Here it is. Finally. Billy Thorpe’s musical opus, Tangier. A decade in the making, Tangieris a work of breathtaking scope. It is the final defining statement in the extraordinary music career of the late, great Billy Thorpe. Tangier is a hypnotic, beautiful, bewildering musical trip. Prepare to be swept away on an aural journey like no other, bringing together dozens of musicians from different cultures, orchestras, choirs, epic symphonic pieces from another time and place, other worldly sounds and rhythms, rock jams, funk outs, unforgettable ballads. Centre stage in this musical maelstrom is the unmistakable voice and spirit of the irrepressible and visionary Billy Thorpe.

Billy spent his final years obsessed with Tangier. In early 2007, he was all set to finish it. After seven years of tireless work and refinement, after literally thousands of hours of writing and demoing and recording the many multilayered elements that go to the breadth of Tangier, he was very nearly there. But then ….. the unfathomable. In the early hours of 28 February 2007, the world lost Billy Thorpe. And time stood still. In the wake of the national and international mourning that followed, once the shell-shock started to subside, some of Billy’s closest friends and music associates began discussions with his family about the idea of completing Tangier on Billy’s behalf. Everyone who knew Billy knew that Tangier meant the world to him. To leave it incomplete, to not deliver Tangier to Billy’s lifelong fans and the music world at large would be a travesty, a legacy left unfulfilled. With this resolve, a conglomerate of family, friends, musicians, music industry heavyweights and a couple of superstars set about piecing together and putting the finishing touches to Billy Thorpe’s almost finished masterpiece. And now, finally, here it is. Billy Thorpe’s Tangier.