Tim Bowness
Tim Bowness | |
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| Born | 29 November 1963 Latchford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Art rock, dream pop, post rock, ambient |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | One Little Indian Snapper Music Burning Shed |
| Website | Official site |
Tim Bowness (born 29 November 1963) is an English singer and songwriter primarily known for his work as part of the band No-Man,[1] a long-term project formed in 1987 with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson.
Music career
In addition to recording albums with No-Man (for record labels such as One Little Indian, Sony/Epic, Inside Out Music and Kscope), Bowness has appeared on albums by US artists OSI and David Torn, Italian artists Alice, Saro Cosentino, Fjieri, Nosound and Stefano Panunzi, Norwegian groups White Willow and The Opium Cartel, and others.
In 1994, he recorded an album with Porcupine Tree/Japan/Rain Tree Crow keyboard player Richard Barbieri, called Flame.[2]
Bowness has been a core or occasional member of several other bands. He has sung for German band Centrozoon and British electro-improvisers Darkroom on the more vocal-orientated projects performed and released by each group. He is the lead singer and guitarist for Henry Fool and also sings for Memories of Machines. He was singer (and occasional second guitarist) for Samuel Smiles between 1992 and 2000. Bowness also has a longstanding duo collaboration with Peter Chilvers (with whom he has worked in Samuel Smiles and Henry Fool). This project has so far produced one album, 2002's California, Norfolk.
Bowness's debut solo album, My Hotel Year was released on One Little Indian in 2004. The album made use of Bowness collaborators both old and new, and featured Roger Eno and Hugh Hopper amongst others.
In 2009, Bowness co-wrote and co-produced Talking with Strangers, an album by former Fairport Convention singer, Judy Dyble.
Warm Winter, the debut album by Memories of Machines (a collaboration with Nosound's Giancarlo Erra), was issued on Mascot in April 2011, and the self-titled debut release by Anglo Estonian project Slow Electric was released on Panegyric in October 2011.
Bowness's second solo album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams was released on 23 June 2014 on Inside Out Music. Produced by Bowness and mixed by Steven Wilson, collaborators included Stephen James Bennett. Pat Mastelotto, Colin Edwin and Classical composer Andrew Keeling. Richard Barbieri and Grasscut provided mixes for the bonus disc. Abandoned Dancehall Dreams came out to some of the best reviews of Bowness' career. Receiving positive endorsements from Prog and Classic Rock, the album reached No. 18 in the official UK Rock charts and No. 1 in Prog magazine's July 2014 and August 2014 charts.
A follow-up to Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, Stupid Things That Mean The World, was released on 17 July 2015 on Inside Out Music. Bowness admitted similarities between the two albums, in both the musical approach and artwork, calling it the second part of a new chapter that began with Abandoned Dancehall Dreams.[3] Produced by Bowness and mixed by Bruce Soord, collaborators included Stephen James Bennett, Peter Hammill, Colin Edwin, Phil Manzanera and David Rhodes. The album reached No. 10 in both the official UK Rock and UK Vinyl charts, and No. 1 in Prog magazine's July 2015 and August 2015 charts. In September 2015, Stupid Things That Mean The World was No. 9 in the first ever Official Charts Company Progressive Albums chart.
Tim Bowness's fourth solo album Lost In The Ghost Light - a concept album revolving around the onstage and backstage thoughts of a veteran musician - was released on 17 February 2017 on Inside Out Music. The album garnered very positive reviews from the Rock media - Prog, Powerplay, Classic Rock, Shindig! - as well as in more mainstream publications such as The Daily Express,[4] Mojo and Classic Pop. Produced Tim Bowness with Stephen James Bennett, the album mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson and alongside performances by regular collaborators such as Stephen James Bennett, Bruce Soord, Colin Edwin and Andrew Keeling, featured guest appearances from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, and ex Camel/Happy The Man keyboard player Kit Watkins. Lost In The Ghost Light reached No.5 in the official UK Rock chart, No.8 in the official UK progressive chart and won "Album Cover of the Year" at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards.[5]
Business
In 2001, Bowness co-established the online record label and store Burning Shed with Peter Chilvers and Pete Morgan.[6]
Charting songs and albums
| Album / Song | Chart | Position | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking It Like a Man (with No-Man) | US Billboard Dance/Club Play[7] | 34 | 1994 |
| Viaggio in Italia (with Alice) | Italian Albums[8] | 16 | 2003 |
| Abandoned Dancehall Dreams | UK Rock Albums[9] | 18 | 2014 |
| Stupid Things That Mean The World | UK Rock Albums[10] | 10 | 2015 |
| Stupid Things That Mean The World | UK Top 100 Physical Albums[11] | 75 | 2015 |
| Stupid Things That Mean The World | UK Vinyl Albums[12] | 10 | 2015 |
| Stupid Things That Mean The World | UK Progressive Albums[13] | 9 | 2015 |
| Heaven Taste (with No-Man) | UK Vinyl Singles[14] | 5 | 2016 |
| Heaven Taste (with No-Man) | UK Top 100 Physical Singles[15] | 8 | 2016 |
| Lost In The Ghost Light | UK Rock Albums[16] | 5 | 2017 |
| Lost In The Ghost Light | UK Top 100 Physical Albums[17] | 64 | 2017 |
| Lost In The Ghost Light | UK Vinyl Albums[18] | 35 | 2017 |
| Lost In The Ghost Light | UK Progressive Albums | 8 | 2017 |
Select discography (Outside No-Man)
Solo albums
- My Hotel Year (One Little Indian, 2004) – Debut solo album
- Abandoned Dancehall Dreams (Inside Out Music, 2014) – 2nd solo album
- Stupid Things That Mean The World (Inside Out Music), 2015) - 3rd solo album
- Lost in the Ghost Light (Inside Out Music), 2017) - 4th solo album
Other albums
- Flame (One Little Indian, 1994) – with Richard Barbieri
- Ones And Zeros'' (Voiceprint, 1997) – with Saro Cosentino (guest vocals on one track)
- California, Norfolk (Burning Shed, 2002) – with Peter Chilvers (musician)
- Viaggio in Italia (NuN Entertainment, 2003) – with Alice (guest vocals on two tracks)
- The Scent of Crash and Burn EP (Burning Shed, 2003) – with centrozoon
- Never Trust the Way You Are (Resonancer, 2004) – with centrozoon
- Duality (Holy Records, 2008) – with Rajna (guests on three tracks)
- Lightdark (Kscope, 2008) – with Nosound (guest vocals on one track)
- Blood (Inside Out, 2009) – with OSI (guest vocals on one track)
- Talking with Strangers (FixIt, 2009) with Judy Dyble (guest vocals throughout album, co-written & co-produced by Bowness)
- "Fjieri: "Endless"", (Forward Music Italy, 2009) - with Stefano Panunzi, Nicola Lori, Mick Karn, Richard Barbieri, Gavin Harrison, Nicola Alesini, Andrea Chimenti
- "A Rose (Stefano Panunzi album)" (Emerald Recordings, ER-CD 01/09, 2009) - with Mick Karn, Thomas Leer, Giancarlo Erra, Theo Travis, Robby Aceto, Fabio Fraschini, Markus Reuter, Andrea Chimenti
- Warm Winter (Mascot, 2011) – with Giancarlo Erra (as Memories of Machines)[19]
- "Fjieri: "Words Are All We Have", (Emerald Recordings, ER-CD 02/15, 2015) - with Stefano Panunzi, Jakko Jakszyk, Gavin Harrison, Nicola Lori
- Skyscraper Souls (Cherry Red, 2017) – with Geoff Downes & Chris Braide (guests on one track)
References
- ^ "no-man biography - no-man official website". No-man.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Ned Raggett. "Flame - Richard Barbieri | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Diary". Tim Bowness. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Daily Express. "Lost In The Ghost Light review". Daily Express. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Marillion, Anathema, Steve Hackett among Progressive Music Award winners". teamrock.com. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Specialist online music label and shop". Burning Shed. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "No-Man - Chart history". Billboard. 28 May 1994. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ Masters, Tim (3 September 2015). "Progressive music gets an official chart '45 years too late'". BBC News. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Warm Winter " Speak". Timbowness.wordpress.com. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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