Biography
Producing a cinematic Art Rock music with diverse influences drawn from Dream Pop, Prog Rock, Post-Rock, Mimimalism, Electronica/Ambient, and Chamber Jazz, no-man is a British band formed out of the creative partnership of Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, who met and began writing together in the Summer of 1987.
Initially a trio featuring violinist Ben Coleman, the name no-man was first used on the self-released June 1990 single Colours (later reissued on cult Liverpool label Probe Plus), which was awarded Single Of The Week in Melody Maker, Sounds and Channel Four teletext, and led to the band being signed to publisher Hit And Run and One Little Indian Records.
Since 1990, on labels such as One Little Indian, Sony/Epic 440, Adasam and Kscope no-man has so far produced six studio albums, two live albums and a number of singles / outtakes collections, most notably 2006’s career retrospective, All The Blue Changes.
Over the years the band has worked with Robert Fripp, Ian Carr (Nucleus), Mel Collins, Pat Mastelotto, Bruce Kaphan (American Music Club), Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Theo Travis, the trio of Jansen, Barbieri & Karn (ex Japan / Rain Tree Crow) and others.