Talk Talk

Talk Talk began as an early-1980s synth-pop band in the style of Duran Duran. It didn't take long for the group's aesthetic ambitions to come to the fore, though. By the mid-'80s, their music was full of jazz-tinged ambience and extended instrumental sections, pioneering a new, adventurous brand of art-rock. After Talk Talk's break-up, frontman Mark Hollis continued in an even less mainstream vein with some subtly inventive solo work, while bassist Paul Webb and drummer Lee Harris formed O Rang and went on to record with Portishead's Beth Gibbons.

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