New album ‘Powder Dry’ + first single ‘Rock Hudson’
NewsTim Bowness has today shared details of his new album Powder Dry. Set for release on 16th August 2024, the album will be Bowness’s first release on the Kscope label. The first single from Powder Dry is the propulsive Rock Hudson, a...
KSCOPE / “Dogs” single / Prog The Forest
NewsTim Bowness has signed to Kscope. Speaking about the signing and hinting at new music, Bowness said, “With its eclectic roster and open-minded and adventurous approach to music and presentation, Kscope seems like a logical home for wha...
Winter’s End Festival
NewsTim Bowness and Butterfly Mind are playing at the Winter’s End festival in Chepstow on Saturday, April 13th 2024. Tim and the band will be performing a selection of solo and no-man material. Further info / tickets...
Teardrop Fall video
NewsTeardrop Fall is the most obviously ‘Pop’ piece on Flowermouth and the most logical continuation of Loveblows & Lovecries to be found on the album. It started out as a straightforward acoustic guitar song of mine. Put through the no-...
Mouth Was Blue video
NewsTaken from the archive collection Swagger, Mouth Was Blue was a key part of no-man’s late 1980s / early 1990s live sets, when we regularly played at the likes of The Marquee, 100 Club, Rock Garden, The Flag and The Boardwalk. It predat...
Sweetheart Raw video
NewsAlong with the 20 minute b-side Heaven Taste, Sweetheart Raw (1992) is the studio embodiment of no-man’s brief collaboration with the great Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri and Mick Karn. This started life as an acoustic song of mine (of...
Life Is Elsewhere video
NewsLife Is Elsewhere (also known as Never Needing) was a song I wrote with Brian Hulse for Plenty in 1988. When Plenty split, no-man continued to play it live (alongside another Plenty track, Forest Almost Burning). When no-man were signed ...
no-man boxset and Swagger
NewsHousekeeping is a comprehensive remastered collection of no-man’s output for the OLI label between 1990-1994. Featuring the band’s first two albums Loveblows & Lovecries (1993) and Flowermouth (1994), along with the singles compilatio...
Tim Bowness Live 2024
NewsTim Bowness, along with his new band Butterfly Mind – Matt Stevens (Fierce & The Dead), John Jowitt (IQ, Frost), Andy Edwards (IQ, Frost, Robert Plant) and Rob Groucutt (Rain) – will be performing solo and no-man songs at two shows in Ja...
Tim Bowness live 2023
NewsTim Bowness and his band (including Andy Edwards, Rob Groucutt, John Jowitt and Matt Stevens) will be playing two co-headline shows with Sweet Billy Pilgrim on Friday 22 September 2023 in Aylesbury and Thursday 21st December 2023 in...
Tim live YouTube interview 17 February
NewsTim is being interviewed for the Gas Masks & Hand Grenades YouTube channel, with the interview going out live on 17 Feb 2023 at 10AM EST / 3PM GMT. Topics to be discussed include the beginning of no-man, Burning Shed, Plenty and...
Tim to guest with Rocking Horse Music Club
NewsTim will be appearing at the Rocking Horse Music Club album launch in March at Trading Boundaries, Sheffield Green in East Sussex. On Friday 17th March 2023 Tim will be singing So Little Left with Rocking Horse Music Club as part of thei...
Tim Bowness Prog For Peart festival July 8 2023
NewsTim is performing at this year’s Prog For Peart festival, which takes place on the weekend of July 7 and 8 2023 at The Northcourt in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The charity weekend festival raises money to help combat Glioblastoma Multiforme,...
Prog Magazine’s 2022 Albums Of The Year critic’s list
News“I’m delighted to say that Butterfly Mind is #8 in Prog Magazine’s 2022 Albums Of The Year critic’s list. Thanks to all the journalists who voted for the album and to Jerry Ewing / Prog for the ongoing support.” Tim...
Tim Bowness guests with Saro Cosentino
NewsTim guests on You Are The Story from Italian composer and producer Saro Cosentino’s third album The Road To Now, which is released on October 7 2022. “You Are The Story was my second collaboration with Saro and it was written and recorde...
Butterfly Mind (Japanese Edition)
News, Butterfly Mind, Ian Anderson, New Tim Bowness albumThe Japanese (June Dream label) edition of Tim Bowness’s 2022 release Butterfly Mind is available to pre-order from Burning Shed. The CD is in a gatefold card sleeve with booklet, obi strip, an exclusive mix of Clearing Houses...
‘Brightest Blue’ release for Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid
NewsTim Bowness and Colin Edwin have united for a single, Brightest Blue, to provide funds for the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal. Recorded in the UK, US and Ukraine during the Summer of 2022, two new versions of the Tim Bowness son...
The Road To Now – Saro Cosentino
NewsTim appears on the new album by Saro Cosentino. He sings lead vocals on one piece and backing on three others (all featuring Peter Hammill on lead). Gavin Harrison, David Rhodes, Trey Gunn, John Giblin and others contribute. The Joke...
Butterfly Mind chart positions
NewsThanks to everyone who bought Butterfly Mind. The UK chart positions are: UK Rock Albums – #4 UK Top 100 Albums Physical / Sales – #16 UK Vinyl Albums – #21 Official Scottish Albums Chart – #25...
Tim Bowness – “Butterfly mind” album out now
NewsOut now – Butterfly Mind, the new album from Tim Bowness. From the short, sharp shocks of Always The Stranger and Only A Fool to the long-form ambition of the sensuous Dark Nevada Dream, the cinematic Electro-Ballroom of Glitter Fades an...
Butterfly Mind in the press
NewsAlong with radio interviews Tim has taken part in during the past few weeks, here are some of the press pieces to look out for: a half-page article in this month’s Classic Rock (ZZ Top cover). an extensive interview in the next edition...
Glitter Fades video
NewsWatch the video for Glitter Fades from Tim’s new album Butterfly Mind. With a lyric evoking the elegance and decadence of a group of artists from The Roaring Twenties, ‘Glitter Fades’ is a surreal and cinematic contemporary Electro-B...
Butterfly Mind delayed to 5th August due to logistical issues
NewsDue to logistical issues associated with the shipment of the new album, Butterfly Mind’s release date has been pushed back to August 5th in order to provide more time in order to address this and get the album out to you in a timely mann...
New single ‘Dark Nevada Dream’ out now!
NewsA sweeping and soulful epic depicting an emotional meltdown in a motel on the edge of nowhere, Dark Nevada Dream is the second single from Tim Bowness’s Butterfly Mind. Written and produced by Tim and Brian Hulse , the song features Ri...
New single ‘Always The Stranger’ out now
NewsReleased exactly 40 years to the month after he first started performing in bands in his native North West of England, Tim Bowness’s Always The Stranger is a vibrant offering that shows an artist unafraid to play with the possibilities...
New album Butterfly Mind out 17th June!
NewsFrom the short, sharp shocks of Always The Stranger and Only A Fool to the long-form ambition of the sensuous Dark Nevada Dream, the cinematic Electro-Ballroom of Glitter Fades and the dystopian paranoia of Say Your Goodbyes Parts 1 and ...
Plenty – Enough – Out Now!
NewsTo celebrate the 9th July release of Plenty’s album Enough, the band are launching three videos for three very different songs: The dark and brooding The Blessed Ones from the Old section of Enough is a 2021 version of a 1988 piece. Th...
Plenty – Enough – Old, Borrowed and Older
NewsBarring session appearances, this is likely to be Tim’s only release of new recordings this year: Enough is a double CD collecting two 2021 Plenty ‘lockdown’ projects, plus the first ever release of the band’s original 1980s dem...
Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers – Modern Ruins
News18 years after the duo’s debut California, Norfolk, Tim Bowness and Peter Chilvers return with the exquisite melancholy of Modern Ruins. Mixed by the legendary Peter Hammill, the album alternates between fragile piano-led songs and atm...
New diary post from Tim
NewsTim has written a new diary entry where he writes about the guest musicians on the forthcoming new no-man album, and looks back on his activity since February’s diary entry, including the seeds of solo album number...
Jethro Tull album notes
NewsTim has added a new “influences” post on Speak, the Tim Bowness album notes blog – on the subject of Jethro Tull....
June Berlin date announced
NewsJune Berlin date announced Tim Bowness and band – plus Bernhard Wöstheinrich (Centrozoon) – present a unique evening of songs and ambient improvisations at Prachtwerk, Berlin on June 4th 2019. Tickets are onsale now. View...
2019 Live Dates updates
News2019 Live Dates updates Tim will be joined by ex-IQ member Andy Edwards for a song or two (an IQ rhythm section reunion with John Jowitt) at Worcester Arts Workshop on Sunday 26th May 2019. For his London show (Camden Dingwalls Friday Ju...
UK Live Dates
NewsUK Live Shows Tim has announced two new live shows in the UK: at Worcester Arts Workshop on Sunday 26th May 26 2019 and Camden Dingwalls on Friday June 7th 2019....
Official UK Charts
NewsOfficial UK Charts Flowers At The Scene has reached the following positions in the official UK charts: Rock Albums – #5 Vinyl Albums – #24 Top 100 Physical Albums – #38 Top 100 UK Sales – #48 Many thanks to...
Interviews
NewsProg Interview Prog magazine is out now and contains a four page interview with Tim. Tim is also interviewed in the US publication Goldmine by Dave Thompson (author of celebrated books on the likes of David Bowie, Sparks, Frank Zappa,...
Album Notes
NewsFlowers At The Scene Album Notes Read Tim’s Flowers At The Scene Album Notes on his Speak blog. The blog post contains details of how the album came together along with a song by song analysis from Tim. Flowers At The Scene is...
It’s The World
NewsIt’s The World It’s The World is the third single from the fifth Tim Bowness solo album Flowers At The Scene. The song features Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Steven Wilson, Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) & Colin Edwin (Porc...
Live in Poland
NewsLive in Poland Tim will be playing in Wroclaw and Warszawa in June. Details and booking links can be found on the live dates page....
Influences Blog
NewsInfluences Blog Tim has written an influences blog regarding Kevin Godley’s involvement with Flowers At The Scene. Read the blog post here....
Podcast Part 2
NewsPodcast Part 2 InsideOut Music have posted the second part of the podcast in which Tim discusses the collaborators on “Flowers At The Scene” including Peter Hammill, Jim Matheos, David Longdon, Andy Partridge, Colin Edwin,...
Live it The Night Of The Prog
NewsThe Night Of The Prog Festival Tim will be appearing at The Night Of The Prog Festival at the Loreley Amphitheater, Germany on Saturday 20th July 2019. Buy tickets here....
Borderline single
NewsNew single / video Tim has released the second single from the Flowers At The Scene album, titled Borderline. Borderline features Big Big Train’s David Longdon on backing vocals & flute, as well as Dylan Howe, Colin Edwin & Ian Dixon....
New album and “I Go Deeper” video
NewsNew album and “I Go Deeper”video Tim Bowness’ fifth solo album Flowers At The Scene is available now on InsideOutMusic/Sony. Produced by no-man, the album is a vibrant collection of 11 strikingly diverse songs. Available as a CD in delu...
Live in Zoetermeer
NewsLive in Zoetermeer Tim and his band (including John Jowitt, Michael Bearpark, Andrew Booker, Stephen Bennett and Steve Bingham) will be performing a co-headline show with Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend, VUUR) at...
Peter Hammill box set
NewsPeter Hammill box set Tim has written the sleeve notes for a new Peter Hammill box set. All pre-orders come with a card signed by Peter. Pre-order from Burning Shed, with a February 2019 release date....
Steven Wilson discusses the new Tim Bowness album
NewsSteven Wilson discusses the new Tim Bowness album Steven Wilson has posted his thoughts on Tim’s Flowers At The Scene album on his instagram account, along with news of a forthcoming no-man release....
Flowers At The Scene
NewsNew album “Flowers At The Scene” Produced by no-man, Flowers At The Scene is a vibrant collection of 11 strikingly diverse songs. Against a backdrop of propulsive Art Rock, heartbreaking ballads and more, Tim Bowness distinctively delive...
New diary entry
News, Big Big Train, New Tim Bowness album, Twelfth NightNew diary entry Tim has written a new diary entry – that includes information about his next solo album, along with details of recent collaborations with Big Big Train, Twelfth Night, Saro Cosentino and Stefano Panunzi....
Big Big Train single
News, Big Big Train, David Longdon, Seen Better Days, Swan HunterBig Big Train single The latest Big Big Train single Swan Hunter includes a new version of Seen Better Days, which features Tim on vocals alongside David Longdon. Order the CD (digipak with 8 page booklet) from Burning Shed....
Harmony For Elephants
News, Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, Harmony For Elephants, Steve Hackett, XTCHarmony For Elephants Tim appears on the charity album Harmony For Elephants. He sings lead vocals on Andy Neve’s six and a half minute track Speak To Me, which also features Dave Gregory (XTC/Big Big Train) on guitar. Steve Hackett,...
Strange Gods Video
News, 80s, Eighties, It Could Be Home, Plenty, Strange Gods, Tim BownessStrange Gods video Plenty have released a video for Strange Gods from the album It Could Be Home, which is released by Karisma Records on 27 April 2018. Buy the album on Vinyl or CD from Burning Shed. “Strange Gods was originally writt...
Every Stranger’s Voice lyric video
NewsEvery Stranger’s Voice lyric video Plenty have released a lyric video for Every Stranger’s Voice from their forthcoming album It Could Be Home. “Every Stranger’s Voice was one of the last songs written by Plenty during its first ...
New Plenty Single
NewsNew Plenty Single Plenty have released Hide as a new single from their forthcoming album It Could Be Home. The single is available on the major streaming / download platforms – listen / download here. “Hide is one of the few Plenty piece...
London May 2018
NewsLondon show May 2018 Tim and his band will be special guests for the God Is An Astronaut London show on Thursday 17 May 2018 at Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, Brixton London SW2 1RJ....
Recording with Big Big Train
NewsRecording with Big Big Train Tim spent some time in Real World Studio this week with Big Big Train doing some vocal recording for a song set for a forthcoming BBT release....
Tim Bowness Live 2018
News, Arena, Frost*, IQ, Summers End, Tim Bowness liveTim Bowness live Tim Bowness and band will be playing at this year’s Summer’s End Festival held at the Chepstow Drill Hall between October 4th-7th 2018. John Jowitt – IQ / Frost* / Arena – will be performing as bass player...
Plenty Album Notes Blog
News, 80s, Plenty, Steven WilsonAnywhere But Widnes – Plenty (An Origin Story) Tim has written a new album notes blog – Anywhere But Widnes – Plenty (An Origin Story)....
It Could Be Home
News, 80s, Jacob Holm-Lupo, PlentyPlenty – It Could Be Home Formed in 1986, Plenty was Tim Bowness’s immediate pre-no-man band. It Could Be Home is a debut release over thirty years in the making. Distinctively echoing then contemporary artists such as The Blue Nile an...
Progdreams V11
News, Holland, Lifesigns, Progdreams V11, Tim Bowness liveTim live at Progdreams VII Tim will be appearing at Progdreams V11 in Zoetermeer on Sunday March 4th 2018, on a bill that includes Kaprekar’s Constant, Lifesigns and Steve Rothery Band. Performance times (subject to changes): 14.00 D...
January 1st 2018
NewsNew year, new diary entry Tim has written a new diary entry – where he looks back at his highlights of 2017 and looks forward to his plans for the year ahead....
Tim in Prog Magazine
News, Prog, Prog MagazineTim in Prog Magazine Tim gives a “glimpse into his Prog world” in the “My Prog” feature in the latest issue of Prog Magazine (issue 82). Issue 82, which is on sale now, also features Peter Hamill, Godley & Creme and Daniel Cavanagh. The ...
no-man’s Returning Jesus deluxe
News, no-man, Returning Jesus, Steve Jansen, Steven Wilson, Tim Bownessno-man’s Returning Jesus deluxe A deluxe Kscope label reissue of no-man’s lauded fourth studio album featuring a 2017 remaster by Steven Wilson. Originally released on the 3rd Stone label in February 2001, Returning Jesus is a collecti...
IB Expo 2017
NewsLive in Sweden Tim will be appearing at the IB Expo 2017 in Halmstad, Sweden on 25 November 2017 and performing two short sets with the members of Isildurs Bane and assorted guests (including trumpeter Luca Calabrese). Peter Hammill...
Lost In The Ghost Light Print
News, Jarrod Gosling, Lost In The Ghost Light PrintLost In The Ghost Light Print Jarrod Gosling’s painting for the Lost In The Ghost Light outer gatefold is available as a very limited edition 27″ x 16″ Giclée print on 230gsm high quality matt poster paper. Buy the...
Skyscraper Souls
NewsSkyscraper Souls Along with Andy Partridge (XTC), Marc Almond, David Longdon (Big Big Train) and Kate Pierson (B52s), Tim has recorded some backing vocals for a track on Skyscraper Souls, the new album by Chris Braide and Geoff Downes....
Album Cover Of The Year
NewsAlbum Cover Of The Year Lost In The Ghost Light has won the 2017 Prog Awards ‘Album Cover Of The Year’. Thanks to everyone who voted for it. “Only 200 more to go before I equal Steven Wilson’s Prog trophy haul! Lost In The Ghost Light ...
Songs From The Ghost Light update
News, Album chart, Judy Dyble, Songs From The Ghost Light, Steven WilsonSongs From The Ghost Light update The limited one-off pressing CD of Songs From The Ghost Light – now sold out – is in this week’s UK charts at #20 in the Rock chart, #10 in the Indie Breakers chart and #39 in the Independent Albums ch...
2nd diary entry
NewsAnother new diary entry Tim has written a new diary entry – with discussion about unreleased no-man material, the 20th anniversary of Dry Cleaning Ray, the Prog Awards and news of a possible appearance in Sweden in November....
New diary entry
NewsNew diary entry Tim has written a new diary entry – with news of forthcoming releases and live dates, plus his recent listening / reading lists....
Tim Bowness Bandcamp page
News, Bandcamp, demos, Tim Bowness downlaodsTim Bowness Bandcamp page Tim has set up a Bandcamp page for downloads only. This will include downloads for albums Tim owns plus collections of rarities. The store currently contains a pre-order for Songs From The Ghost Light, an expand...
New mini-album – Songs From The Ghost Light
NewsNew mini-album – Songs From The Ghost Light Songs From The Ghost Light is a companion release to Tim Bowness’s acclaimed Inside Out label albums, Abandoned Dancehall Dreams (2014), Stupid Things That Mean The World (2015) and Lost In T...
Progressive Music Awards 2017
NewsProgressive Music Awards 2017 The artwork for Tim’s Lost In The Ghost Light album has been nominated for Album Cover Of The Year at the Progressive Music Awards 2017. Vote for your favourite album cover....
It Could Be Home
News, Jacob Holm-Lupo, Plenty, White WillowIt Could Be Home Tim has completed work on the 45 minute album, It Could Be Home. Mixed by Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow), mastered by Steve Kitch (The Pineapple Thief), and featuring guest performances from Michael Bearpark, Peter Chilv...
Beautiful Songs You Should Stream
News, Artist playlists, Beautiful Songs You Should Know, Beautiful Songs You Should Stream, Spotify, Tim Bowness playlistBeautiful Songs You Should Stream Tim has curated five hour long Spotify playlists, Beautiful Songs You Should Know Volumes One to Five. The third playlist is dedicated to ‘Pretty Prog’ and the fifth to ‘Alternative Beauty’, while ...
Live in Birmingham
NewsLive in Birmingham – September 2017 Tim Bowness and his band (featuring Colin Edwin) will be performing live in Birmingham on Saturday 30th September 2017, at the Blue Orange Theatre. Tickets can be purchased here....
Progressive charts
NewsProgressive charts Tim’s Lost in the Ghost Light is #8 in the Official Chart Company’s UK Progressive Albums chart (printed in Prog magazine). The album is also a new entry at #16 in the fan nominated Progstreaming chart....
Lost In The Ghost Light’s UK chart placings
NewsUK Album Charts Lost In The Ghost Light’s UK chart placings are #5 in Rock & Metal albums (the highest new entry) #35 in the vinyl chart #53 in the mid-week charts #64 in the Physical Sales albums chart All an improvement upon Stupid Thi...
Lost In The Ghost Light reviews / interviews (updated)
NewsLost In The Ghost Light reviews / interviews Here is a list of Lost In The Ghost Light reviews / interviews – online and print. Online: Daily Express (UK) Prog Report (US) Prog Radar (UK) The Music Shack (UK) Progressive Music Planet (U...
Prog Magazine Issue 74
NewsTim in Prog Magazine Tim appears in issue 74 of Prog Magazine – with a review of the new album, Lost in the Ghost Light by Chris Roberts and a 4 page article / interview. Read more about issue 74 – including a link to buy /...
Kill the Pain That’s Killing You
NewsKill the Pain That’s Killing You Lost in the Ghost Light, the 4th solo album from Tim Bowness, is available to buy (CD & vinyl) and stream on all major platforms. The Spotify stream is available here. Purchases of the album from Burning ...
New diary post
NewsNew diary post Tim has written a new diary post – with background details on the new album as well as progress on other projects, plus an updated playlist....
USA release
NewsUSA Lost In The Ghost Light Lost In The Ghost Light will not be available as a physical release in North America and will only be released as a download and stream in the US and Canada. As such, the physical versions manufactured for...
Tim Bowness at The Marillion Weekend 2017
NewsTim Bowness at The Marillion Weekend 2017 Tim will be playing a 45 minute set at the Sunday April 30th 2017 Marillion Weekend show at the Leicester De Montford Hall. Further details and the ticket link are here along with a page...
Distant Summers video
NewsTim launches video for ‘Distant Summers’ You can watch the new lyric video for Distant Summers below. Tim had this to say about the song & video: “Distant Summers is the most optimistic song on Lost In The Ghost Light. It’s a rec...
A Moonshot Story
News, Jeff Harrison, Lost In The Ghost Light, MoonshotA Moonshot Story Tim’s new album Lost In The Ghost Light revolves around the contemporary musings of Moonshot leader Jeff Harrison. Find out about the history of the band Moonshot, along with some of Tim’s observations on...
You Wanted To Be Seen
News, Bruce Soord, Lost In The Ghost Light, Tim Bowness, Tim Bowness videoYou Wanted To Be Seen lyric video Tim Bowness recently announced the release of his fourth solo album, Lost In The Ghost Light for the 17th February 2017, through InsideOutMusic. Now he is pleased to reveal the first track to be taken fr...
Lost In The Ghost Light
News, Bruce Soord, Jarrod Gosling, Lost In The Ghost Light, Moonshot, New Tim Bowness album, Steven WilsonTim Bowness announces new album ‘Lost In The Ghost Light’ Tim Bowness announces the release of his fourth solo album, Lost In The Ghost Light. Released on 17th February 2017, through InsideOutMusic, the album has been mixed and ma...
Band line-up
NewsBand line-up Tim’s band for the IO Pages and Bush Hall dates will be Michael Bearpark (guitar), Stephen Bennett (keyboards), Steve Bingham (violin, loops), Andrew Booker (electronic drums) and Pete Morgan (bass). The band will be...
September diary entry
NewsNew diary entry from Tim Tim has written a new diary entry – with news of the progress of various projects – including Bowness/Chilvers and the forthcoming solo album, as well as some background to the forthcoming live...
London Show
News, Iamthemorning, Tim Bowness liveLondon show – tickets on sale now Tickets are now on sale for the London show with Iamthemorning. Buy tickets for the Bush Hall show on November 14th here. Tim had this to say about the IO Festival and Bush Hall collaborations. “I’m re...
Live / new album
NewsLive news Iamthemorning’s transcendent Lighthouse deservedly won the 2016 Prog Magazine Album Of The Year award. To tie in with this, the up and coming Russian band and Tim Bowness – who, outside of no-man, has enjoyed success with his...
Banco De Gaia
NewsBanco De Gaia Tim sings on the atmospheric opening track on the new Banco De Gaia album, The 9th Of Nine Hearts. Fusing ambient, psychedelia, prog/art rock and acid house, Pink Floyd’s Dick Parry, Zero 7’s Sophie Barker,...
Henry Fool
NewsHenry Fool video Watch the new Kscope video for Poppy Z from the first Henry Fool album, which is available for the next couple of weeks at a special mid-price of £5.99....
November live dates
NewsLive dates in November Tim has added shows in Wrocław and Warsaw in November, alongside the IO Pages festival appearance. It’s possible that a London and German date might be added to the list of dates. It’s also possible that due to ...
Heaven Taste 12″
NewsHeaven Taste 12″ A 140g 12″ vinyl version of no-man’s 1992 piece Heaven Taste on Finnish underground label Sähkö is now available to buy. Featuring Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri and Mick Karn, the original 21 minute instrumental was c...
Live at IO Pages Festival
NewsLive at IO Pages Festival Tim and his band will be appearing at the IO Pages Festival in Ulft, Netherlands on November 12th, 2016, alongside Gazpacho, Anekdoten, iamthemorning and others. Other dates may be announced to coincide. Buy...
New diary entry
NewsNew diary entry Tim has posted a new diary entry – with news of future projects....
Audio Interview
NewsAudio interview Listen to an in-depth interview with Tim on Kaleidoscope Ears (from Hobart, Tasmania) with Tim talking about the history of no-man, his solo releases and future projects. The show also includes music from throughout...
A Marble Calm : Selected Tracks
News, Peter Chilvers, Tim BownessA Marble Calm : Selected Tracks Peter Chilvers has made available A Marble Calm : Selected Tracks on iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify. The compilation includes two tracks recorded with Tim Bowness – Another World and The Conquer...
California, Norfolk
News, Bowness Chilvers, California Norfolk, Peter ChilversCalifornia, Norfolk Tim’s album with Peter Chilvers from 2002 – California, Norfolk – has now been made available as a download and a stream (available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music etc). Tim and Peter are currently...
Banco De Gaia
NewsBanco De Gaia Tim sang two songs – including David Bowie’s Heroes – with legendary Trance / Electro outfit Banco De Gaia at a warm-up show in Glastonbury on Friday 26th February. Tim has also sung on a track scheduled for...
Peter Gabriel album notes
News, Peter GabrielNew Influences Album Notes Blog Post Head over to Tim’s album notes blog for a new influences post about Peter Gabriel 4 / ‘Security’....
Album Notes blog Jan 2016
NewsNew Album Notes Blog Post Visit the Album Notes blog for a new “influences” post from Tim – about David Bowie. Tim Bowness and Samuel Smiles’ versions of David Bowie’s I Can’t Read are available as a...
Recent activity
News, Bowness/Barbieri, Fjieri, Jakko M. Jakszyk, King CrimsonRecent activity Tim has sung backing vocals on a track for Anthony Reynolds (Jack / Jacques). Tim also sings lead vocals on the new Fjieri album Words Are All We Have. The track Hidden Lives features a demo vocal and lyric recorded in 20...
Sing to Me
News, Sing to me, Tim Bowness, Tim Bowness videoSing To Me Watch the video for Sing To Me from Stupid Things That Mean The World. Stupid Things That Mean The World is available now on Inside Out Music....
Prog Magazine
NewsTim in Prog magazine Tim has reviewed Peter Gabriel 4 (Security) in this months Prog magazine. Tim’s London show is reviewed in the same issue....
Chapter Gig
News, David Rhodes, Peter Chilvers, Theo Travis, Tim Bowness liveChapter Gig Chapter in association with Burning Shed presents: Tim Bowness, Peter Chilvers (Brian Eno, Karl Hyde), David Rhodes (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel) and Theo Travis (Soft Machine, Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson) will be performing a u...
Progressive Chart
NewsOfficial Progressive Albums Chart The Official Charts Company are about to publish the very first monthly Official Progressive Albums Chart Top 30. Tim’s Stupid Things That Mean The World album is in the top 10, at number 9. News...
Apple Connect
NewsApple Connect Listen to an acoustic performance of Know That You Were Loved on Tim’s Apple Connect page (please note you can only visit the page in iTunes on your computer or iOs device). Follow Tim Bowness on Apple Connect in...
Manchester
NewsLive dates Tim has added a date in Manchester. The list of live dates is now: 25th August 2015 – The Louisiana, Bristol 26th August 2015 – The Boston Music Room, London 29th August 2015 – Ino Rock Festival, Inowroclaw, Poland 8th S...
Spotify playlist
NewsInspirations and current favourites Tim has put together a 12 track Spotify playlist of inspirations and current favourites. Listen to the playlist on Spotify....
New blog post
NewsNew blog post Tim has published a new post about Stupid Things That Mean The World on his Album Notes site....
The Art Of Stupid Things That Mean The World
NewsThe Art Of Stupid Things That Mean The World Jarrod Gosling talks about the artwork for Tim’s new album Stupid Things That Mean The World in the new video below. Stupid Things That Mean The World is available now from Burning...
First Reviews
NewsFirst Reviews Tim’s third solo album, Stupid Things That Mean The World, was released on 17th July 2015. The album is available from Burning Shed and other music retailers. The first reviews and promotional interviews are starting ...
Sing for me
NewsSing To Me Tim Bowness is set to release his third solo album, Stupid Things That Mean The World on the 17th July 2015 and you can stream Sing To Me from the album below. Tim describes Sing To Me as being “Originally a no-man demo called...
Live dates / new video
NewsLive dates / new video Tim Bowness and band (Porcupine Tree’s Colin Edwin, Michael Bearpark, Stephen Bennett and Sanguine Hum’s Andrew Booker) will be playing live on Tuesday 25th August at The Louisiana in Bristol and Wednesday 26th...
Live in Poland
NewsLive in Poland Tim will be playing live at the Ino Rock Festival, which is taking place on 29th August 2015 at Inowrocław, Poland. ...
The Great Electric Teenage Dream
NewsThe Great Electric Teenage Dream Tim has released a new video to accompany ‘The Great Electric Teenage Dream’ – taken from his third solo album Stupid Things That Mean The World, which will be released on July 17 via...
Pre-order the new album
News, Bruce Soord, New Tim Bowness album, Stupid Things That Mean The World, Tim BownessPre-order the new album Tim Bowness returns with the powerful and eclectic new album, Stupid Things That Mean The World. Available as a Double CD Mediabook edition featuring a companion disc of alternate mixes and demos (including an un...
Stupid Things That Mean The World
News, Bruce Soord, David Rhodes, New Tim Bowness album, Peter Hammill, Phil Manzanera, Rhys Marsh, Stupid Things That Mean The World, The Pineapple ThiefNew album – Stupid Things That Mean The World A year on from the acclaimed Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, Tim Bowness returns with the powerful and eclectic Stupid Things That Mean The World, his third solo album. Scheduled for release in J...
Tim enters studio to record third solo album
News, Anna Phoebe, Peter Hammill, Prog Magazine, Tim BownessTim enters studio to record third solo album Tim has been in NAM studios recording for his forthcoming new Inside Out label album. Due out in the late Summer, the album is a follow-up to 2014’s acclaimed Abandoned Dancehall Dreams and ...
Best albums of 2014
NewsBest albums of 2014 Abandoned Dancehall Dreams appears at #16 in Prog Magazine’s Critic’s list of ‘best albums of 2014’. The album also appears in 8 individual lists, being in the Top 10’s of Chris Roberts, Paul Lester, Dave Ling...
Prog Rocks
NewsProg Rocks Prog rocks! volume 4, a double CD featuring Tim’s Dancing For You, is available from Burning Shed....
Abandoned Dancehall Dreams reviews
NewsAbandoned Dancehall Dreams reviews Here’s a link to all the Abandoned Dancehall Dreams reviews / online reviews and interviews we’ve seen. If you know of any more, please let us know....
September show
NewsTim’s September 11th performance at de Boerderij has been postponed. A likely replacement date will be found in the Spring of 2015. All ticket sales for the September show will be valid for the Spring performance. The venue and band...
Prog charts August 2014
NewsProg charts Abandoned Dancehall Dreams is #1 for the second month running in Prog magazine’s Top 30 prog albums. The album is available from Burning Shed and other music retailers....
Album notes blog
NewsAlbum Notes blog Speak is the Tim Bowness album notes blog, which contain Tim’s thoughts, memories and reflections on albums that he has recorded with no-man, his solo releases plus collaborations with Peter Chilvers, Memories of Mach...
Singing For You
NewsSinging For You is the UXB mix of the track Dancing For You from the Tim Bowness album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, and is available on the special double disc edition of the album. A suitably evocative UXB / Pete Morgan video for the...
Resonance Festival
NewsResonance Festival Tim Bowness is now joining Henry Fool for the performance at the Resonance Festival on the 2nd August 2014. As with the recent Borderline and Maltby performances, the set will comprise material from Abandoned Danceha...
Abandoned Dancehall Dreams Chart Performance
NewsAbandoned Dancehall Dreams in the UK rock charts! Abandoned Dancehall Dreams has entered the official UK Rock charts at #18 in this week. The album is also #1 in Prog Magazine’s July chart....
Vote for Tim Bowness at the 2014 Prog Awards!
NewsVote for Tim Bowness at the 2014 Prog Awards! Tim Bowness’ song ‘Smiler At 50’ taken from his new album ‘Abandoned Dancehall Dreams’ has been nominated for the ‘Anthem’ award at the 2014 Progressive Music Awards. The event takes place ...
Abandoned Dancehall Dreams is out now!
NewsTim’s new album, ‘Abandoned Dancehall Dreams’, his debut for the Inside Out label, is released today in the UK / Europe (a USA release follows on July 8th). Available from Burning Shed (on double CD and double vinyl editions) and...
All About Jazz reviews ‘Abandoned Dancehall Dreams’
NewsAll About Jazz recently reviewed Tim Bowness’ forthcoming solo album ‘Abandoned Dancehall Dreams‘ (due out on 23rd June via InsideOut Music) and had this to say… “If there’s never been any doubt about Bowness’ talents, Abandoned Dancehal...
Track by Track Videos
NewsKeep an eye on Tim’s Facebook and Twitter over the next couple of weeks, for short Track by Track videos, where Tim talks about the songs on his new album, Abandoned Dancehall Dreams. The album is released by InsideOut on 23rd...
May 2014 – Abandoned Dancehall Dreams Prog Magazine Review
NewsThe latest issue of Prog magazine (issue 46) features The Warm-Up Man Forever, from the new album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, on the covermount CD. Issue 46 has a great review of Abandoned Dancehall Dreams – as well as a contribution fro...
May 2014 – The Warm Up Man Forever
NewsWatch the video for ‘The Warm Up Man Forever’ from the forthcoming Tim Bowness album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams below. You can preorder Abandoned Dancehall Dreams from Burning Shed....
May 2014 – Abandoned Dancehall Dreams pre-order
NewsAbandoned Dancehall Dreams pre-order now available Tim Bowness returns on the Inside Out label with his ambitious second solo album, Abandoned Dancehall Dreams. Produced by Bowness and mixed by his no-man band partner Steven Wilson, Aban...
April 2014 – Abandoned Dancehall Dreams
NewsAbandoned Dancehall Dreams is released by InsideOutMusic on 23rd June 2014. The album was produced by Tim Bowness and mixed by Steven Wilson. It also features performances from Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson), Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree),...
April 2014
NewsTim will be playing a couple of live shows in July. Tim Bowness with Henry Fool (featuring Porcupine Tree’s Colin Edwin) will be playing material by no-man and Henry Fool, and some songs from Tim’s forthcoming InsideOut label album, Ab...
March 2014
NewsInsideOutMusic is extremely pleased to announce the signing of Tim Bowness (no-man, Henry Fool, Memories of Machines) for the release of his forthcoming second solo album Abandoned Dancehall Dreams. Tim had this to say about the signing:...
February 2014
News10 years after My Hotel Year, Tim has completed work on his second solo album, Abandoned Dancehall Dreams. Featuring eight songs (including seven Tim had earmarked for a new no-man album), Abandoned Dancehall Dreams was mixed by Steven W...
January 2014
NewsRead Tim’s favourite releases (and re-issues) from 2013 on his latest playlist....
December 2013
NewsAs part of Kscope’s 12 Days Of Khristmas – on the eighth day of Christmas / Khristmas, Henry Fool will be featured, with an unreleased track – Dark Cloud Simon (work in progress). Visit the link below on 17 December...
November 2013
NewsTim Bowness and Samuel Smiles’ versions of David Bowie’s I Can’t Read are now available as a free download single. The live version – available on Live Archive Volume Two – is complimented by the rarely heard 1999 studio version (previou...
September 2013
NewsTim has written a new entry in the diary section of this site, where he talks about current and future projects, and a few days later, added a follow up post. The Kscope edition of Henry Fool’s long unavailable debut album from 2001 is a...
August 2013
NewsRead a new interview with Tim – including discussion of collaborations and future projects. Originally released in 2002, California, Norfolk was the debut album from Tim Bowness (no-man/Henry Fool) and Peter Chilvers (Brian Eno/Karl Hyde...
April 2013
NewsDownload a recent podcast of an interview with Tim Bowness & Stephen Bennett on Future FM....
March 2013
NewsHenry Fool feature in Issue 34 of Prog magazine – with an interview and exclusive new pictures. The issue featuring Henry Fool is available from 6/3/2013, and is available to buy in stores and online via Burning Shed. Henry Fool – The F...
February 2013
NewsIn the latest Prog magazine, no-man’s Love And Endings comes in at #4 in the Multimedia Of The Year poll. Steven Wilson is on the cover and Tim contributes a review of the new Scott Walker album and is a part of a Scott Walker...
January 2013
NewsHenry Fool – Men Singing is now available to pre-order from Burning Shed. All pre-orders come with a link to a download of a 16 minute outtake from the album. Pre-order now for 11th March shipping. Also available – Jarrod Gosling – Men S...
November 2012
NewsThe second, all instrumental, Henry Fool album will be released on the Kscope label on 11th March 2013. Men Singing Tracklisting: Everyone In Sweden (13.53) Man Singing (6.44) My Favourite Zombie Dream (6.25) Chic Hippo (13.24) Men Singi...
October 2012
NewsTim appeared with Judy Dyble at the Tonefloat records night in London on Sunday 28th October 2012....
September 2012
NewsDue to commitments, Slow Electric has had to pull out of its performance at the Rock Cafe, Tallinn, Estonia on October 7th. Ex Wise Heads will be replacing Slow Electric on the bill. The Slow Electric debut album from 2011 is now availab...
August 2012
NewsTim was interviewed on The Interesting Alternative Show on Phoenix Radio on 6th August 2012. Tim discussed no-man, Burning Shed and more with ‘interesting’ Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs, Knifeworld). He also chose some of his fa...
April 2012
NewsTwo no-man related album notes postings from Tim have been added to his album notes blog – Pre-History and Love and Endings....
March 2012
NewsSlow Electric played live in Kiev on March 4th 2012. You can view pictures from the concert here. A review of the performance in Kiev has been published in the Ukranian edition of Kommersant. An approximate translation, courtesy of Googl...
February 2012
NewsThe March/April edition of German magazine Image Hi-Fi features an in-depth review of the Slow Electric album....
January 2012
NewsMemories of Machines album Warm Winter appears at number 26 in the top 50 albums of 2011 as voted by “Noc Muzycznych Pejzaży” (“Night of Musical Landscapes”) listeners on Polish Radio 3. View the full top 50 for 2011. The album also fea...
December 2011
NewsThere’s a feature on Burning Shed in issue 22 of Classic Rock Presents Prog, alongside a review of no-man’s Assembly performance (which will be released as Love and Endings in February). Also, Slow Electric and Memories Of...
November 2011
NewsTim writes about the artwork and music of Roy Harper in a four page piece in issue 21 of Classic Rock Presents Prog, which as well as being available in print, is also available in iPhone / iPad versions....
October 2011
NewsOn 14th October Burning Shed celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special event at Leamington Spa Assembly. The evening included performances by artists associated with the company over the last decade. The anniversary event featured a...
BBC Introducing – Burning Shed
NewsWatch the recent Burning Shed feature – from BBC Introducing in Norfolk....
September 2011
NewsMemories of Machines Warm Winter is favourably reviewed in this month’s Image HiFi. Also in Germany, Warm Winter remains in the reader’s Top 10 chart in the country’s biggest Classic Rock publication, Eclipsed. Watch the new video for Sl...
August 2011
NewsSlow Electric is a new project and album from Tim Bowness and Peter Chilvers, and the Estonian duo UMA (guitarist Robert Jurjendal and trumpeter Aleksei Saks). The album also features King Crimson’s Tony Levin, who added his unique bass/...
March 2011
NewsMemories Of Machines – Warm Winter (digi-pack cd / ltd edition vinyl pre-order) Warm Winter is the hugely anticipated debut album by Memories Of Machines, the new project from Tim Bowness (no-man) and Giancarlo Erra (Nosound). An assured...
February 2011
NewsThe latest post in Tim’s album notes blog is Doors lead to other doors – 10 Albums that have influenced Tim Bowness....
January 2011
NewsSpeak, Tim’s album notes blog, contains a new post about the forthcoming Memories of Machines album, along with a stream of the opening track. Also now online, a new no-man Soundcloud page, with high quality streams of no-man material. A...
December 2010
NewsTwo no-man downloads are currently available at reduced prices – “Speak” & the “Returning Jesus demos” – go to www.burningshed.com to purchase. Also available from the Burning Shed website – two releases from Postcards From Space. Postca...
November 2010
NewsSome quotes from Tim appear in December 2010’s Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine as part of a larger article on Sandy Denny....
September 2010
NewsMemories Of Machines has agreed on the label for its forthcoming album. Further details will be announced once the contract’s been signed and finalised. Memories Of Machines are still looking at a January/February 2011 release date. The ...
August 2010
NewsThe Dutch fanzine, Lords of Metal, features a new interview with Tim....
March 2010
NewsThe God Morning Norge performance by Judy Dyble of Grey October Day, featuring Tim, can be viewed on Youtube....
February 2010
NewsIn his capacity as Judy Dyble collaborator, Tim performed live on two Norwegian TV shows in late February. The first was God Morning Norge, Norway’s biggest breakfast TV show. The second, Lydverket (Soundworks), is a pop/rock show and de...
January 2010
NewsJudy Dyble’s Talking with Strangers album (which was co-produced by Tim with Alistair Murphy) is #5 in the Top 50 releases of the year in the Astra Club radio station top 50, and also appeared in the HMV Top Specialist Album Of 2009 list...
December 2009
NewsTim guests on the new Fjieri album, Endless. 10 years in the making, Fjieri’s debut album Endless represents the satisfying conclusion to a meticulously executed labour of love. The band, led by Stefano Panunzi and Nicola Lori, are joine...
Album Notes
NewsVisit the newly launched Tim Bowness album notes blog. The site will contain Tim’s thoughts, memories and reflections on albums that he has recorded with no-man, his solo releases plus collaborations with Peter Chilvers, Samuel Smiles...
November 2009
NewsTim has recently reconvened with Samuel Smiles (Peter Chilvers and Michael Bearpark) for the first time in nine years. The trio has recorded an album’s worth of songs by Tim’s pre-no-man band, Plenty. The material has been subject to a r...
August 2009
NewsTim took part in the Judy Dyble – talking with strangers launch event on 27th August 2009. Judy performed songs from the talking with strangers album, alongside Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Tim Bowness and Alistair Murphy....
April 2009
Newsno-man – wherever there is light Acting as a bridge between No-Man’s elegiac 2008 return Schoolyard Ghosts and the forthcoming live concert DVD Mixtaped, Wherever There Is Light is a strictly limited edition CD release. From Schoolyard G...
March 2009
NewsTim appears on the bonus disc of the new OSI album, Blood, on the co-written track, No Celebrations. OSI is an American Rock band consisting of Jim Matheos (Fate’s Warning) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, ex-Dream Theater)....
February 2009
NewsThe Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers album California, Norfolk will be re-issued in an expanded format via Burning Shed in the Spring of 2009. The 2009 re-issue will be a 2-disc version, with California, Norfolk (plus two videos) on disc...
January 2009
Newsno-man Work on the forthcoming live DVD, Mixtaped, has now been completed. More interviews have been conducted for Richard Smith’s No-Man documentary and both DVDs are still on course for a Spring 2009 release. Tim & Steven have also bee...
October 2008
NewsSeven years after its debut album, Henry Fool, the band has very nearly completed its follow-up, Album Number Two. Over five hours worth of material has been written since the debut release, which encompasses structured studio instrument...
September 2008
NewsRajna’s album Duality, featuring Tim on 3 tracks, has been released on French label Holy Records (and will be released by US label Projekt later in the year). Rajna create an atmospheric music that blends elements of Ambient, World and D...