Tycho (musician)
Encyclopedia
Scott Hansen, professionally known as Tycho, is a San Francisco-based ambient
music project from artist
and producer
, who is known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works. Tycho is currently signed to, and has released under, Ghostly International
, but has also released music on Merck Records
and Gammaphone Records.
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
music project from artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, who is known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works. Tycho is currently signed to, and has released under, Ghostly International
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....
, but has also released music on Merck Records
Merck Records
Merck Records was a record label based in Miami and run by Gabe Koch. It released electronic music.-Background:Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist Machinedrum, to central IDM by artists like Proem, Mr. Projectile, and Deru, to...
and Gammaphone Records.
Albums and EPs
- The Science of Patterns EP (2002/2007, independent/Gammaphone re-release)
- Sunrise Projector (2004, Gammaphone Records)
- Past is Prologue (2006, Merck RecordsMerck RecordsMerck Records was a record label based in Miami and run by Gabe Koch. It released electronic music.-Background:Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist Machinedrum, to central IDM by artists like Proem, Mr. Projectile, and Deru, to...
) - Past is Prologue (Reissue) (2010, Ghostly International)
- Dive (2011, Ghostly International)
Singles
- "Past is Prologue" 12" sampler (2006, Merck Records)
- "Adrift/From Home" (2008, Ghostly International)
- "The Daydream/The Disconnect" (2008, Ghostly International)
- "Coastal Brake" (2009, Ghostly International)
- "Hours" (2011, Ghostly International)