no-man album notes Visit the Tim Bowness album notes blog, to read Tim's reflections on no-man's Together We're Stranger album.
back when you were beautiful Congratulations to Neil Whitman, whose video for no-man's back when you were beautiful, has won another award, this time at the Seriac Film Festival. Neil's video for back when you were beautiful appears on the no-man DVD, mixtaped.
no-man on Facebook As well as the official no-man Facebook page, there are now official Facebook pages for Tim Bowness & Steven Wilson.
Kscope iPhone app The new Kscope iPhone app, which is available as a free download from the iTunes app store, features music from the label plus video, tour dates and news updates. The video section features several no-man videos.
wild opera re-issue
mixtaped DVD press no-mans mixtaped DVD was awarded DVD of the month in Eclipsed magazine (Germany), and receives a very positive review in the March edition of Classic Rock magazine. Reviews are due in the German Rolling Stone and the Italian magazines Rock Star and Jam. There was also a review and an article in the Marchl edition of Classic Rock Presents Prog. Further reviews of the DVD can also be read online at Sid Smith's Postcards from the Yellow Room, Lords of Metal, Ytsejam.com and Dprp.net.
Night of Musical Landscapes / no-man interview After schoolyard ghosts appeared in last year's Top 20, mixtaped and wherever there is light appear in the Top 40 favourite releases of 2009 voted by the listener's of Polish national radio programme, Noc Muzycznych Pejzaży (Night of Musical Landscapes). The programme is broadcast every week on Friday/Saturday night from 2:00 to 6:00am on Polish Radio III, and is also available online. no-man are going to be interviewed by Sid Smith for a major feature in a forthcoming edition of Classic Rock Presents Prog.
no-man album notes Visit the newly launched Tim Bowness album notes blog, to read Tim's reflections on the speak & Flowermouth albums.
no-man - mixtaped latest no-man's mixtaped DVD is now available to buy. Initial copies ordered from the Burning Shed come with a limited edition audio CD of highlights from the Bush Hall performance. The CD will be available for sale separately after the release. You can read my review of the DVD here. K-Scope have also put a mixtaped micro-site online. The site includes a trailer and desktop backgrounds.
back when you were beautiful Congratulations to Neil Whitman, whose video for no-man's back when you were beautiful, won the animation trophy at the Kent Film Festival on 26th September 2009. Neil's new video for back when you were beautiful appears on the no-man DVD, mixtaped.
no-man - mixtaped mixtaped is the first ever DVD release from no-man. Comprising the band's sell-out performance at London's Bush Hall in 2008, a career-spanning documentary, and numerous extras. Initial copies sold via The Burning Shed come with an audio CD of highlights from the Bush Hall performance.
CD (Burning Shed edition only): 1. only rain / time travel in texas (9.39)
no-man - back in the Shed The no-man CD's all the blue changes, returning jesus and speak are back in stock at the Burning Shed.
no-man - returning
returning director, Richard Smith, kindly let me see a preview copy of the forthcoming 90 minute no-man documentary. Without giving away the contents of the documentary too much, I will say that it covers the whole history of the band, with previously unseen footage of early no-man performances, as well as in-depth interviews with Tim & Steven, on their own and together in the studio, plus contributions from many no-man collaborators and colleagues, past and present.
returning includes exclusive footage of Tim & Steven working together last year on a new track in nomansland, as well as rehearsal footage from 2008’s live return. The documentary shines a light, for the first time, on how Tim & Steven work together, and the often overlooked playfulness and dark humour of no-man is very evident in their discussions and performances.
The personal highlights for me were the sections from returning jesus onwards (in my eyes, no-man’s strongest period), and the honesty and passion evident in the comments from Tim, Steven and Ben Coleman. Richard Smith has produced a very direct and gimmick-free documentary, and he wisely lets the band and it's music be the driving force and the sole story on show throughout. Too often, music documentaries are either completely framed in the time in which they were filmed, or make too many references to historical events that exist around the eras in which bands have been active. returning accurately highlights that the majority of no-man’s music, whilst occasionally showing its influences, takes on its own identity, and at its best becomes timeless (speak and together we’re stranger being obvious examples of this).
returning is a rare beast, in that it is a documentary that stands up to repeated viewings. There is a healthy mixture of interviews peppered with live performances and video clips from throughout the bands history. It's also not just an extra tagged onto the live DVD, it is a separate entity that, whilst being a no-man fans dream, is an excellent appetiser for those who are maybe discovering no-man's music for the first time.
no-man - Mixtaped Launch Event August 22nd, The Rosemary Branch Theatre, Islington, London 20 years after performing its debut concert at the venue, no-man returns to The Rosemary Branch for the launch of the band's forthcoming double DVD, Mixtaped. The presentation will consist of a special 70 minute preview of last year's Bush Hall performance (in widescreen and 5.1 surround sound), a 20 minute excerpt from the no-man documentary Returning, and a 5.1 showing of the videos for Back When You Were Beautiful (especially commissioned for Mixtaped) and Wherever There Is Light. There will be two screenings at 2pm and 7pm. Etickets (priced at £10) can be booked here no-man merchandise will be on sale and Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson and Mixtaped/Returning director Richard Smith will be in attendance at both showings. Please note that tickets are extremely limited due to the size of the venue and no refunds can be given.
no-man - official Facebook page If you are a Facebook user, please visit the official no-man Facebook page.
no-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 Ghosts, the poignant title track features an incredible guest performance from US pedal steel legend Bruce Kaphan (American Music Club/Red House Painters). The alt-country tinged Death Was California and the atmospheric Counting are two new songs especially written for the EP, while Carolina Skeletons and All The Blue Changes are the first recordings released from No-Man's Autumn 2008 mini-tour. Also containing Grant Wakefied's poetic video for the title track, a powerful preview from the Mixtaped DVD, and striking Carl Glover artwork, the enhanced Wherever There Is Light EP is a rare and beautiful thing from the band Uncut memorably described as 'Britain's most underrated sorrowful sonic architects'. Purchase now - shipping from the Burning Shed now.
Mixtaped / Returning Richard Smith, Director of the forthcoming no-man double DVD, Mixtaped, has provided some more information about the possible content of the DVD.
wherever there is light EP no-man release a new EP in early May 2009 featuring two new studio tracks, plus live recordings from last years Bush Hall show and an exclusive video taster from the forthcoming live no-man DVD, Mixtaped.
The two new tracks, death was california and counting, were recorded 2008-2009.
wherever there is light is taken from the album schoolyard ghosts.
weak species (updated 9/2/09) no-man's music will feature in a new short-film Weak Species. The film was directed by Dan Faltz, and is based on the writings of Dennis Cooper. Weak Species will be shown at various festivals in 2009, and Dan is currently in talks regarding developing the story into a feature film. You can view the trailer for the film on the Weak Species website.
Pigeon Drummer Pigeon Drummer will feature in the forthcoming fifth series of BBC's cult comedy, Ideal . Ideal starts its fifth season soon on BBC4 and will be repeated on BBC2.
Beautiful Songs You Should Know After reaching #5 in German magazine Eclipsed's reader's charts in October, Schoolyard Ghosts has been voted #23 in the best album of 2008 poll by Eclipsed's critics.
no-man DVD / new recordings Tim has written a new diary entry over at his official website, that includes details of two new no-man recordings and the latest stage of development of the forthcoming no-man live / documentary DVD.
Tim Bowness no-man interview There is an excellent new interview with Tim over at the Dutch Progressive Rock Page - the interview is here, and the sites review of the no-man Zoetermeer show is here.
no-man live in London review Please download the "a confession..." review of no-man's London show here. The review is in PDF format, and includes live shots taken by Sonic Chronicler.
no-man on innerviews Anil Prasad has posted a new, in-depth interview with Tim & Steven on his Innerviews website.
schoolyard ghosts demo Tim has added the latest demo of the song schoolyard ghosts to his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/timbowness), along with a blog about the original demo's transformation into mixtaped, the song that closed No-Man's recent album.
new interview Tim talks about schoolyard ghosts in a new interview at Ytsejam.com.
progarchives / rate your music no-man's latest album, schoolyard ghosts, is currently #1 in Prog Archives albums of the year (so far) and #7 in RateYourMusic.com's equivalent. Thanks to everyone who has rated the album on websites, and written positive things about the album in forums and in blogs. Please keep spreading the word.
schoolyard ghosts
For further details, including the chance to listen to audio from the album, plus lyrics, photos and a "fan action" page, please visit the schoolyard ghosts microsite. schoolyard ghosts is now available to purchase from Burning Shed's No-Man Store as well as other retailers. The vinyl issue of schoolyard ghosts is available to order from www.tonefloat.com. Tonefloat will issue a lavish 2lp edition of schoolyard ghosts. The 180 grams black vinyl edition will include the album as well as a full side of alternates and edits, and will be packed in tonefloat's trademark heavy duty gatefold picture sleeve with innerbags, with photography and design by Carl Glover. A special limited edition of only 1,000 copies worldwide will be pressed on coloured 180 grams double vinyl, and will be housed in a numbered picture slipcase, that also contains a full-colour 16-page 12x12inch picture booklet, plus a 7inch with three exclusive schoolyard ghosts demos, written and recorded by Tim Bowness.
returning jesus demos Now available from the Burning shed download store: no-man - returning jesus demos. A collection of the demos written and recorded for returning jesus, this download album was originally issued as the third disc of Tonefloat's lavish returning jesus - the complete sessions vinyl release in 2005. These alternate, and often very different, versions of returning jesus songs date from between 1994 and 1998 and comprise the creative groundwork of what was to become no-man's most popular and critically acclaimed album. Highlights of this download album include a very different version of like a child (mostly built around sampled childrens voices & soaring flute), a version of lighthouse similar in mood & arrangment to the version given away on the official no-man website a few years ago, but sonically superior, and with a slightly different arrangement (and alternate lyrics towards the end of the song). A slow paced, lower temperature take on chelsea cap scrapes away the pop gloss of the previously released version, and makes me feel that this version would have sat comfortably on the original returning jesus album. The longer (heartbeat paced) version of slow it all down, and all that you are, with different drums, and a Bowness 50's matinee idol croon, round off this haunting collection of demos that sound nothing like demos! Full tracklisting: song about the heart (2.47) / darkroom - alternate version (5.35) / like a child (4.08) / chelsea cap - alternate version (6.50) / lighthouse - demo (9.04) / slow it all down - long version (5.13) / all that you are - demo (4.37) Priced at £5.10 GBP (mp3) and £7.00 GBP (flac) - the download album can be purchased here.
Together We're Stranger Download EP
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