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RHYTHMIC TIDE is a play on the words "Sound Waves." RHYTHMIC TIDE is a musical project for singer/songwriter John Manly, Which came into being mid 2006, when John set up a small computer based studio at home, in which he began experimenting with the sounds that he grew up listening to, whilst still mainly writing songs on an Acoustic Guitar.
As a songwriter, John began writing at the age of 12 and has been writing ever since, covering a variety of genres ranging from Rock 'n' Roll, Gospel, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock and Country.
With RHYTHMIC TIDE, the focus is on setting a mood and evoking emotions both lyrically and musically. Stylistically influenced by acts of the 80's New Wave era, such as Icehouse, Gary Numan, Pseudo Echo amongst others.
Inspired by Iva Davies (Icehouse), one of John’s all time musical heroes. John started to put into action what he had learnt from various interviews he had read as well the musical inspirations absorbed from Icehouse, and began recording tracks such as "Wire and Walls" and "Pages of Dusty Old Memories".
In June 2007, under the name of Rhythmic Tide released their first EP, titled "Wire and Walls." This contained 4 tracks. ‘Wire and Walls’, ‘Pages of Dusty Old Memories’, ‘Pandora's Box’ and an instrumental track, "Lost Frontier".
This was followed in Early September 2007, with the single "Depths of Insanity".
October 2007, saw the release of the first RHYTHMIC TIDE album, ‘MIND FRAGMENTS.’ This release was a 50/50 split between songs and instrumentals. During the recording of ‘MIND FRAGMENTS’, John developed an interest in the music of Australian industrial / electronic artists such as Empty and Pask.
With positive feedback from several other artists, again under the name of RHYTHMIC TIDE, a follow up EP was release in May 2008, titled “Sonic Interlude.†This consisted of four instrumental tracks.
During the first half of 2009, Recording began on a new album focusing on instrumentals alone. This album was release in June 2009, titled “The Color of Blue.â€