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No-Man is a British duo formed in 1987 by Tim Bowness and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson.

The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections (most notably, 2006’s career retrospective, All the Blue Changes).

Originally a sample-based proto-// styled music, No-Man’s sound has become more organic, diverse and band-oriented in subsequent years. The band has been lauded “Conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths” by Melody Maker music newspaper.

The name No-Man was adopted in 1990 and first used on the self-released June 1990 single release, Colours (a cover of the 1960s Donovan song). The single achieved Melody Maker and Sounds (british music paper) “Singles of the Week” accolades and was re-released by Liverpool-based label Probe Plus in October, 1990.

Between 1991 and 1994, No-Man were managed by Talk Talk’s manager Keith Aspden. During this period, the band received highly positive UK music media support (including more “Singles of the Week” in Melody Maker, Sounds and Irish music paper, Hot Press), had 2 indie top 20 hits (Days In The Trees and Ocean Song), a Billboard Top 40 dance hit (the US only single, Taking It Like a Man) and had high profile contracts with One Little Indian, Hit & Run Publishing and Epic/Sony.

Subsequently, mirroring the evolution of artists such as Talk Talk, David Sylvian, Radiohead, Scott Walker and Kate Bush, with each successive release, the band has moved further away from its more conventional Pop/Rock roots.
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  • H3llrider

    Official No-Man's twitter feed: "Tim has been in the studio with the no-man live band recording four pieces with a view to inclusion on a forthcoming no-man album." Can't wait. I really like their stuff.

    22 Apr 8:38pm Reply

  • onthewall2983

    Everything from Returning Jesus on is pretty stellar, but I would have to cite Speak as my favorite. There's something so naked and vulnerable about it that sowed the seed for those later records more than the more pop/electronica stuff did.

    16 Apr 11:59am Reply

  • ikd-sj

    'Photographs in Black and White' seriously （･ω･ⵁ）

    14 Apr 4:38am Reply

  • Spiral-Circus

    Epic band !

    7 Apr 8:28am Reply

  • kashmirowy_sok

    1.Returning Jesus 2.Speak 3.Together We're stranger 4.Flowermouth,Schoolyard ghosts,Wild Opera

    4 Mar 3:34pm Reply

  • Brainwashed97

    @Emveedee They're pretty eclectic, so it kind of comes to personal preferences. Though a lot of people, myself included, tend to think Returning Jesus is among their best. I also really like Flowermouth and their most recent, Schoolyard Ghosts.

    7 Feb 2:27pm Reply

  • elysiadrake

    well SHIT i was wondering why this sounded so much like porcupine tree

    30 Jan 3:20am Reply

  • X_Xx_xX

    А довольно хорошо, атмосферно. Правда, творческого развития не слишком много, выходит однообразно от альбома к альбому, но слушать приятно.

    13 Jan 7:08am Reply

  • Emveedee

    What's your favourite no-man album? I'd love to hear because I'm trying to get into them some more.

    10 Jan 8:41pm Reply

  • chaosventure

    CHAOS VENTURE SPACE TRAILER . Songwriting by Andrea De Paoli, Christian Casini, Alberto Rizzo Schettino. A new genre named SPACE METAL will drive you into another dimension. Produced and Engineered at my studio. In collaboration with KEVIN MOORE, MARK ZONDER and RICHARD BARBIERI.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0oKlOoT1yo http://www.lastfm.it/music/Chaos+Venture

    6 Jan 10:06am Reply

  • magpie_1862

    new album please! [5]

    22 Dec 2012 Reply

  • The_Thomas

    It's interesting how Wilson on one hand makes all this complex music with Porcupine Tree and his solo stuff, however on the other seems to be drown to enhancing and mixing simple pop with experimentations in No-Man and Blackfield.

    20 Dec 2012 Reply

  • nofhre

    new album please! [4]

    2 Oct 2012 Reply

  • taTTTTT

    \m/

    28 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Hestiaseve

    new album please ♥ [3]

    24 Aug 2012 Reply

  • deadwing1411

    new album please <3 [2]

    5 Aug 2012 Reply

  • ParalogizaMulte

    :3

    24 Jul 2012 Reply

  • tsudduth24

    New album please <3

    1 Jul 2012 Reply

  • KingsAndQueen

    I really love this band :) but then again, Steven can do no wrong!

    30 May 2012 Reply

  • shivaki07

    Podaję się, że do albumu Storm Corrosion przymiarki trwały prawie dekadę. Czy było to wynikiem trudności związanych z wizją produkcji niniejszego wydawnictwa? Nie sądzę, Mikael Åkerfeldt z Opeth oraz Steven Wilson z Porcupine Tree to przede wszystkim świetni muzycy oraz indywidualiści, których podobne korzenie muzycznych upodobań tchnęły w Storm Corrosion ducha art rockowej esencji. Jak im to wyszło? Sprawdźcie czytając na LMF!! http://lamuzi.blogspot.com/2012/05/recenzje-nowosci-storm-corrosion-storm.html

    8 May 2012 Reply
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