Consumed Nostalgia

The Manhattan Transfer is the second album by The Manhattan Transfer. However, it is the first of four albums to be released by the line-up of Tim Hauser, Laurel Massé, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel, and the first to establish the sound and style for which the group would become known. It was released on April 2, 1975 with Atlantic Records as distributor, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegün and Tim Hauser. This incarnation of the group had been together for three years before this album was released. Ertegün, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records, attended one of their performances at the New York cabaret Reno Sweeney. He offered them a contract, which they accepted. The melody of track 12, "Heart's Desire" is virtually identical to the 1931 song "That's My Desire," which has music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday. The Manhattan Transfer debuted on Billboard's Top Pop album chart on May 3, 1975, reaching #33. The single "Operator" went to #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. "Tuxedo Junction" reached #24 on the British pop charts.

Fifth album from the UK Grammy Award-Winning electronic artist, Tourist (aka William Phillips). The project will come as a delightful surprise after the deeply emotional album ‘Inside Out’ last year. Embarking on US and UK/EU tour in 2024. Album Narrative by Tourist: With this next album, my sole objective has been to write something that “whisks you away”. Where my previous music was often rooted in personal experiences, “Memory Morning” is written from a place of pure escapism. I think it’s the result of “Inside Out” being so deeply tied to personal events that I wanted to write from a completely different perspective. I’ve joked that “Memory Morning” is my least personal, but most artistic album yet. I want to disorient people in the nicest way possible. I want it in-still nostalgia in people for something that may or may not have happened. I like the idea of music being a place for people to “visit”, and this new album - along with all of this new work is rooted in that concept. That feeling of being all consumed by something and losing time is at the heart of “Memory Morning”.