Luminous

小简介 After working with local bands and musicians, Tim decided to go it alone in the late nineties. Working on solo singer/songwriter music under his own name and adopting the Luminous moniker for his electronic/experimental output soon afterwards. 1998 saw the release of the self financed 'CD EP' - a solo four-song promo CD-R for the radio and press. The debut Luminous release in 1999, was the inclusion of 'It's Bass, Jim, But Not As We Know It', on the highly acclaimed '...Eclipse Of The Moon And Falling Star' compilation album on Fi Sci Records. The official debut solo release was the 7" single 'Here Comes Down', on the well respected French label Plastic Pancake in 2000. Until 2003, Tim released music on various cassette and CD-R labels, including Bliss and Best Kept Secret. 2004 saw the release of the double A side download Luminous single 'Pull A Chain In Tune/Deevy', on the well known Oxford label Shifty Disco. The debut solo album 'Chrome Plated On Nickel Silver', was released on CD in Autumn 2005 on Tim's own label Tara Records. In early 2006, a new Luminous track 'Rub', was released as part of 'Paranoise One - Songs For A Paranoid Society', on the German label Paranoise. An ongoing series of themed Luminous download only EPs which began in 2006, is also available from archive.org. Early 2007 saw the release of the download Luminous album 'Against The Law - Volume I', on the Moscow based label Clinical Archives. Soon afterwards, the same label released the infamous Luminous track 'You Know What I Want', as part of their 'Clinical Sounds - Vol. 1' download compilation album. Canadian label The Beautiful Music included Tim's cover of 'Stop And Smell The Roses', on 'I Would Write A Thousand Words' - the second of their tribute albums to The Television Personalities, in spring 2007. The second solo album 'Slo-Mo Baby Doll', was released in summer 2007 on the Cornish label Golden Pathway. Two digital Luminous albums, 'Eve Was Weak' and 'Again Again', were released on Tara Records via iTunes and most major digital distributors in Autumn 2007. Swedish net label 23 seconds released 'The Watercolour Lane EP' in late 2007 and 'The '80's Girls EP' in spring 2008. Tim continues to work with other musicians on and off and also does the odd remix here and there. 'Odd', often being the operative word. Early 2008 saw the first Luminous album to make it onto CD. Links is available on Tara Records. Clinical Archives released two more Luminous albums in summer 2008. 'The Black Line' is the most extreme material to date, while 'The Themed EPs Compendium' gathers together all the EPs that were released via timchaplin.com and archive.org. Two further solo albums, 'For Real In The Real World' and 'The September Sessions', were released on Tara Records via iTunes in July 2008. Two more Luminous CD-R releases rounded off 2008. 'Whatever The Truth Is' was released on the Finnish label 267 lattajjaa, while 'The VHM EP + The BAD EP' was released by the Danish label Hikikomori Records. 2009 began with the release of 'The September Sessions' outtake 'Pretty' on Series Two Records' 18th CD-R compilation. A new solo acoustic album is planned for Powertool Records later this year... The most recent project is Factory Kids, Tim's partnership with Christina Marie. Their first release was the track 'Dazzle', on 'Unexplainable Forever', a six cassette box set compilation album on Unexplainable Recordings in Autumn 2008. Series Two Records included the song 'Don't Meet No One' on their 16th CD-R compilation album in early 2009. Powertool will release the self-titled debut album soon...