The fact that Talk Talk started as a New Wave band and opened for Duran Duran on tour was more a case of mismarketing than an expression of intent by the band. In the first in-depth biography of the Talk Talk leader, author and music industry insider Ben Wardle has interviewed scores of Mark Hollis’ friends, musicians, collaborators and record company executives.

Sofia Coppola got him started on an attempt to compose music that would more or less fit the period depicted in "Marie-Antoinette", then she had a complete change of mind and decided instead to use modern pop music, and Hollis was out at this point, so it never went any further.Hollis’ musical and spiritual quest could never have happened if it wasn’t for the collaborators around him.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Among 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. A Perfect Silence includes interviews with many people who worked closely with Mark and helps us get as close as possible to understanding the man who walked away from music (and public life) almost 25 years ago and never resurfaced.Seven years later, Talk Talk founder Mark Hollis resurfaced with his debut solo album Mark Hollis (1998), only to disappear entirely and never release new music again. The mysterious long final period of retreat occupies less than 20 pages during which we are informed that Hollis was friends with the head of music at his sons’ school, played golf occasionally and enjoyed riding a motorbike. First edition hardback in slipcased, signed by Ben Wardle and Talk Talk album illustrator James marsh to title page.

Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He's written a brand new book detailing the life of the late great, and intensely private, Mark Hollis of Talk Talk. The book begins, predictably, at the beginning, with the parents, the Essex childhood, the year spent studying child psychology at Sussex University where Hollis met Flick, and so on.Interestingly, the album was initially intended as a Talk Talk album and had the title Mountains of the Moon. They both have “2022 Master” – does this mean we are about to see a re-release / remastering campaign ? Afterward, everyone involved dispersed, even Hollis’ trusted producer and collaborator, Tim Friese-Greene. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The book is available in two distinct editions, both featuring a cover design created by long-time Talk Talk collaborator James Marsh.

Ed Hollis, Mark’s elder brother, was manager of the Canvey Island punks Eddie and the Hot Rods and had an eclectic, wide-ranging record collection, which he shared with Mark. If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here. The Green Transition Weekly analysis of the shift to a new economy from the New Statesman's Spotlight on Policy team. After that, a seven year gap before his last work, a self titled solo effort originally intended to be a Talk Talk album titled Mountains of the Moon, and that was that – twenty years of silence was its only follow up. He takes his subject as far as it can possibly go with all the resources available and the result is well balanced He debunks the myths and disproves old falsehoods, but all this only seems to add to Hollis’ complexity and heighten his allure.Indeed, Phill Brown likened Hollis’s unforgiving standards to attempting to “bottle the spirit of improvised magic”.