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No-Man | |
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.jpg) Tim Bowness (left) and Steven Wilson performing with No-Man in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | England |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Members | Tim Bowness Steven Wilson Current live members Stephen Bennett Pete Morgan Michael Bearpark Steve Bingham Andy Booker |
| Past members | Ben Coleman Stuart Blagden Past live members Richard Barbieri Peter Chilvers Steve Jansen Mick Karn Chris Maitland Silas Maitland |
| Website | no-man.co.uk |
No-Man are an English art pop duo, formed in 1987 as No Man Is an Island (Except the Isle of Man) by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson. The band has so far produced seven studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections (including 2006's career retrospective All the Blue Changes). The band was once lauded as "conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths" by Melody Maker music newspaper,[1] and a 2017 article of Drowned in Sound described them as "probably the most underrated band of the last 25 years".[2]
Originally creating a sample-based proto-trip hop/ambient/electropop-styled music, No-Man has pursued a more organic, diverse and band-oriented sound in subsequent years. Drawing from a diverse mix of singer-songwriter, post rock, minimalist, progressive rock, jazz and contemporary ambient sources for inspiration, No-Man's musical style is distinctive yet difficult to categorise.
- ^ "press". No-man.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Bland, Benjamin (15 August 2017). "Steven Wilson | To the Bone". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.