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Tycho China Tour 2015 in Shanghai

Date: Jan 17, 8 pm

Venue: MAO Livehouse, Shanghai

Price: 150-200 yuan

Scott Hansen, professionally known as Tycho, is an American ambient music artist and producer from San Francisco, California, who is known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works. His music is a combination of down tempo vintage-style synthesizers and ambient melodies. The style of his music is very organic, typically incorporating clips of the human element into his songs (i.e. weather broadcasts, simple talking, or even breathing.) His song, Dictaphone's Lament, was used as a track on a music video entitled Live Life to the Fullest. His song Cascade was played during the final moments of the original 11-year run of Toonami in 2008. Hansen's music project Tycho is influenced by and has been compared to artists such as DJ Shadow, Ulrich Schnauss and the Scottish electronic music duo, Boards of Canada. His music captures the sound of 1970s analog media while remaining both progressive and futuristic. Themes of nostalgia, longing, childhood and the natural world are interspersed throughout Tycho's work.