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Mark Hollis is the former lead singer and composer of Talk Talk.

Mark David Hollis (born 4 January 1955 in Tottenham, London, England) is a composer, musician, singer-songwriter.

Career
Hollis is most famous as the lead singer of the band, Talk Talk. It was he, and unofficial Talk Talk member Tim Friese-Greene, who took the lead in evolving the band’s style from New Romantic, to what would later become known as post-rock.

In 1998 he released an eponymous solo debut album, Mark Hollis.

Collaborations

Mark Hollis played the piano on the track “Piano” from the 1998 minimalist album AV 1 by Phill Brown and Dave Allinson (under the pseudonym “John Cope”).
Talk Talks ‘’New Grass’’ was sampled on the track ‘’Rabbit in your headlights’’ on the 1998 trip-hop album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE.
Mark Hollis provided several roles in support of Anja Garbarek’s 2001 album Smiling & Waving.

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post-rock, singer-songwriter, experimental, minimal, jazz
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anakin45 wrote:
26 days ago

Talk Talk 1986; Such a Shame: http://atticawebzine.free.fr/blog/?p=965

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gurunio wrote:
last month

this guy is a genius

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Lauschemaedchen wrote:
last month

music.

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2nd_face wrote:
last month

как будто и не распадались Talk Talk а просто сделали перерыв... Альбом просто чудо Thanks Mark for your silence songs <3

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adri_999 wrote:
last month

it's a shame i can't hear anymore of him, the guy's brilliant...

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Herzfeld wrote:
last month

GENIUS!!!

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kenroberts wrote:
September 2009

mark hollis is one of my biggest influences check out www.myspace.com/lowercasefireengine

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Ksajid wrote:
September 2009

The album is close to pure perfection.

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Talkthomas wrote:
September 2009

He is a true talent and I miss his musical presence too. I would also give anything to see him perform live. But alas........ 'A song asale, For the good has bled to dust, Departed, The morning sun'.

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Ineptune wrote:
September 2009

I second what SonnyJoeFoxx said. A brilliant, brilliant man. I would give anything to go see a concert of his - even a one-off.

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SonnyJoeFoxx wrote:
September 2009

Oh, how I wish he'd return to music -- but I think those are just my selfish desires kicking in.

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Lyrradsemaj wrote:
September 2009

this man really gets under my skin like no other

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skyfishstation wrote:
September 2009

timeless brilliance

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riigo wrote:
September 2009

beautiful, fragile minimalism

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alvaromat wrote:
August 2009

El maestro Mark Hollis, yo aún espero su próximo álbum.

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rhodybobby wrote:
August 2009

Together with Rock Bottom (Robert Wyatt) the greatest rock album of all time.

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slave2thedetail wrote:
August 2009

this is probably the most talented and underrated musician of all times.

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teh_archie wrote:
August 2009

as much as i love talk talk, the mark hollis album does even more for me. it's just staggeringly brilliant.

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astraldisaster1 wrote:
August 2009

oh lord....what a beautiful album!.........enjoy the silence Mark;)

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tonymontanap wrote:
August 2009

he had one of the great voice ever

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