Tycho At Juno Download

Review: There's always something instantly identifiable about a Ghostly International record, and Tycho sounds as though he would never dream of bucking the trend as he returns to offer forth the languid tones of Dive. It's the very pleasant, bewitching end of electronica, where the beats stay on the straight and narrow, while the melodies chime harmoniously, earnest in their bid to support each other. There's a definite fondness for New Order in the arrangements, from the tidily presented drum hits to the ambiguous disposition. A lovely listen from start to finish.

Review: One of the more propulsive cuts from Tycho's album for Ghostly International enjoys a single release with two apt remixes that zoom in on the ambient qualities in the droney chap's music. The Keep Shelly In Athens mix takes great pleasure in letting languid vocals ring out until they become pads of their own, over cavernous hits and porous decays, while a politely glitchy beat ticks away underneath, only to bubble up aggressively in a crescendo of troubled kick drums. Memoryhouse meanwhile let the warbling pitch reign supreme in a positively stretched out slice of electronica that drifts on by with ease.