Tycho / Awake
Artist Tycho
Album Title: Awake
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Primary Genre Electronica/Dance: Electronica
Format CD
Released 03/18/2014
Label Ghostly International
Catalog No GI 208
Bar Code No 8 04297 82082 8
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Awake (4:43)
2. Montana (5:26)
3. L (4:37)
4. Dye (5:17)
5. See (5:18)
6. Apogee (4:20)
7. Spectre (3:46)
8. Plains (3:17)
Date Acquired 03/17/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 12.99

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Notes

Drums [Live Drums] – Rory O'Connor
Engineer [Live Drums, Assistant] – Ricardo Ayala
Engineer [Live Drums] – Count, Rory O'Connor, Scott Hansen
Guitar, Bass – Scott Hansen, Zac Brown
Keyboards, Drums, Recorded By, Artwork, Producer – Scott Hansen
Mastered By – Christopher Willits, Count, Scott Hansen
Mixed By – Count, Scott Hansen
Music Consultant [Production Consultant] – Christopher Willits, Count
Written-By – Tycho
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ghostly International
Copyright (c) – Ghostly International
Published By – Ghostly International Company
Engineered At – STS-9 Studio
Engineered At – Decibelle Recording Studios
Pressed By – Rainbo Records
Packaging includes card sleeve inside card gatefold. Blue artist/title cover label is a sticker on the outside shrink-wrap.
"Thanks to Kiyoka, Dusty (Dusty Brown), Sam, Jakub, Brian, Graham, Beamer, STS-9."
Live drums [engineered] at STS-9 Studio.
Live drums [engineered] at Decibelle Recording Studios.
℗ & © MMXIV Ghostly International

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Analyzed: Tycho / Awake
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR5       -0.11 dB     -6.41 dB      4:44 01-Awake
DR5       -0.11 dB     -6.34 dB      5:26 02-Montana
DR6       -0.11 dB     -7.76 dB      4:38 03-L
DR6       -0.11 dB     -8.26 dB      5:17 04-Dye
DR5       -0.11 dB     -7.19 dB      5:18 05-See
DR6       -0.11 dB     -8.14 dB      4:20 06-Apogee
DR5       -0.11 dB     -8.01 dB      3:47 07-Spectre
DR8       -1.28 dB   -13.81 dB      3:17 08-Plains
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value:   DR6

Samplerate:            44100 Hz
Channels:                2
Bits per sample:     16
Bitrate:                    660 kbps
Codec:                     FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:

The variations within Tycho's music have always been subtle, hovering between ambient introspection and more active synth pop and post-rock elements. On Awake, Scott Hansen breaks the mold a bit, crafting a set of songs with more prominent peaks and valleys than his previous work. He makes this shift known with the album's first two songs, both of which shake off the insular feel of his previous album, Dive, in favor of streamlined guitar pop with most of its rough edges and raw emotions smoothed away. "Awake" foreshadows how large a role chugging and chiming guitars play on the rest of the album; Tycho's signature squiggly analog synths don't surface until the track is almost over. Meanwhile, the lush "Montana" is the closest Hansen has come to delivering an anthem. Later, "Apogee"'s prickly electronics and distorted beats underscore that Awake is something of a departure even in its more familiar-sounding moments. Whenever it feels like Hansen has sacrificed too much of the haunting, affecting qualities of Dive and Past Is Prologue for something more superficially energetic -- such as "See"'s laser-guided climax -- he tempers Awake with more reflective pieces. "Dye" will reassure longtime fans that he hasn't lost his flair for breezily melancholic atmospheres, while "L"'s prominent beat doesn't detract from the song's gentle liftoff or the way its sparkling keyboards and guitars melt into each other. Despite Awake's flirtations with change, like other Tycho albums it's best appreciated as a whole; moving from bright to serene to brooding, it offers a sunset of moods. As it drifts off in a haze with "Plains"' winsome haze, it feels like the musical equivalent of tasteful graphic design; even as Tycho adds more depth and variety to his sound, his music's main success is giving listeners an attractive backdrop for whatever they might be doing.

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