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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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- Tim Finn - Big Canoe - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.05, €17.55 (Back In Stock) (arrived 15-Feb-2024 17:10)on March 19, 2024 at 3:38 am
TIM FINN Big Canoe (1988 US 10-track vinyl LP featuring 'Spiritual Hunger' and 'Water Into Wine'. Picture sleeve with deletion cut. The sleeve shows light shelfwear whilst the vinyl looks unplayed)
- Tim Finn - Big Canoe - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.05, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 13-Feb-2024 09:49)on March 19, 2024 at 3:38 am
TIM FINN Big Canoe (1988 US 10-track vinyl LP featuring 'Spiritual Hunger' and 'Water Into Wine'. Picture sleeve with deletion cut. The sleeve shows light shelfwear whilst the vinyl looks unplayed)
- Phil Manzanera - Guitarissimo - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.70, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 21-Aug-2023 15:21)on March 19, 2024 at 3:38 am
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)
- Tim Finn - Carve You In Marble - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.16, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jul-2023 16:23)on March 19, 2024 at 3:38 am
TIM FINN Carve You In Marble (1986 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Hole In My Heart. Both the glossy picture sleeve and vinyl remain in excellent condition VS866)
- Phil Manzanera - Listen Now - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.24, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 07-Jul-2023 14:51)on March 19, 2024 at 3:38 am
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)
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