{"title":"Mark Hollis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Hollis was a British musician and singer-songwriter born on January 4, 1955 in Tottenham, England. He achieved commercial success in the 1980s as the lead singer of Talk Talk, a synth pop\/post-rock band. After releasing his critically acclaimed solo album in 1998, Hollis largely retired from the music industry. He sadly passed away on February 25, 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mark-hollis-cd","title":"Mark Hollis CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeven years after Talk Talk's final record, \u003ci\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Hollis completed this self-titled solo album. Where his previous band's music started as hard synth pop and disintegrated into abstraction, Mark Hollis begins with silence, a full 20 seconds of room ambience. that breaks into compositions sprinkled with woodwinds and acoustic guitars, spread delicate and cerebral like ulysses written on parchment paper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is relentless in its tranquility, nestling through contemplative moments without hurry before moving on. hollis pushed his desire for an open record that nonetheless sounded utterly real and natural, and he achieved something that could just as easily pass like a wisp as endlessly be marvelled at for its artistic splendour. No other record so beautifully captures the nothing of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMC","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50382172324171,"sku":"286717","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a27c308a-da9c-48fd-b7f6-cdbe71002b1a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726244075"},{"product_id":"hollis-mark","title":"Hollis, Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003egreat solo lp from talk talks reclusive frontman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50433969717579,"sku":"116944","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"a-perfect-silence","title":"A Perfect Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first complete, in-depth biography of the Talk Talk leader draws on scores of new and original interviews with Mark Hollis’s friends, musicians, collaborators and record company personnel to create this important and substantial biography. Tracing Mark Hollis's life from earliest beginnings through his formative years, author Ben Wardle offers genuine insight into the creative forces which helped shape the sound and songs recorded by Talk Talk. For the first time A Perfect Silence explains the realities and explodes the myths surrounding Hollis and Talk Talk's career, and in doing so reveals the working patterns, sense of humour and desire for privacy of the man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the interviewees for this book are Simon Brenner, producer Rhett Davies, Phill Brown, James Marsh, musical collaborators George Page, Phil Ramocon, Martin Ditcham, Dominic Miller, Mark Feltham, Johnny Turnbull, Robbie McIntosh and others. Talk Talk live sound engineer Chris Beale, long-time manager Keith Aspden, original A\u0026amp;R manager Ashley Goodall, old school friends, numerous industry figures,  friends and acquaintances who knew him only after he’d retired all add fresh insight and perspective to this extensive and engaging biography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rocket 88","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50434158100811,"sku":"2061201","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6625278165043-cover_800x_74da7691_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726886225"},{"product_id":"mark-hollis-or-the-art-of-fading-away","title":"Mark Hollis: Or The Art of Fading Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eTalk Talk remains a special case, a UFO in pop music. As early as 1984, the band led by Mark Hollis stood out with singles that climbed very high in the European charts (the flamboyant, Such A Shame with its elephant barriting in the intro, or the hypnotic, Life’s What you Make It )... except in England. Their record company positioned them as the new Duran Duran, and pushed them to produce these synthetic pop songs in the era of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it is in Can, Traffic, Miles Davis, Debussy, Ravel or Bartók that Mark Hollis finds his inspiration. From album to album, Talk Talk turns away from showbiz artifices, in search of simplicity, of a perfect, singular music, until Mark’s last solo album, released in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince then: silence... Or almost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil this fateful 25th February 2019, when we learn via the Twitter account of Matt Johnson of The The that Mark Hollis is no more. He had just turned 64.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalk Talk has had a profound impact on the history of rock, and has inspired artists as diverse as Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Massive Attack, Sigur Rós, Slowdive or These New Puritans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Rapilly is a journalist. He has interviewed hundreds of musicians: U2, Depeche Mode, Moby, The Divine Comedy, Placebo, the Pixies... He has written several thrillers and a biography of The Cure. Frederick is a virtuoso of the rock pen and the surfboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Marsh is the illustrator of the entire Talk Talk discography (apart from the 1st single, produced by Peter Saville). He has chosen to tell the story of his collaboration with the band in this book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The first time I heard it, I felt like I’d found a secret universe, one that contained something I’d been been missing without my being aware of it, and that seemed to promise a way of making sense of the world.\" Max Richter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xavier Belrose","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50435408396619,"sku":"2230265","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TalkTalkUK3D_7fdf4064_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726903171"},{"product_id":"mark-hollis","title":"Mark Hollis","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeven years after Talk Talk's final record, \u003ci\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Hollis completed this self-titled solo album. 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