Tycho - Simulcast (2020) CD Rip

The ambient electronic producer Tycho (born Scott Hansen) received a Grammy nomination in 2019 for his fifth studio album Weather, which was unusually structured and vocal-heavy compared to his prior releases. With Simulcast, a sort of instrumental companion album, the Bay Area producer comes full circle. “I wanted to show those songs through two different lenses: the vocal and the instrumental,” he tells Apple Music. “I wanted to show how a single core concept can evolve into two completely different things. It proves how powerful the process is in shaping the song.” Hansen started writing Simulcast while he was touring Weather and reflecting on the past decade of his career. “I felt this urge to restart the whole story,” he says, “to go back to the way I produced music when I first started, as a way to clear the slate. Simulcast is my transition into a new phase.” Some of the songs here are identical to their counterparts on Weather, some have simply lost the vocals, and some morph into something entirely new. “I see the albums as two paths to the same place,” he says—like two routes on a hike. “There are little side trails, new terrain, and a few common landmarks that feel familiar.”