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About Me

I have several musical projects at the moment.
The Fire Thieves - this is the outlet for my own songs. I'm currently finishing their fourth album. It's getting pretty close now. I've lived with these songs for so long I'm looking forward to getting them out there. (www.stephenjamesbennett.co.uk)
henry fool - post rock/prog band with Tim Bowness of the band No-Man. In the process of recording their second album. (www.henryfool.com)
Tim Bowness - I have several other projects with Tim, the last being the album 'My Hotel Year' (One Little Indian). (www.timbowness.com)
I'm also working with Singer/songwriter Lady Sara RÃ¶nneke on a couple of things.(www.ladysara.eu)
I write music for films and have just completed the score for 'The Perfect Number' (Which I also Directed) (www.stephenjamesbennett.co.uk).
I also make music videos and narrative films and write about music technology for books and magazines.

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Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Website: stephenjamesbennett.co.uk
Band Members: Stephen Bennett, Claire Garbutt, David Valentine-Haggart, Mark Rollason, Fudge Smith, Lady Sara RÃ¶nneke, Jasmine Presley Katie Iver.
Influences: The Blue Nile, Genesis, Sjufan Stevens, Prefab Sprout, Yes, Thomas Dolby, Peter Gabriel, Dave Stewart (Hatfileld and the North), Allan Holdsworth, The Edge, Neil McColl, Tim Bowness, Kate Bush, Peter Hammill, Tears for Fears, Sigur Ros.
Record Label: Various
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Fire Thieves song posted

So, more years than I care to imagine, the new Fire Thieves album 'Back to Stereo' is almost complete. 'Girl down tescos' isn't that typical of the album's style, really - but it's the first near to c...
Posted by Stephen Bennett on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:35:00 PST

henry fool update

After a short break to work on the new no=Man album (which is going to be a corker, believe me!) I've picked up on the henry fool sessions, editing, sorting, selecting. I'm trying to retain the 'feel'...
Posted by Stephen Bennett on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:25:00 PST

More henry fool news

OK, I'm here in Sweden and working on the album again after a hiatus. Early 2008 looks more likely now! It's been really interesting and fun to listen and edit the 2007 studio sessions - the space has...
Posted by Stephen Bennett on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:50:00 PST

henry fool reborn

Tim Bowness is over from the States and we listened though to the henry fool recordings we did in the studio last year and tried to knock the album into shape. there's quite a few small ideas that wil...
Posted by Stephen Bennett on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:59:00 PST