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tim bowness

the prince of chutzpah

About Me

Tim Bowness is a British musician, primarily known as vocalist with the band No-Man (a long-term collaborative project with Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson).
In addition to releasing several albums with No-Man, Tim has worked with popular Italian artist Alice, David Torn, Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine), Roger Eno, and recorded the album Flame (1994) with Porcupine Tree/ex-Japan keyboard player Richard Barbieri.
California, Norfolk (a collaboration with Peter Chilvers) was released in 2002 and Tim’s debut solo album, My Hotel Year, and collaboration with Centrozoon (Never Trust The Way You Are), were issued in 2004.
2008 promises new releases from No-Man, Bowness/Chilvers and a new project with Nosound’s Giancarlo Erra, as well as guest appearances on albums by Judy Dyble, Rajna, Stefano Panunzi and The Opium Cartel.
Tim co-runs specialist online label Burning Shed with Peter Chilvers and Pete Morgan.
Tim’s music is directly available from the Tim Bowness store at Burning Shed.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/13/2006
Band Website: burningshed.com/timbowness
Band Members: Outside The Machine (Bowness/Wilson):

Tim Bowness - Vocals
Steven Wilson - Piano, Guitar, Textures
Colin Edwin - Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums

Last Year’s Tattoo (Bowness/Picking):

Tim Bowness - Vocals
Stephen Bennett - Mellotron
David Picking - The Rest

Riverrun (Bowness/Wilson):

Tim Bowness - Vocals
Steven Wilson - Instruments, Backing Vocals

Another World (Bowness/Chilvers):

Tim Bowness - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Peter Chilvers - Electric Piano, Ambient Guitar, Samples

26 Years (Bowness):

Tim Bowness - Vocals, Synths, Programming

Truenorth (Part 2) - Edit (Bowness/Wilson)

Tim Bowness -- Vocals, Chime Guitars
Steven Wilson -- Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion
Theo Travis -- Flute, Soprano Sax
Strings arranged by Dave Stewart and performed by the London Session Orchestra
Pete Morgan - Video

Sleepwalker (Bennett/Bowness):

Tim Bowness - Vocals, Echo Guitars
Stephen Bennett - Keyboards,Tremolo Guitar, Bass, Video
David Picking - Drums

Chant One (Bowness):

Tim Bowness - Vocals
Peter Chilvers - Piano, Textures
Grant Wakefield - Video
Influences: Music:
Blue Nile, Steve Reich, Joni Mitchell, Eitzel/AMC, Nick Drake, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Miles Davis, Talk Talk, Portishead, Kozelek/RHP, Pink Floyd, Sigur Ros, Eno, David Sylvian, Elbow, Prefab Sprout, Scott Walker, Massive Attack, Lindsey Buckingham, Arvo Part, Robert Wyatt, Cocteau Twins, Godley & Creme/10cc, The Smiths, Tim Buckley, Lennon/McCartney, Fripp/King Crimson, Beach Boys, Rickie Lee Jones, Associates, Alain Bashung, Goldfrapp, Peter Hammill, Talking Heads, Simon & Garfunkel, Billie Holiday, Judee Sill, Gabriel/Genesis, Philip Glass.....

Books:
Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Coupland, Jean Rhys, Harold Pinter, John Updike, Raymond Carver, Philip K Dick, Roger McGough, Virginia Woolf, Saul Bellow, Milan Kundera, Richard Brautigan, Brian Patten, F Scott Fitzgerald, George Saunders, Marguerite Duras, Woody Allen, TS Eliot, Elizabeth Smart, Kilgore Trout

Film:
Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Paris Texas, 21 Grams, Magnolia, Citizen Kane, Naked, Atonement, Blue Velvet, Billy Liar, Annie Hall, Jacob's Ladder, Last Night, Apocalypse Now, 12 Monkeys, Secrets & Lies, Blade Runner, Chinatown, Solaris (US version), The Fisher King, Vertigo, Withnail & I, Midnight Cowboy, The Unbelievable Truth
Sounds Like: Two dozen funeral violins.

No-Man - Truenorth (Part 2) - Edit (from the album Schoolyard Ghosts, Kscope, 2008)

Tim Bowness - Sleepwalker (from the album My Hotel Year, One Little Indian, 2004):

Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers - Chant One (from the album California Norfolk, Burning Shed, 2002):

’A soundly thoughtful model for those who fear that Ambient music has become a soundtrack to fin de siecle parties.’ - Louise Gray (The Wire)

’Those seeking a new Nick Drake or Scott Walker to moon over, look no further.’ Fred Dellar (Mojo/NME)

’Achingly melancholy.’ - John Sakamoto, Jam! (Canada)

’Original and haunting.’ - Martin Aston (Q)
Record Label: Burning Shed/One Little Indian
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

No-Man Live, 2008/New No-Man Video

No-Man will be performing their first full concert since 1993 at the Bush Hall, London, on August 29th (Doors open, 7.30-8pm). The gig will be filmed for possible DVD release and there are plans (as y...
Posted by tim bowness on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:48:00 PST

No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts pre-order

Available from Burning Shed’s No-Man Store: Schoolyard Ghosts, No-Man’s sixth official studio album, sees No-Man’s Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson expanding the band’s sonic pale...
Posted by tim bowness on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:06:00 PST

A Blog About A Blog...Plus

There’s a new blog on www.burningshed.com/timbowness chronicling the recording of the forthcoming No-Man album, ’Schoolyard Ghosts’.Additionally, Kscope have created a micro-site for...
Posted by tim bowness on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:05:00 PST

No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts Update/A Confession Upgrade

Following further recording and mixing in February and March, No-Man’s sixth official studio album, Schoolyard Ghosts, has been completed.The 8 song, 53 minute, album is due to be released in mi...
Posted by tim bowness on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST

No-Man - New Album Sessions, January 2008

In early January, No-Man continued writing and recording material for its sixth official studio release (tentatively titled, 'Schoolyard Ghosts'), the band's first album of new music for five years.Th...
Posted by tim bowness on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:28:00 PST

No-Man - Lighthouse (original demo) free download

Now available from www.burningshed.com:Differing from all previously released versions and dating from March 1994, this free download is the first known demo of Lighthouse, and provides a fascinating ...
Posted by tim bowness on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:09:00 PST

By This River/Sweden

A week's recording in a very snowbound, very isolated, rural Sweden (near Pippi Longstocking Central, Vimmerby), yielded several interesting results (including many overdubs for the forthcoming No-Man...
Posted by tim bowness on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:23:00 PST

no-man recordings, 2007

In late August and early September the first No-Man recording sessions for five years took place.Further sessions are expected in January, with the band working towards a Spring 2008 release for their...
Posted by tim bowness on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:16:00 PST

World Of Bright Futures

Unavailable since 2000, 'World Of Bright Futures', the album I released in 1999 with Samuel Smiles (Mike Bearpark, Peter Chilvers & Myke Clifford) is now available as an exclusive www.burningshed.com ...
Posted by tim bowness on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:47:00 PST

No-Man Downloads

Two new downloads are available from the www.burningshed.com Download Store.'Returning Jesus Demos' was originally issued as the third disc of Tonefloat's lavish Returning Jesus - The Complete Session...
Posted by tim bowness on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:54:00 PST