Tycho Brahe News Archive

A new Tycho song has been uploaded to the Tycho Myspace page. It's called "1985" and it made it's live debut at the VNV Nation gig a couple of weeks ago. The recorded version available on Myspace is unmastered (so it may be a little quieter than other tracks) and it *may* change a little before it's official release on the next Tycho album.

Click on the "1985 Sleeve" (left) to go to the Tycho Myspace page and hear the new song. Hope you like it!

Mil Clayton has posted some photos online of Tycho opening for VNV Nation last Thursday night. Due to the tiny stage at the Step Inn, the lighting conditions and ban on flash photography these are a bit limited - there are no photos of Andy and if you squint you can *just* make out Georgina in one shot :-)

Anyhoo - a big "THANKS!" to Mil for posting these pix, which can be seen by clicking on the photo at left - (L to R) Ken, Mark, Ronan and Stephen backstage.

Tycho Brahe will be opening for the mighty VNV Nation this Thursday night at the Step Inn, along with Sydney's Junk Circuit. I'm not sure of exact running times yet but it *is* a school night so we will be on very early, so get there when the doors open otherwise you might miss us.

Stephen Birt will once again be drumming for us on the Simmons drum kit, and we will be debuting a brand new song that we're very excited about called "1985". It's got cowbells, it's got handclaps, it's 130bpm, what more does any Hi-NRG throwback need?

Also, for the first time in many years, we will have some brand new Tycho T-shirts available! These will be priced at $30, available in black with a new logo design on the front and all of the CD logos on the back. Rats, tridents, stars and broken hearts!

Gig details:

Step Inn, 186 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Thursday 14th August, 8pm.

Tycho Brahe first, Junk Circuit (Sydney) second, then VNV Nation.

This is an 18+ event, ID required, tickets are $53.50 thru: http://www.oztix.com.au/ or $54.50 from Rockinghorse Records

Half of Tycho is currently cavorting around the countryside having caught a couple of shows from the mighty DEVO! Some photos will be posted soon (probably on Myspace), including some from backstage at Melbourne and some from a secret Adelaide location where we had some beers and pizza etc with the guys...

Tycho will be playing an early set this Thursday at the Step Inn with our old mates VNV Nation. We'll be going on super early at about 7:30pm I believe, Stephen Birt will again be joining us on drums, and we *finally* have some brand new Tycho T-shirts if you want 'em, so hopefully we'll see you there. Full details will be posted shortly :-)

A video has appeared on Youtube for the Tycho remix of The Human League's "Rebound". This remix has proven to be quite popular with fans of the mighty League, you can watch it by clicking on "Rebound" (left), and the mixes are still available for download here.

A couple of Tycho things have appeared on Youtube....

First up, some live footage of our performance at the Tivoli with John Foxx last Sunday - it's part of "Dislocation". You can't see Stephen on the drums in this, but if you watch very closely you will spot Andy hammering out the bassline on his trusty Roland Axis keytar.

Click here for Dislocation Live

Also, a very cool little clip for the Tycho Brahe remix of Real Life's "Imperfection", from the "Dance Dance Revolution 3" X-Box game. The full remix (which had a little more bass than the audio on offer here) was available with the US release of Real Life's album, errrrrm, "Imperfection"! An extended remix was also released on the CD single, "Oblivion".

Click here for Imperfection (Tycho Brahe Remix)

Cheers!

Ken

Mil Clayton has posted some photos online from the show we did with John Foxx the other night...and what a fantastic night it was! John Foxx and Louis Gordon put on possibly THE most awesome live electronic show I've ever witnessed, and we had a great weekend in general hanging out with the Foxx entourage, introducing them to the pleasures of Australian beer and the perils of Australian wildlife. But I digress....the photos are here.

We're very pleased to announce that we will be supporting electronic music pioneer and original Ultravox frontman John Foxx at his Brisbane show on May 4th at The Tivoli.

Doors open at 7pm, Tycho is onstage at 7:30pm, followed by John's Multimedia live performance of his acclaimed "Tiny Colour Movies", and then the main event.

Regular drummer and well known Scotsman-about-town Francis is waylaid with some family commitments at the moment, so former TB drummer Stephen Birt will be filling in for this show.

Tickets are $57 and available through Ticketek and Rockinghorse Records, go here for links and info: http://www.yourgigs.com.au/event/?50791414

More info on John Foxx can be found here: http://www.metamatic.com/

Cheers!
Ken Evans

When we started putting together the Transatlantic remix CD, we were fortunate enough to have Boxcar remix "Military Option" for us. For those who don't know about this awesome Billboard charting Aussie electronic act, click HERE.

The radio edit version of the remix ended up on Transatlantic, and an extended version was on the Free EP. And now for your listening and free download pleasure, I've edited together parts of both to create a special edit version on the Tycho Myspace page, not available anywhere else! Play it loud!

Whilst this download is free, a working band does have costs to cover, so if you enjoy what you hear I would urge you to support us by buying a CD or download from CD Baby.

Cheers,
Ken Evans

Fellow Briswegian Mil Clayton has posted a report on her Myspace blog with links to photos about last Friday's show with Assemblage 23, Angel Theory and ourselves. We had an awesome time at this show, sold a bucket of CDs and went home happy after seeing a quality interstate and overseas act. Check it out at: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=115976940&blogID=344787142