Dive LP Out Now on Ghostly International.  

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.

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

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."

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."

Tycho - Dive
Out Now on Ghostly International

A Walk
Hours
Daydream
Dive
Costal Break
Ascension
Melanie
Adrift
Epigram
Elegy

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