Alistair Bowness - Voice Artist

Alistair Bowness was born in Leicester, England on 29th September 1970. After living in several places in England including London and Worcester, he moved to Gothenburg, Sweden in June 2005, and has become a Swedish resident.

Alistair's background is immersed in computers. Having acquired a taste for home computers after receiving a Sinclair ZX81 as a Christmas present, he knew that they would become an important part of his life. He upgraded his home computer collection from the ZX81 to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a Commodore 64 and finally a Commodore-Amiga A500, before moving into the PC world.

He started his professional career as a computer analyst/programmer, which he still does to this day in small projects; but he never forgot his roots - the Commodore 64 and Commodore-Amiga A500 featured heavily in his "hobby" projects and, since 1992, he has regularly made remixes of tunes that originally appeared on these computers but using more modern equipment, either as free downloads or featuring on CD albums such as Back in Time 3: A Space Odyssey and Karma 64 (under the name Slow Poison with fellow producer Chris Abbott). He has also produced and directed several videos, including direction of a live performance found on Back in Time Live.

It was at this time that several friends and professional partners commented that he had "a good voice for radio", to quote an infamous back-handed compliment. To this end, he co-presented a one-off internet-based radio show, "The Worst SIDs Ever" (referring to some sub-standard tunes found on the Commodore 64), with Chris Abbott. From there, he was approached by Swedish magazine Super Play to produce a CD called "Bitpop", providing commentary on the twelve tunes included, and covermounted on their August 2002 issue.

Because of these projects, Alistair was approached by Kenneth Mutka, owner of SLAY Radio, to see whether he would like to broadcast a radio show. He readily agreed and, with his sidekick Jason Mackenzie, started a weekly show every Sunday evening. After a while, he started his own show which, to this day, broadcasts every Wednesday evening.

Amongst his other vocal projects, Alistair has provided his voice for several songs, a shopping kiosk, information kiosks and radio jingles. He is also the man struggling along in the now (in)famous Mastering Swedish lessons - although he hopes his parents never get to hear him!

Alistair's voice can be described as a bass, with a range of smooth and smoky to vibrant and excitable. Having lived in several places in Britain, he has no discernable accent - something he uses to his advantage when speaking to people where English is their second language, which is a major advantage in helping them understand and avoid anxiety. However, Alistair does tend to use several regional accents when needed, for humorous or jovial effect.