Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence

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Outside of Britain they had more success, notably in Germany, Italy, France and the Netherlands following the release of their second album in 1984. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.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.

In 1998 he’d released his first, and what turned out to be his last, solo album, Mark Hollis, after which he retired. 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.The 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. The final album was spare and minimal and recorded entirely with acoustic instruments, and at times Hollis’ voice is scarcely audible. Ben Wardle knows the music industry’s intricacies - he was a talent spotter for Warner and the creator of indie label Indolent. Hollis’ musical and spiritual quest could never have happened if it wasn’t for the collaborators around him.

Ed was many things to many people, but most importantly, Ed’s love and knowledge of music and his eclectic music collection would be the spark that fired up Hollis.In Mark Hollis a perfect silence author Ben Wardle tells the full, fascinating story of one of the UK’s most enigmatic musicians from his earliest beginnings through to his untimely end. In a mere eight years and five albums, Talk Talk undertook a transformation unprecedented in popular music history.