6th May

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To honour its recent completion, I’ve written a 4000 word ‘album notes’ account of the making of my new album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams and its individual songs (to be given away free with pre-orders of the album). The notes chronicle a very exciting time for me and what has been an exceptionally hands-on process for the last six months or … Read More

25th September

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Thanks for all the supportive emails about my last online diary post. To clarify some things, I didn’t mean to say that no-man is over. The band has had protracted periods of silence in the past and I genuinely believe that at some point in the future, Steven and I will make more music together as no-man. Steven and I … Read More

22nd September

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2013 has simultaneously been an inspiring and frustrating year. Creatively it’s arguably been the best since 2006, with a lot of (what I consider to be) strong new material being written and a personal sense of anticipation and excitement surrounding the writing and recording. The frustration has come in the slow progress involved in getting definitive versions of the songs and subsequently … Read More

no-man 2012 Tour Diary

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26/8/12, Krakow – Klub Studio The Krakow experience was even better than I was expecting. As it was the first time I’ve played in Poland, I was hoping for something wonderful and I got it. The music came together well and the band had the most enthusiastic response it’s ever experienced. At times, the reactions were overwhelming (in a positive … Read More

16th April

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Along with the release of No-Man’s Love And Endings, April 2012 marks 30 years since I started singing in bands. My Album Notes blog has two new and pretty comprehensive entries on both subjects, but as always, there’s a wealth of information that’s been left out. As a result, much of this latest diary entry is a little like the … Read More

22nd October

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The October 14th No-Man live performance at the Leamington Spa Assembly has been an inspiring highlight of 2011 so far. As confident and hard-hitting as any show I’ve ever been a part of, from the first rehearsal onwards it was clear that the band had recaptured the essence of the 2008 Mixtaped performances, while also managing to expand the dynamic … Read More

9th December

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  Thus ends another year with no major releases and only a handful of gigs to my name (more of which later). Rumours of a descent into chronic alcoholism, daytime TV addiction, and a forthcoming Bowness/Chilvers Justin Bieber tribute act have all been greatly exaggerated. ——— Both in personal and musical terms, gestation is the word that best sums 2010 … Read More

15th January

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2009, the year of no blog, turned out to be a mixed experience. The completion of the No-Man DVD and the release of the Judy Dyble album, despite delays, went as well as I’d have hoped, while the ongoing gestation of several other projects (Henry Fool, Memories Of Machines and Bowness/Chilvers to name but three) and the death of people … Read More

22nd December

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As Christmas shoppers fall over one another in the hope of finding that elusive bargain or a limited edition ‘Hannah Montana sings Magma’ doll, I guess now is as good a time as any to provide an update on my various nefarious activities: No-Man: The live DVD, both in terms of audio soundtrack and visuals, has now been completed (and … Read More

2nd October

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It’s 2am and it’s a Friday morning in Düsseldorf. With the last performance of the No-Man mini mini-tour of 2008 over, the members of the band that are still awake go in search of life and strong coffee. Explorers all, excitement is high. Two hours of aimless wandering later and it’s clear that beyond the dubious delights of Doctor Jazz … Read More