
From Loudersound.
Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera has teamed up with Split Enz and Crowded House singer songwriter Tim Fizz for a series of new EPs.
The first, Caught By The Heart, is released on June 12, and you can watch a video for the title track below.
Manzanera and Finn first met in Sydney in 1975, when Split Enz supported Roxy Music on the English band’s first Australian tour. This led to Manzanera producing the Split Enz album Second Thoughts when they came to the UK the following year. Over the subsequent years, their paths would cross periodically, with Tim singing and writing songs for Phil’s Kscope and Southern Cross albums.
“It’s a joy and honour working with Tim, one of the finest singer, songwriters of his generation,” says Manzanera. “I couldn’t believe how prolific he is, how he makes song writing seem so natural and instinctive, I’d send the music, and then within days, these beautifully sung songs would pop up… it was like Christmas every day! And we’re still writing.”
“The tracks that Phil was sending were instantly evocative and in a time of global pandemic represented a way of connecting emotionally with the countries first affected,” adds Finn. “Spain, Italy, France and the UK were all places I had travelled in, lived in and played concerts in. But now they were suffering and closed off. I started singing in Spanish and themes came freely. Sometimes I would write lyrics in English, translate them to Spanish, making changes for scan or rhyme which took me in new and unexpected directions.
“Phil’s music is always highly atmospheric and suggestive. He has a way of playing that is just the right side of elegant. My wife and children had also been playing Roxy Music in the car so Phil was present and vivid for me when I started writing these songs with him. A delightful and meaningful exchange between two old friends on opposite sides of the world.”
The series of EPs will feature a mix of genres such including prog, rock, Latin Cumbia, African reggae, and orchestral music, all together in the same project, further highlighting the unique qualities of this global collaboration. Across the 20 songs, there are 20 musicians representing 12 countries, across four continents. These musicians span seven decades, from teenagers to people in their 70s.
The Caught By The Heart EP was produced by Phil Manzanera and Tim Finn and recorded by all the musicians in the UK, Germany and New Zealand and mastered at Abbey Road.
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- Phil Manzanera - Southern Cross - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $24.60, €22.60 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2023 13:16)on February 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
PHIL MANZANERA Southern Cross (1990 UK 10-track LP, picture sleeve and lyric inner. The sleeve displays some minimal wear whilst the vinyl displays inimal signs of play EXPAL1)
- Phil Manzanera - Listen Now - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €13.56 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2022 09:25)on February 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
PHIL MANZANERA/801 Listen Now (1977 UK 9-track vinyl LP, featuring Brian Eno on synthesizers & guitar treatments. The picture sleeve comes with its lyric inner and shows minor wear while the vinyl is Excellent with just a few faint paper scuffs to highlight play)
- Phil Manzanera - Guitarissimo - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.30 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2022 09:20)on February 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
PHIL MANZANERA Guitarissimo (1986 UK LP of 13 tracks in 4-parts - La Escena, El Viajero, Corrida Y Carnaval and La Tristeza, starring Robert Wyatt, Brian Eno, Ian & Bill MacCormick, Charles Hayward & more, picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears barely played EGLP69)
- Phil Manzanera - Impossible Guitars - US - 12" vinyl - Promo - £15.00, $18.45, €16.95 (New Item) (arrived 26-Sep-2022 11:03)on February 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
PHIL MANZANERA Impossible Guitars (1982 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, also including Big Dome and Criollo [French Mix], picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light edgewear and the vinyl looks barely played EGOX2)
- Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.90, €33.90 (New Item) (arrived 22-Sep-2022 12:32)on February 2, 2023 at 4:35 pm
PHIL MANZANERA Diamond Head (1975 UK 9-track LP on the pink rim 'palm tree' label, starring Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, Andy Mackay & a pre-This Heat Charles Hayward, among others, picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner. The sleeve shows a little light shelf wear with a small split to the inner and creasing to bottom left hand corner the vinyl is Excellent with just a few light scuff marks to indicate play ILPS9315)
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