tycho the dj
the dj sets, the mixes, the sunrise slots
after hours, before sleep: tycho's back to mine and the art of the curated compilation
In 2022, Scott Hansen added his name to one of electronic music's most enduring curatorial traditions when he contributed an entry to the Back to Mine compilation…
burning man sunrise sets — the complete catalog
There is a version of the Tycho story that fits in a sentence: a graphic designer from San Francisco goes to the Nevada desert, has an epiphany at dawn, and becomes a…
club culture & nightlife — deep dive
Scott Hansen's relationship with club culture is one of the most consequential and least publicized dimensions of the Tycho project. The band is the public face, the…
daymaker: a history of tycho's dj sets and the music scott hansen plays
For more than a decade, Scott Hansen has maintained a parallel career as a DJ that runs alongside Tycho's studio albums and band tours. His SoundCloud archive, festival…
dj curation philosophy — deep dive
At some point during any serious examination of Scott Hansen's career, a question emerges that the discography alone cannot answer: what kind of artist is this, exactly?…
dj festival circuit — complete history
The story of Tycho on the festival circuit is, at its most precise, two stories running simultaneously. In the first, Scott Hansen occupies a main stage or theater,…
dj gear & technical evolution — deep dive
The history of Scott Hansen as a DJ is inseparable from the history of his gear — and that history begins much earlier, and runs much deeper, than most accounts of Tycho…
dj gear, setup, and technical approach
Scott Hansen's identity as a DJ runs far deeper than a sideline hobby or a promotional exercise. Since at least 2012, he has maintained a parallel career in the DJ booth…
dj mixing techniques and transition philosophy
The most technically rigorous performance Scott Hansen gives is not the one most people see. The Tycho live band show — four musicians locked to SMPTE timecode,…
dj residencies & club nights — complete history
Scott Hansen has spent more than two decades building two parallel careers that most musicians would be content to treat as a single one. There is the Tycho band project…
dj set catalog — definitive archive
Scott Hansen has maintained a parallel DJ career alongside the Tycho live band for more than two decades, though the publicly documented record becomes dense only from…
dj set vs. band show — the two live identities
Scott Hansen has spent more than two decades maintaining two entirely separate performance identities under a single name. Both identities are called Tycho. Both bear…
golden hour architecture: tycho's festival dj sets and the circuit that built them
Scott Hansen occupies two entirely separate positions in the festival ecosystem. In one, he is the bandleader of a four-piece ensemble performing precision-synchronized…
scott hansen's dj philosophy — the art of the transition
Scott Hansen occupies a rare position in contemporary electronic music: he is a producer and bandleader of global reputation who also maintains a parallel, deeply…
soundcloud archive — complete track-by-track guide
Tycho's SoundCloud profile sits at an unusual intersection of the personal and the public. At soundcloud.com/tycho, organized under the DJ Mixes playlist, a listener can…
soundcloud dj sets archive — deep dive
Scott Hansen has maintained a SoundCloud archive that functions as something no other part of the Tycho project can replicate: a publicly accessible, continuously…
the back to mine compilation: hansen's dj mix album as personal statement
On September 30, 2022, Scott Hansen added his name to one of electronic music's most enduring and scrutinized curatorial traditions. Back to Mine: Tycho — volume 33 in a…
the boiler room sets: tycho in the world's most scrutinized dj environment
Scott Hansen has performed sunrise sets in the Nevada desert for thousands of people gathered in the dark, has played festival stages in front of tens of thousands, has…
the burning man sunrise sets — complete catalog & cultural history
The Tycho sunrise set at Burning Man occupies a singular position in the history of the event. It is not merely a recurring DJ engagement: it is a pilgrimage, a ritual,…
the dj selection philosophy — how hansen curates a set
Scott Hansen has maintained, for more than a decade, two entirely separate professional identities within the same project. One identity — the live Tycho band — operates…
the dj set history — complete tracklist archive & performance catalog
The story of Tycho as a DJ is the story of Scott Hansen before the world knew his name, and it runs parallel to his entire career as a recording and touring artist. Long…
the dusty rhino art car: tycho's burning man mobile stage
There is a rhinoceros in the Nevada desert. It is enormous — perhaps thirty feet long from the tip of its sculpted horn to the base of its tail, mounted on a heavily…
the storyteller in the booth: scott hansen's dj philosophy and technique
Scott Hansen has spent the better part of two decades building Tycho into one of the most recognizable audio-visual projects in electronic music. But there is a parallel…
tycho — soundcloud dj set tracklists
All sets are on Tycho's official SoundCloud: <https://soundcloud.com/tycho/sets/tycho-dj-mixes>
tycho's asia-pacific touring history: japan, australia, and the global expansion
By the time Tycho began playing to audiences in Japan and Australia, Scott Hansen had already spent a decade proving that a project built on analog warmth, California…