy,” a spare curtain closer that pairs a
vulnerable crescendo with a fitting bridge to future works.
And with that,
Dive establishes its position as the most diverse musical statement
of Hansen’s multi-medium career; the point where his skills as a
performer finally catch up with his vaporized vision of a world that
doesn’t belong to any particular time or place. Additionally, he's upped
the ante with the Tycho live show as well, playing a handful of
upcoming live dates as a 3 piece (and sometimes 4), but keeping the
head-turning visuals intact.
“Nostalgia is a common thread in my work,” says Hansen, “but this album
wasn’t driven by that idea. I see these songs as artifacts from a future
which might have more in common with our past than our present.”
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