Stephen James Bennett

Stephen (James) Bennett is a musician, writer and filmmaker born in Skelmersdale, Lancashire in the north west of England. He plays various keyboards and the guitar. He first came to public attention in the band LaHost in the 1980s as part of the New wave of progressive rock who had headlined at the legendary Marquee Club in London.

Since the Lahost split, Stephen has pursued music careers with his own band The Fire Thieves and worked with Tim Bowness (partner of Steven Wilson, in No-Man) and the band Henry Fool.

Stephen has also collaborated with singer-songwriter Lady Sara Rönneke, David Torn, Hugh Hopper and David Picking. Recently, he has moved into film making with music videos for Tim Bowness and Peter Chilvers and No-Man and has just completed his first narrative film.

He also writes about Apple's Logic Pro Digital Audio Workstation software for the UK's best-selling music technology magazine, Sound on Sound , amongst others, as well as books on the same subject for PC-Publishing .

He now lives in Norwich.

Select Discography

• LaHost 'Erotic Antiques' (UGUM MSI 1992)
• The Fire Thieves 'Slow dancing in the big city' (Chaos 1991)
• The Fire Thieves 'Sweet' (Chaos 1993)
• The Fire Thieves 'Clarity' (Chaos 1997)
• SplatterCell 'Remiksis Ah' (CellDivide 200)
• henry fool 'henry fool' (Cyclops 2001)
• henry fool 'Pills in the Afternoon' (Piotr Kosinski compilation 2002)
• No-Man Together We're Stranger (Snapper 2003) - Video of 'Things I want to tell you' included on the 5:1 re-release, 2007
• Rhinoceros 'Tiny Ghosts' (Burning Shed 2003)
• Tim Bowness 'My Hotel Year' (One Little Indian 2004)
• No-Man Schoolyard Ghosts (K-Scope 2008)
• The Fire Thieves 'Back to Stereo' (Chaos 2009)

External links

• Stephen Bennett's official website
• LaHost website
• PC Publishing
• Sound on Sound magazine website
• Audiomedia magazine website