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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.

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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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