No-Man in 1990: aband looking for land.
Images: No-Man Archives
“It’s a bit like No-Man transformed the sound of electro and rave, but from outside the club... There was a sense of being detached from the culture itself. That’s what made us outsiders.”
1987 was a big year for Steven Wilson. Still in his teens, he devised Porcupine Tree as a progpsych conceit, complete with a fabulously fictional back story. He also happened to meet singersongwriter Tim Bowness, with whom he began playing as No Man Is An Island (Except For The Isle Of Man). While Porcupine Tree would gradually evolve into a whole other creative entity, the Bowness project was a more immediate priority.