Manzo - Outsider (CD) with 12 page booklet in jewel case

Outsider’ is the second studio album by Wellington recording artist, Manzo. Very topical themes of corporate greed, politics, masculinity and social pressure, are woven with tales of loss and love. The album talks about the frustrations and flaws of our modern world to anybody that understands how it feels to be perceived as different - a salute to the outsider. But ultimately it's an uplifting album full of humour and hope. 

Infusing pop, rock, electronic, classical, hip hop and dance, along with some blatant ‘80s and ‘90s vibes, the music reflects Manzo’s broad musical influences, and also his refusal to be pigeon holed and constrained by genre. Classical arrangements flow into grungy electric guitar, synthesised beats support cello and brass. Guest vocalists bring a range of styles, from soul to soprano, from raw rap to raunchy rock chick. It’s a celebration of how different styles can be brought together in harmony.

All music, arrangements and lyrics © Alan Hodgetts 2017 
Lyrics on Angel On your Shoulder © Hodgetts/da Silva Freitas 2017 
Lyrics on A Box of Time & Free Radicool © T & A Taotua 2017 
Vocal on Sacra arranged by Shirleen Oh 

The Musicians: 
Laurence Cooper - electric guitar. 
Anny da Silva Freitas - vocals. 
Ze’ev Dikvert - clarinet. 
Frobman - vocals. 
Shirley Gullery - vocals. 
Alan Hodgetts - keyboard, percussion. 
Ellen Hodgetts – percussion, synth FX, vocals. 
Dave Hone - electric cello. 
Shirleen Oh - vocals. 
Leona Palmer - acoustic guitar, vocals. 
Iuliana Pitur - vocals. 
Allan Taotua - vocals. 

Production, engineering, programming and Roland sequencing - Alan Hodgetts 

Recorded, mixed and mastered at SweetArts Studios 

Special thanks: 
Talent Catering, Jacek Cywinski, Raymond Moffatt, Tracey Ward 
Art direction - Ellen Hodgetts 
Cover ‘slimed’ photo - Craig Magson 

Digital release distributed worldwide by DRM, New Zealand 
All musical works registered with APRA/AMCOS 
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