Thighpaulsandra

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Thighpaulsandra
Thighpaulsandra in concert with Spiritualized, 1998
Background information
Origin	Pontypridd, Wales
Genres	Electronic ambient industrial space rock dream pop neo-psychedelia drone noise glitch experimental
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Piano keyboards vocals guitar bass autoharp violin mellotron synthesizer French horn harpsichord accordion theremin sampler
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Eskaton
Member of	Queen Elizabeth Hawkwind
Formerly of	Coil Spiritualized URUK UUUU

Timothy Lewis – best known by the stage name Thighpaulsandra – is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist, known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. He began his career working with Julian Cope in the late 1980s, becoming a member of Cope's touring band. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, forming the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth. In 1997, former Cope guitarist Mike Mooney invited Thighpaulsandra to fill in for the departing Kate Radley on a Spiritualized tour, and he remained with the band until early 2008. In 1998, Lewis also became a member of the experimental band Coil. He has subsequently released several solo albums under the Thighpaulsandra moniker.

Lewis currently performs and records as part of URUK with Massimo Pupillo (of Italian band Zu) and UUUU, a band also featuring Valentina Magaletti and Wire members Graham Lewis and Matthew Simms. He has also been playing with The Charlatans' Tim Burgess since 2020, as part of Burgess' solo backing band. Since 2021 he has been touring with Hawkwind and appears as a performer and co-writer on their 2023 album The Future Never Waits.^[1]