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