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ICYMI there’s a new instrumental album out by Held By Trees which is new music made by musicians who played on latter day Talk Talk albums and Hollis’ solo album. 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.Often in an artist’s oeuvre, a transformation takes place: sensibilities mature, and abilities crystalize. The Lo-Fi recording quality, the rattle, and the distortion made it sound bruised as if it was a vessel in the process of shedding all excess weight – its protective shields burning up – until it finally escaped gravity and achieved weightlessness. It is diligent, sceptical when it needs to be, well reported, authoritative and written from the heart.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Ben Wardle knows the music industry’s intricacies - he was a talent spotter for Warner and the creator of indie label Indolent. When you combine this background with his appreciation of the late Mark Hollis and Talk Talk, he’s well-positioned to offer some unique insights into the pioneering art-pop outfit. This genuine ‘lost classic’ is now available again on heavyweight vinyl, with original artwork – printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.

After the solo album, Hollis would continue composing for woodwinds on his own and briefly look into film scoring.

Add to this a growing cult following and dedicated fan sites, and a grand mythification will inevitably build. As the critic Richard Williams wrote of Hollis at the time of his death, “he was one of the great originals of English music.For Hollis, it was all about attitude and feel, while the musical technique was secondary:” I don’t think technique is important to music, enthusiasm is, the spirit in which you approach it…the liveness, the ineptitude. After retirement Hollis lived quietly with his wife Felicity Costello (“Flick”) and their two sons in Wimbledon, declining all interviews, releasing no more records. His inspiration came not from ‘pop’ but 20th-century classical music and jazz from the late fifties and sixties (there is a distinct flavour of Miles Davis – ‘In A Silent Way’ here) and is one of the quietest and most intimate records ever made – creating an exceptional atmosphere in which the listener can submerge. Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.

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.There are bass tracks that are made up of five different instruments with five or six different players…the genius is that it works at all.