Butterfly Mind Tim Bowness

• 1Say Your Goodbyes, Pt. 102:22
• 2Always the Stranger02:50
• 3It's Easier to Love05:13
• 4We Feel04:53
• 5Lost Player03:13
• 6Only a Fool04:33
• 7After the Stranger01:15
• 8Glitter Fades04:50
• 9About the Light That Hits the Forest Floor03:49
• 10Dark Nevada Dream08:26
• 11Say Your Goodbyes, Pt. 201:59
• Total Runtime43:23

Info for Butterfly Mind

Coming 40 years after he first started performing in bands in his native North West of England, Butterfly Mind is the most surprising release yet from Tim Bowness.

From the short, sharp shocks of Always The Stranger and Only A Fool to the long-form ambition of the sensuous Dark Nevada Dream, the cinematic Electro-Ballroom of Glitter Fades and the dystopian paranoia of Say Your Goodbyes Parts 1 and 2, Butterfly Mind delivers a thrilling fusion of Art Rock invention, Post-Punk energy and epic soulful ballads.

Tim’s seventh solo album features the stellar rhythm section of Richard Jupp (in his first major session since leaving Elbow) and Nick Beggs alongside a spectacular guest list including Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Dave Formula (Magazine), Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Martha Goddard (The Hushtones), Gregory Spawton (Big Big Train), Mark Tranmer (The Montgolfier Brothers / GNAC), Saro Cosentino (Franco Battiato), Italian Jazz musician Nicola Alesini, US singer Devon Dunaway (Ganga), Stephen W Tayler (Kate Bush) and, marking his first studio work with Tim for nearly three decades, former No-Man violinist Ben Coleman. Produced by Tim Bowness and Brian Hulse (Plenty), the album was mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson.

"This album demonstrates Tim’s willingness to develop his music. It’s another excellently presented release full of atmospheric vibes which are intercut with powerful expressions with Tim’s unique voice all over it. I feel this is maybe one of his finest albums to date." (theprogressiveaspect.net/blog)

Tim Bowness, vocals, samples, synthesizer, guitar, mellotron
Brian Hulse, guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Nick Beggs, fretted & fretless bass, double bass, chapman stick
Richard Jupp, drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Nicola Alesini, saxophone (track 3)
Ian Anderson, flute (tracks 1 & 4)
Ben Coleman, violin (tracks 9,10 & 11)
Saro Cosentino, sampled strings, string arrangement (track 3)
Devon Dunaway, backing vocals (tracks 3,4 & 10)
Dave Formula, Hammond organ (tracks 3 & 10), synthesizer, piano (track 6), organ (track 11)
Martha Goddard, backing vocals (tracks 2,7 & 8)
Peter Hammill, vocals (tracks 1 & 4)
Gregory Spawton, bass pedals (track 7)
Steve W. Tayler, clarinet (track 8)
Mark Tranmer, guitars (track 9)

Tim Bowness
Born and brought up in the North West of England, Tim Bowness started his music career in the early 1990s and is primarily known as vocalist/co-writer with the band No-Man, a long-running collaboration with Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree etc).

In addition to releasing six studio albums and a documentary DVD with No-Man, Tim has worked with popular Italian artist Alice, Mercury Prize nominated Banco De Gaia, Robert Fripp, Peter Hammill and Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera (amongst many others). He has recorded for labels including InsideOutMusic, Kscope, Mascot, Probe Plus, One Little Indian and Sony/Epic 550.

This album contains no booklet.