DJ HASHIM B @ Echoplex

8:30pm / $12.00 adv; $14dos; $15.00 walk up dos / 18+

Tycho || LISTEN|| Watch
Tycho is the music project of San Francisco artist and producer Scott Hansen. As Tycho, Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating rolling sonic landscapes that extend into the horizon. Known in the design world as ISO50, Hansen is famed for his bucolic, sun-drenched design style, which serves as a backdrop and mirror for his musical output. Hansen began his electronic-music career with 2002’s The Science of Patterns EP , which was followed in 2004 by his first full length, Sunrise Projector.

The critical acclaim continued in 2006 with the release of Past Is Prologue on Miami-based IDM imprint Merck records. Ghostly met Scott Hansen in 2007, and like everybody else, we simply had to work with him.

In 2008, Tycho received a nod as one of URB magazine’s “Next 100” artists to watch. Since 2007, Tycho, with great care, released sun-drenched, melodic singles for the 3 years, honing his sound and collaborating with even more live instrumentation. In 2011, his meticulous process sees the release of Dive. The wait has been well worth it.Ghostly International

Sister Crayon || LISTEN|| Watch
Terra Lopez formed Sister Crayon in Sacramento, California in 2007 as a solo act, utilizing just a classical guitar and a loop pedal to weave atmospheric melodies into her dreamlike, fleeting lyrics that float through walls like lingering apparitions. Despite her music’s dark (sometimes aggressively sad) nature, there’s a sweetness and wisdom about Lopez that immediately strikes a chord with audiences.

With the addition of Dani Fernandez (who crafts beats on the MPC 1000), the band took on a rich texture that lent a hip-hop grittiness to its ethereal ambience. When Jeffrey LaTour (Keys + Guitar) and Nicholas Suhr (Drums) joined Sister Crayon, the band, as a four-piece, became whole. They recorded their first EP, Enter Into Holy (or)ders, a mesmeric and enchanted collection of songs that tweak conventional structures, using experimental production and employ a collective eye for the avant-garde.

Sister Crayon signed with Manimal Vinyl Records in November, 2009 and opportunities rushed in, with projects like the We Were So Turned On – A Tribute to David Bowie, (Sept. 2010) which also features A Place to Bury Strangers, Devendra Banhart, MGMT and Warpaint. Sister Crayon has appeared on the Urban Outfitters Compilation LSTN #8 and their Manimal debut full-length album Bellow (inspired by the French writer and criminal Jean Genet) is slated for release in February 2011. They recently finished shooting a music video for “I’m Still The Same Person,” the first single off Bellow. Their previous video “(in) Reverse” was shot by director Robert Ascroft in early 2010.

Success aside, what you get with this band is sincerity, thoughtfulness, intense beauty, wisdom, joy, and (perhaps, best of all) music that should be at once pondered and cherished. – Josh Fernandez/SPIN.com

DJ Hashim B || LISTEN
Hashim B. is one-half of hip-hop duos Ill Suono and Cappablack. He’s also known as a hiphop DJ mixing disparate genres together, and has performed … (more) with the likes of DJ Shadow, Keb Darge, Madlib, and Peanut Butter Wolf. His “Omnivore” series of mix CD’s have also become cult favorits. He also works as a music journalist and translator for numerous hiphop magazines. He has been working out of Los Angeles since October 2006. Rcrdlbl