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Scott Hansen (born February 7, 1977), known professionally as Tycho ( ), is an American musician, record producer, composer, and songwriter based in San Francisco. He is also known as ISO50 for his photographic and design work. His music blends multiple stylistic components, including
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guitar, analogue synthesis, and ambient elements such as breathing and found sounds of weather broadcasts and dialogue.


History

Tycho's first EP, titled '' The Science of Patterns'', was released in 2002. The first Tycho album, '' Past Is Prologue,'' was released in 2006. At this time Tycho was a solo project created by Hansen. Tycho signed to
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and
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in 2019 but has also released music on
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,
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and Gammaphone Records. The fourth studio album, ''
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'', received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album in the 2017 Grammy Awards. Tycho received a second Grammy nomination for
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for his fifth studio album, ''
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'', in the
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. In February 2020, Tycho released ''Simulcast'', an instrumental version of ''Weather'' he previously promised fans.


Sound

Hansen's music project Tycho is influenced by and has been compared to artists such as
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and
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. His music captures the sound of
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analog media while remaining both progressive and futuristic in composition and style. Themes of nostalgia, longing, childhood and the natural world are interspersed throughout Tycho's work. Brief interludes or vignettes also feature in his earlier work. In ''Past Is Prologue'', Hansen includes excerpts from broadcasts accompanied by atmospherics to capture a specific moment or mood. His music is characterized by a mixture of electronic synths, live instrumentation, and vintage sound clips. Until the release of the album ''Dive'', Hansen worked as a solo artist and used the digital audio workstation,
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, to work with analog, virtual analog hardware, digital hardware and
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synthesizers as well as samples derived from live instrumentation, played by Hansen himself. While creating the album, he switched over to
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, a more dynamic program which he credits with allowing him to finish ''Dive''. The album tour had a live band for the first time, hybridizing the electronic music experience with the dynamic energy of a performance featuring live instrumentation. After touring, Hansen decided to permanently open up the solo project, and work both on tour and in the studio alongside two other band members, Zac Brown on bass guitar and guitar and Rory O'Connor on drums. When performing, all the guitars are live, played either by Hansen or Brown. Bass guitar is also always live, with the exception of the song "Hours". Drums are played live by O'Connor, and lead synthesizers are also live. Hansen often plays guitar while triggering samples with his foot. His goal is to find the balance between the fluid nature of a live show with artists playing physical instruments and the precision and ability to stay true to the album of electronic music.


Band members

*Scott Hansen – synthesizers, guitar, bass guitar, visuals, programming *Zac Brown – bass guitar, guitar *Rory O'Connor – drums, percussion *Billy Kim (touring member) – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, visuals *Hannah Cottrell – vocals Past members *Joe Davancens (touring member) – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, programming


Discography

Studio albums * '' The Science Of Patterns'' (2002) * '' Past Is Prologue'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2011) * ''
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'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2016) * ''
Weather Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the ...
'' (2019) * ''
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'' (2020)


References


External links


Official websiteWired Tours Tycho Studio
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