Nenhum homem é uma ilha. O vocalista e guitarrista Tim Bowness e multi-instrumentista Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/Blackfield) como NO-MAN produziram em quase 20 anos algumas das músicas mais intrigantes. Deles é uma abordagem intransigente que liga o perímetro de rock e pop com uma miríade de influências distantes, incluindo neo-clássica, jazz, dub e tecno.
A música é essencialmente sonora com base em sintetizadores. As letras em sua maioria parece enfrentar problemas de relacionamento, a perda de entes queridos e outros fatos da vida, amor e perda. As paisagens sonoras, guitarra, banjo, clarinete, cordas vocais é diferente de tudo. Incrível criatividade e imaginação está em ação aqui, criando tons inéditos. Não é uma música alegre parece mais um passeio à noite, ou no próprio quarto sozinho - de qualquer forma apresenta uma sensibilidade pop como poucos.
Albums
LOVEBLOWS & LOVECRIES - A CONFESSION (1993)
1. Loveblow (1:24)
2. Only Baby (3:47)
3. Housekeeping (5:29)
4. Sweetheart Raw (6:04)
5. Lovecry (4:52)
6. Tulip (3:56)
7. Break Heaven (4:59)
8. Beautiful And Cruel (4:48)
9. Painting Paradise (7:32)
10. Heaven's Break (4:01)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards(4)
- Richard Felix /cello(1)
- Steve Jansen /drum programme(4)
- Mick Karn /fretless bass(4)
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Flowermouth (1994)
1. Angel Gets Caught In The Beauty Trap (9:56)
2. You Grow More Beautiful (5:37)
3. Animal Ghost (6:09)
4. Soft Shoulders (3:57)
5. Shell Of A Fighter (7:48)
6. Teardrop Fall (4:37)
7. Watching Over Me (4:48)
8. Simple (7:03)
9. Things Change (7:31)
Bonus tracks on 2004 remaster:
10. Angeldust (9:11)
11. Born Simple (12:09)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /electronics(5)
- Ian Carr /trumpet(1)
- Ben Coleman /violins (1,3,4,5,6,7), electric violin(9)
- Mel Collins /soprano saxophone (1,10), flute(3,6)
- Robert Fripp /guitar guitar (1,3,5,6,8,10,11), frippertronics(1,5,8,9,10,11)
- Lisa Gerrard /voice sample(8)
- Steve Jansen /percussion(7)
- Chris Maitland /drums (1,9), percussion(1,3)
- Silas Maitland /fretless bass(1,10)
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Wild Opera (1996)
CD1 - Wild Opera:
1 Radiant City (3.31)
2 Pretty Genius (3.51)
3 Infant Phenomenon (3.21)
4 Sinister Jazz (4.18)
5 Housewives Hooked On Heroin (4.39)
6 Libertine Libretto (3.20)
7 Taste my Dream (6.09)
8 Dry cleaning ray (3.26)
9 Sheeploop (4.01)
10 My Rival Trevor (4.20)
11 Time Travel In Texas (4.24)
12 My Revenge On Seattle (4.42)
13 (silence) (2.00)
14 wild opera (3.06)
CD2 - Dry Cleaning Ray plus:
1. Dry Cleaning Ray (Remix) (edit) (2.53)
2. Sweetside Silver Night (4.02)
3. Jack The Sax (4.17)
4. Diet Mothers (4.56)
5. Urban Disco (3.17)
6. Punished For Being Born (2.18)
7. Kightlinger (2.44)
8. Evelyn (Song Of Slurs) (4.04)
9. Sicknote (8.57)
Bonus Tracks:
10. Hit The Ceiling
11. Where i'm Calling From
12. Housewives Hooked On Heroin (alternate version)
13. My Rival Trevor (alternate version)
14. Time Travel In Texas (radio session)
15. Pretty Genius (radio session)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, tapes, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments, tapes, backing vocals(2,5)
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /sample material
- Natalie Box /violins(1,2)
- Mel Collins /sample material, saxophone(1)
- Robert Fripp /sample material
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Returning Jesus (2001)
1. Only Rain (7:24)
2. No Defence (5:20)
3. Close Your Eyes (8:25)
4. Carolina Skeletons (5:08)
5. Outside The Machine (5:46)
6. Returning Jesus (5:19)
7. Slow It All Down (3:42)
8. Lighthouse (8:12)
9. All That You Are (4:44)
- Steven Wilson /instruments
- Tim Bowness /vocals
WITH:
- Colin Edwin /bass, double bass
- Steve Jansen /drums
- Ian Carr /trumpet
- Ben Christophers /acoustic guitar
- Ian Dixon /trumpet and flugelhorn
- Rick Edwards /percussion
- David Kosten /synthesizer and cymbal
- Theo Travis /saxophone and flute
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Together We're Stranger (2003)
1. Together We're Stranger (8:31)
2. All The Blue Changes (7:48)
3. The City In A Hundred Ways (2:23)
4. Things I Want To Tell You (9:03)
5. Photographs In Black And White (10:03)
6. Back When You Were Beautiful (5:07)
7. The Break-up For Real (4:11)
Bonus track:
1. Tthe Break-up For Real (Drum Mix)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Michael Bearpark /guitar
- Stephen Bennett /noise
- Ben Castle /clarinets
- Peter Chilvers /space-bass
- Roger Eno /harmonium
- David Picking /percussion, trumpet, sounds
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Schoolyard Ghosts (2008)
1. All Sweet Things (6.47)
2. Beautiful Songs You Should Know (4.26)
3. Pigeon Drummer (6.18)
4. Truenorth (12.48)
5. Wherever There Is Light (4.21)
6. Song Of the Surf (6.12)
7. Streaming (3.32)
8. Mixtaped (8.36)
- Tim Bowness / vocals, mellotron, piano, chime guitars, vocal loops, musical box
- Steven Wilson / piano, guitars, bass, keyboards, harmonium, mellotron, organ, glockenspiel, harmony vocals, harp
WITH:
- Theo Travis / flute (4,5,8), soprano sax (4)
- Bruce Kaphan / pedal steel guitar (5,7)
- Pat Mastelotto / drums, percussion (3,6)
- Colin Edwin / bass (2)
- Pete Morgan / bass (7)
- Gavin Harrison / drums (8)
- Marianne De Chastelaine / cello (2)
- Rick Edwards / percussion (2)
- Andy Booker / electronic percussion (4), drum loop (7)
- London Session Orchestra /strings(4)
- Peter Chilvers /samples(1)
- Fabrice Lefebvre /Yang T'chin(4)
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Live Albums
Highlights From Mixtaped (2009)
1. Only rain / time travel in Texas (9:39)
2. All Sweet Things (6:42)
3. Pretty Genius (3:48)
4. Returning Jesus (4:49)
5. Mixtaped (8:57)
6. Things Change (8:19)
- Tim Bowness /vocals
- Steven Wilson /guitar
WITH:
- Stephen Bennett /keyboards
- Pete Morgan /bass
- Michael Bearpark /guitars
- Steve Bingham /violin
- Andrew Booker /drums
- Ben Coleman /electric violin
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DVD/Video
Mixtaped (2009)
DVD 1:
1. Only Rain
2. Time Travel In Texas
3. All Sweet Things
4. Pretty Genius
5. All The Blue Changes
6. Truenorth
7. Wherever There Is Light
8. Days In The Trees
9. Lighthouse
10. Carolina Skeletons
11. Returning Jesus
12. Mixtaped
13. Things Change
14. Watching Over Me
DVD 2:
'Returning' documentary (85:00)
- Tim Bowness /vocals
- Steven Wilson /guitar
WITH:
- Stephen Bennett /keyboards
- Pete Morgan /bass guitar
- Michael Bearpark /guitar
- Steve Bingham /electric violin
- Andy Booker /electronic drums
- Ben Coleman /electric violin
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Singles/EPs
No Man Is An Island (1989)
Side A
1. The Girl From Missouri
2. Forest Almost Burning
Side B
1. Night Sky, Sweet Earth
- Steven Wilson /Guitar, Keyboards, Fretless Bass
- Tim Bowness /Vocals
WITH:
- Stuart Blagden /Guitar
- Ben Coleman /Violin
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Swagger (1989)
1. Flowermouth (5.10)
2. Fe is elsewhere (3.27)
3. Bleed (5.23)
4. Mouth was blue (5.05)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /guitar, bass, keyboards
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Colours 7" (1990)
1. Colours (4:10)
2. Colours (remodelled) (6:19)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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Colours 12" (1990)
1. Colours (4:10)
2. Drink judas (3:19)
3. Colours (remodelled) (6:19)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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Days In The Trees (1991)
1. Mahler (6:27)
2. Ives (3:19)
3. Bartok (6:19)
4. Reich (2:34)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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Hit the North (Session Recordings) (1992)
1. Ocean song (4.43)
2. Heartcheat pop (3.49)
3. Break heaven (4.47)
4. Days in the trees (6.24)
5. Taking it like a man (6.30)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /guitar
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards
- Steve Jansen /drums
- Mick Karn /fretless bass
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Ocean Song (1992)
1. Ocean song (3:19)
2. Back to the burning shed (2:51)
3. Swirl (8:32)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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Sweetheart Raw (1993)
1. Sweetheart raw (9:16)
2. Bleed (4:53)
3. Say baby say goodbye (4:53)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards(1)
- Steve Jansen /drum programme(1)
- Mick Karn /fretless bass(1)
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Only Baby (1993)
1. Only Baby (move for me) (3:33)
2. Only Baby (breathe for me) (3:42)
3. Only Baby (be for me) (3:50)
4. Long day fall (5:21)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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Painting Paradise (1993)
1. Painting paradise (3:25)
2. Heaven taste (21:15)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards & programming(2)
- Steve Jansen /drums & percussion programming(2)
- Mick Karn /fretless bass & dida & saxophone(2)
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Taking It Like A Man (1994)
1. Taking it like a man (7" edit) (3:27)
2. Taking it like a man (budda-pic edit) (4:00)
3. Taking it like a man (original full version) (7:40)
4. Taking it like a man (budda-pic vocal remix) (6:47)
5. Housekeeping (5:28)
6. Long day fall (5:17)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Teri Bristol & Marc Pichotti /production remix(2,4)
- Dave Sears /additional keyboards(2,4)
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Housewives Hooked On Heroin (1996)
1. Housewives hooked on heroin (4:39)
2. Hit the ceiling (3:05)
3. Housewives hooked on methadone (6:06)
4. Urban disco (3:17)
5. Where i'm calling from (3:40)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Ian Carr /trumpet(5)
- Robert Fripp /soundscapes(5)
- Scanner /production /remix(3)
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Dry Cleaning Ray (1997)
1. Dry cleaning ray (remix edit) (7:24)
2. Time travel in Texas (version) (5:20)
3. Watching over me (version) (8:25)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Colin Edwin /double bass(3)
- Rick Edwards /percussion(3)
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Radio Sessions: 1992-96 (1998)
side one
1. Break Heaven (4:52)
2. Days in the Trees (6:27)
3. Heartcheat Pop (4:05)
4. Housekeeping (5:10)
side two
1. Ocean Song (4:43)
2. Heartcheat Pop (3:50)
3. Break Heaven (4:43)
4. Days in the Trees (6:21)
side three
1. Taking It Like a Man (6:07)
2. Lovecry (4:22)
3. Days in The Trees (4:26)
side four
1. Teardrop Fall (2:57)
2. Watching Over Me (3:31)
3. Shell of a Fighter (3:21)
4. You Grow More Beautiful (3:27)
5. Time Travel in Texas (4:00)
6. Pretty Genius (3:48)
Line-up /Musicians
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin (1-10)
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards (4,5,6,7,8)
- Natalie Box /violins (16)
- Rick Edwards /percussion (11,12,13,14)
- Colin Edwin /double bass (11,12,13,14)
- Steve Jansen /drums (4,5,6,7,8)
- Mick Karn /fretless bass (4,5,6,7,8)
- Chris Maitland /percussion (9,10)
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Carolina Skeletons (1998)
1. Carolina Skeletons (5:08)
2. Something Falls (3:31)
3. Close Your Eyes (7:47)
4. Carolina Reprise (2:56)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Rick Edwards /percussion(3)
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Lost Songs Vol-1 (2001)
1. Gothgirl Killer (6:22)
2. All The Reasons (5:09)
3. Samaritan Snare (6:31)
4. The Night Sky (6:31)
5. Catford Gun Supply (2:40)
6. Days Like These (3:11)
7. In The Trees - Bach (1:43)
8. Paradub (3:53)
9. Hard Shoulder (4:02)
10. Love Among The White Trash (4:23)
11. Amateurwahwah (4:19)
12. Drug Me (4:26)
13. Pale As Angels (1:31)
14. Coming Through Slaughter (5:26)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments, backing vocals(2,10)
WITH
- Mel Collins /saxophone(9), flute(14)
- Colin Edwin /double bass(3)
- Robert Fripp /guitar(9,14)
- Silas Maitland /bass(10)
- Theo Travis /saxophone(1,3), flute(1)
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All That You Are (2003)
1. All that you are (edit) (4:03)
2. Until tomorrow (3:00)
3. Chelsea cap (5:23)
4. Darkroom (3:52)
5. Until tomorrow (lo-fi) (3:16)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Steve Jansen /drums(1,3)
- Colin Edwin /bass(3)
- Theo Travis /flute(3)
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The Break-Up For Real (2007)
1. The Break-Up For Real (Drum Mix) (3:58)
2. Back When You Were Beautiful (5:08)
3. (bluecoda) (2:36)
- Tim Bowness /vocals
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Roger Eno /harmonium
- Ben Castle /clarinets
- Peter Chilvers /bass
- Stephen Bennett /organ, cymbal
- David Picking /percussion
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Wherever There Is Light (2009)
1. Wherever there is light (4:21)
2. Death was California (3:02)
3. Counting (4:24)
4. Carolina skeletons (live) (7:09)
5. All the blue changes (live) (6:39)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments,lead guitar(2&5)
WITH:
- Michael Bearpark /guitar(2&5)
- Steve Bingham /electric violin(3,4&5)
- Stephen Bennett /keyboards (4&5)
- Andrew Booker /electronic drums(4&5)
- Bruce Kaphan /pedal steel guitar(1)
- Pete Morgan /bass guitar(4&5)
- Theo Travis /flute(1)
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Boxset & Compilations
Lovesighs - An Entertainment (1992)
1. Heartcheat Pop (3:52)
2. Days In The Trees - Mahler (6:21)
3. Drink Judas (3:44)
4. Heartcheat Motel (4:38)
5. Kiss Me Stupid (4:42)
6. Colours (4:10)
7. Iris Murdoch Cut Me Up (5:19)
8. Days In The Trees - Reich (2:35)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Ben Coleman /violin
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Lara Flynn Boyle /sampled voice(8)
- Patricia Leavitt /sampled voice(1)
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Flowermix (1995)
1. Angeldust (9:08)
2. Faith in you (10:38)
3. All i see (6:52)
4.Natural neck (5:20)
5. Heal the madness (6:51)
6. You grow more beautiful (version) (4:21)
7. Sample (8:57)
8. Why the noise? (4:04)
9. Born simple (12:03)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Ben Coleman /violins(4,8)
- Mel Collins /soprano saxophone(1), flute(8)
- Robert Fripp /guitar(1), soundscapes(1,5,7,9)
- David Kosten /production /remix(4,8)
- Silas Maitland /bass loop(1)
- Os - production /remix(3,7)
- The Prophets Of Bliss /production /remix(2)
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Heaven Taste (1995)
1. Long day fall (5:19)
2. Babyship blue (4:53)
3. Bleed (6:50)
4. Road (3:16)
5. Heaven taste (21:19)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Richard Barbieri /keyboards & programming(5)
- Ben Coleman /acoustic & electric violins(1,2,5)
- Steve Jansen /drums & percussion programming(5)
- Mick Karn /fretless bass & dida & saxophone(5)
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Dry Cleaning Ray (1997)
1. Dry cleaning ray (remix edit) (7:24)
2. Sweetside silver night (4:02)
3. Jack the sax (4:17)
4. Diet mothers (4:56)
5. Urban disco (3:17)
6. Punished for being born (2:18)
7. Kightlinger (2:44)
8. Evelyn (song of slurs) (4:04)
9. Sicknote (8:57)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
WITH:
- Natalie Box/violins(4)
- Bryn Jones (Muslimgauze)/remix/reconstruction(6)
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((Speak)) (1999)
1. Speak
2. Pink Moon
3. Iris Murdoch Cut Me Down
4. Curtain Dream
5. Heaven's Break
6. French Tree Terror Suspect
7. River Song
8. Riverrun
9. The Ballet Beast
10. Night Sky Sweet Earth
11. Life With Picasso
Bonus track:
12. Death and Dodgson's Dreamchild
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words, guitar (11)
- Steven Wilson /instruments, backing vocals(8,10)
WITH:
- Ben Coleman /violin (1,6,10)
- Richard Felix /cello (6,9), harmonica(5)
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All The Blue Changes (2006)
Disc One:
1. Pink Moon
2. Colours
3. Days In The Trees (previously unissued mix)
4. Reich
5. Walker (previously unissued)
6. Back To The Burning Shed
7. Road
8. Housekeeping
9. Heaven Taste (edit)
10. Watching Over Me
11. Simple
12. Things Change
Disc Two:
1. Pretty Genius
2. My Revenge On Seattle (previously unissued single remix)
3. Dry Cleaning Ray (previously unreleased single mix)
4. Sicknote
5. Carolina Skeletons
6. Something Falls
7. Only Rain
8. Returning Jesus
9. Chelsea Cap
10. Photographs In Black And White
11. The Break Up For Real (drum mix)
12. (bluecoda)
- Tim Bowness /vocals, words
- Steven Wilson /instruments
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