Phelan Sheppard are musicians Keiron Phelan and David Sheppard. They are based in London, England, and play mainly instrumental music. Phelan and Sheppard have long been associated with each other, having first met as teenagers with a mutual appreciation of Can, Cluster and Brian Eno and formed a band. In 1996, the pair united after some time in other projects. This partnership recorded under their own names and, with percussionist Jon Steele, as State River Widening.