discography
albums, eps, singles, every song deep dive, and tycho’s remixes
awake (2014) -- tycho's billboard breakthrough
When Scott Hansen sat down with The FADER in February 2014, weeks before his third studio album would arrive in the world, he made a statement that reframed his entire…
awake (2014): complete album deep dive
Released on March 18, 2014, through Ghostly International, Awake is the album that permanently transformed Tycho from a beloved underground project into a commercially…
awake remixes: how nine producers refracted tycho's vision into a kaleidoscope of sound
In December 2015, Scott Hansen announced that his acclaimed 2014 album Awake would receive a full companion piece: a nine-track remix album featuring reinterpretations…
boundary rider (2025) — single deep dive
On October 22, 2025, Scott Hansen released a single that did something none of his previous records had quite managed: it made explicit the debt his music has always…
coastal brake ep (2009): the quiet pivot that changed everything
There is a strange imbalance in how the Tycho catalog gets discussed. Dive commands the retrospectives. Awake gets the deep-cut appreciation posts. Epoch earns the…
dive (2011) -- the album that changed everything
On November 8, 2011, Scott Hansen released the second Tycho studio album on Ghostly International, and nothing about the project was ever the same again. Dive was the…
dive — complete album deep dive
When Dive arrived in November 2011, it did not announce itself with fanfare. There was no radio campaign, no major-label budget, no stadium tour booked in advance. What…
epoch (2016): the complete album deep dive
Released on September 30, 2016, through Ghostly International, Epoch is the fourth studio album by Scott Hansen under the Tycho name and the definitive culmination of…
epoch: the culmination of tycho's trilogy and the album that earned a grammy nod
On September 30, 2016, with no advance warning and no conventional promotional cycle, Scott Hansen uploaded a complete album to digital storefronts worldwide. No singles…
forge (2026 single): deep dive
There is something unusual about a song being released twice — once with a voice, once without — and having both versions feel completely necessary. Most instrumental…
infinite health (2024): complete album deep dive
Released on August 30, 2024, Infinite Health is the sixth studio album by Scott Hansen under the Tycho name, and it stands as one of the most deliberately considered…
infinite health (2024): complete definitive article
Every Tycho album arrives as the resolution of something. Dive resolved the question of whether a Sacramento bedroom producer could translate his sound into a record…
liner notes & credits — the complete personnel & production archive
The liner notes of any record are its most unguarded document — a roster of obligations honored, debts acknowledged, and human relationships made visible in print. For…
non-album tracks — the complete compilation, soundtrack & unreleased catalog
The studio albums of Scott Hansen, released under the Tycho name, have long served as the primary architecture through which most listeners understand the project. From…
non-album tracks, b-sides & loosies — the complete catalog
The story of Tycho as most listeners know it runs along a clear spine: the "Trilogy" of Dive, Awake, and Epoch, the vocal pivot of Weather, and the later studio albums…
past is prologue (2006): the album that made everything possible
Released on October 25, 2006, through the Oakland micro-label Merck Records, Past Is Prologue occupies a strange and essential position in the Tycho story. It is…
past is prologue — complete album deep dive
Released on October 25, 2006, through the Miami-based micro-label Merck Records, Past Is Prologue stands as the foundational text of the Tycho project. It is the album…
remixes of tycho: the complete catalog
Every known instance in which another artist has remixed a Tycho track, organized chronologically by album era. This catalog covers official releases on Ghostly…
simulcast (2020) — the complete companion album
On February 28, 2020, Tycho released Simulcast into a world already holding its breath. Within three weeks, the World Health Organization would declare COVID-19 a global…
sunrise projector (2004): the album that named everything
Released on September 24, 2004, through Gammaphone Records, Sunrise Projector is the document everyone in the Tycho story agrees to treat as prologue. It is the first…
the complete singles & standalone releases — every non-album track
The discography of Scott Hansen, who records and performs as Tycho, is most commonly understood through the lens of his studio albums: the three-LP run of Dive, Awake,…
the complete tycho listening guide
If you only ever hear one Tycho track, make it this one. "A Walk" is the single most essential piece in the entire catalog, and the numbers back that up: it is Tycho's…
the remix catalog — every remix by and of tycho
The body of work surrounding the Tycho project does not end where the studio albums do. Alongside every major record Scott Hansen has released under the Tycho name, a…
the science of patterns (2002): a deep dive
To understand why The Science of Patterns sounds the way it does, you have to understand who Scott Hansen was in 2001. He was not yet a musician in any meaningful…
the where you are ep — complete deep dive
Released December 12, 2024, via Ninja Tune and Mom + Pop Records, the Where You Are EP is the most structurally unusual release in the Tycho discography. It is not a…
tycho: compilation appearances -- complete catalog
Over the course of more than two decades, Tycho tracks have appeared on dozens of compilations, soundtracks, multi-artist releases, and curated collections. From early…
tycho: singles, one-offs, and standalone tracks -- complete catalog
Beyond his studio albums (The Science of Patterns, Sunrise Projector, Past Is Prologue, Dive, Awake, Epoch, Weather, Simulcast, Infinite Health), Scott Hansen has…
tycho: unreleased, rare, and lost tracks -- a comprehensive catalog
Over more than two decades of activity, Scott Hansen's Tycho project has accumulated a significant body of material that exists outside the boundaries of his nine…
tycho: vinyl editions, deluxe versions, and collector's items -- complete catalog
Scott Hansen's dual identity as musician (Tycho) and graphic designer (ISO50) has produced one of the most visually and sonically cohesive catalogs in modern music.…
weather (2019) & simulcast (2020): the vocal chapter
After four albums of purely instrumental music stretching back to 2006, Scott Hansen did something that no one --- including, by his own admission, himself --- quite…
weather / simulcast: the dual-album experiment (2019–2020)
In 2019, Scott Hansen did something nobody who had followed Tycho for any length of time quite expected. After fifteen years of purely instrumental music — after four…
weather — complete album deep dive
Released: August 30, 2019 Label: Mom+Pop Records Catalog: MP-196 Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl Tracks: 8 Runtime: approximately 35 minutes Personnel: Scott Hansen (Tycho),…
boundary rider 2025
1 entriesboundary rider (2025)
"Boundary Rider" is a standalone single released on October 22, 2025, representing the first documented collaboration between Tycho — the long-running project of San…
forge 2026
1 entriesforge (2026)
"Forge" is an instrumental single by Tycho — the recording project of San Francisco-based artist, producer, and designer Scott Hansen — released on March 4–5, 2026…
infinite health 2024
4 entriesconsciousness felt
"Consciousness Felt" opens Tycho's sixth studio album, Infinite Health, at precisely 3 minutes and 14 seconds — short enough to feel urgent, long enough to establish a…
devices
"Devices" is the fourth track on Scott Hansen's sixth studio album under the Tycho name. At 5:11, it is the longest track on Infinite Health — a record that clocks in at…
phantom
"Phantom" arrived in the world before the rest of Infinite Health, issued as the album's lead single on June 25, 2024, paired with an immediate tour announcement. That…
restraint
By the time "Restraint" arrives on Infinite Health — three tracks into a nine-track album that runs only thirty-three minutes — it has already absorbed two kinetic,…
remixes by tycho
9 entries"ghost of kodoku" (tycho remix) — ghost of tsushima ost
From the Ghost of Tsushima Music from Iki Island/expanded soundtrack.
death cab for cutie — "the ghosts of beverly drive" (tycho remix)
TODO: deep-dive details.
little dragon — "little man" (tycho remix)
Tycho's first-ever remix; released during the Dive cycle.
maggie rogers — "alaska" (tycho remix)
TODO: deep-dive details.
odesza — "across the room" (feat. leon bridges) (tycho remix)
~19M Spotify streams; a high-performing remix asset.
portugal. the man — "live in the moment" (tycho sunset remix)
Counterpart to the Sunrise remix.
spoon — "inside out" (tycho remix)
From the Inside Out Remixes EP; later on the I/O 12" vinyl. ~5:20.
thievery corporation — "fragments" (tycho remix)
Side A of the Fragments.Ascension split 12" (GI-165). 6:21.
ulrich schnauss — "i take comfort in your ignorance" (tycho remix)
Remix EP also featuring Arovane and ASC. 5:49.
where you are ep 2024
5 entriesdx odyssey
"DX Odyssey" is an instrumental composition by Scott Hansen under the Tycho project, appearing first on the sixth studio album Infinite Health (August 30, 2024) as track…
epilogue
"Epilogue" is a solo composition — Scott Hansen writing alone without co-writers — which places it in a different category than several tracks on the Infinite Health…
infinite health (extended edit)
The "Extended Edit" designation signals something precise: this is not a remix, not a dub version, and not a stripped-down instrumental released as an afterthought. It…
infinite health (feat. cautious clay)
By mid-2024, Scott Hansen had assembled the most rhythmically adventurous record of his career. The album Infinite Health, released August 30, 2024, was a deliberate…
to everywhere pt. 1
The closing months of 2024 marked a remarkable period of sustained creative output for Scott Hansen. Having released Infinite Health — his sixth studio album under the…