John Cope aka Mark Hollis

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John Cope aka Mark Hollis - Piano

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10 жыл бұрын

`AV 1` Info's:
After working on Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, Phill Brown teamed up with Dave Allinson to produce 1998's AV 1, a stunning and subtile exercise in formless ambient tranquility. The album's message was obvious from the start, with a huge opening track of near-silence and 20 minutes of slow, single-note song evolution before it decided to throw out its first beat. "Piano", the most interesting track, featured Mark Hollis hidden under the B-side-inspired pseudonym John Cope and managed to be deliberate without being frustrating, unsettling but never futuristic, and an enduringly eerie achievement.

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@agneschardin9768 4 жыл бұрын

Some men are too free to submit, to be chained. They don't care about luxury and money. Those are called the mad, the marginalized, the failures. In reality, they are the real threat in the system because you can't buy them, they are the symbol of freedom. This is what Mark HOLLIS represents to me, since the first time I saw and heard it .... in 1984. Irreplaceable, unforgettable, incomparable MARK 😢❤❤

@lindamavrikis2229 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@MrStefanDittrich 2 жыл бұрын

did you ever think about a career as a poet ?

@jameselliott8203 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@rodolfoquaranta_ 2 жыл бұрын

poetic words of yours

@70sbabe 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you and people like Mark are so rare, we lost a diamond when he passed.

@JacquelynMarshall-by9pr 2 ай бұрын

He was unique, and beautiful singer and song writer! His music will forever be heard throughout the new generations! R.I.P. Mark D. Hollis🙏❤️

@markgregory7140 Жыл бұрын

Possibly the greatest musician of our generation, his evolvement from pop synth to post rock and beyond was breathtaking.

@Katehowe3010 Жыл бұрын

Many would dismiss your words clean out of hand, but i am not many! God bless. 👏

@juankgonzalez6230 Жыл бұрын

I'm inclined to agree

@zic75 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Cserka100 9 ай бұрын

Pontosan így van! egyet értek veled! Lenyűgöz a mai napig Mark zenéje, hangja.

@markgregory7140 9 ай бұрын

@@Cserka100 Abszolút legenda volt, és annyira alulértékelt (Sorry about the messy translation attempt)

@sirpython9385 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll always be fascinated by the emphasis that Hollis placed on silence as an important part of music through his artistry, especially in his later works (like the 18 seconds of silence at the start of his solo LP) Such a genius, beautiful soul we’ve lost in Mark Hollis - but at least, through gems like this, we can reflect upon the unmatchable beauty that he brought to music as we know it.

@mikesch0815 5 жыл бұрын

Silence... and truly, no word and no sound can describe the lost... RIP, Mark Hollis

@cathsalazar9930 4 жыл бұрын

Damn u said it like no one else ever has or ever will !!................😹😻👍❤️

@robertodigregorio8941 6 жыл бұрын

just stopped watching some netflix boring stuff, started listening to this through the speakers of my phone, and Hollis took my heart away. Again.

@cathsalazar9930 4 жыл бұрын

Mine too just never left got stronger damn I miss him so f in much his musical talents were underrated to say the least! Rip Mark!...,..😹👍❤️😻🔥

@Zebula1918 5 жыл бұрын

mark understood how to illuminate the silence

@markgregory7140 Жыл бұрын

It's partly why he stopped playing live, the audience by being vocal and having fun destroyed the ambience of what he was trying to create.

@edgein7892 9 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated talent . I guess Mark is doing here what he has always wanted , creating music not ''singles'' .

@soundsforsure 6 жыл бұрын

Underrated? Every musician is a Hollis fan. :-)

@Soundart001 Ай бұрын

@@soundsforsure refers to the fact that he was not a mainstream artist, of course today we know that many were inspired by his work but he was never given recognition in the media.

@edgein7892 Ай бұрын

@@Soundart001 I guess we could say Talk Talk was part of the mainstream but Mark in particular wasn't too happy with that. Rejecting to playback and the lawsuits from their record company testify to that. He always rejected the idea of a song having to be a certain length and after the last lawsuit they came up with Laughing Stock, only for the real enthusiasts. But my guess would be they were happy putting it together. That also marked the end of their performances, perhaps it could have been played live but maybe he was more wary of the reactions of people who just came for ''the singles'' than how to put the arrangements together. I've seen them perform I Believe in You on a regular pop show and I felt bad for them, you could tell that song was never meant for such an audience and they resented their presence there. Just my two cents though, I still believe their music was iconic and always will be.

@AJLangford Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend the 2020 documentary, In a Silent Way, about the latter part of Talk Talk's career and Mark in general. It's a work of art in itself, drawing a lot on the concept of silence.

@ConradWalsh 10 ай бұрын

Do you have a link for that?

@AJLangford 10 ай бұрын

Rarelust@@ConradWalsh

@saskiakneulman7275 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. How lovely it also would have been hearing Mark Hollis' wonderful unique instrument, his voice, along with the piano. Even without words, just the sound....

@stuartjamieson1476 5 жыл бұрын

Such a big influence in me growing up .gutted such a legend rip!

@erikfagereng9335 5 жыл бұрын

RIP. What an artist!

@retepledor 9 жыл бұрын

Mark. Just enormous respect for you!

@_MrPink_ 4 жыл бұрын

I have a copy of this. I treasure it beyond anything.

@FREDLOGAN71 5 жыл бұрын

let us a place in Paradise .... listening you in live....peacefully.... together.... far away....from here... RIP ✌

@tracyburns6954 5 жыл бұрын

Just.......beautiful.... His music has been, and always will be, just beautiful.

@SunRey69 8 жыл бұрын

All those silences in this music are making me thinking about my life.

@andorkiss9837 8 жыл бұрын

MARK HOLLIS. WHAT A GREAT ARTIST...!

@nicolasrichards1163 2 жыл бұрын

i find this piece to be the musical disintegration of Mark Hollis,,, it sounds like the wind passing through tree branches in a cloudy day,,,, the man really did put his musical vision across and then disappeared into this,,,,,, pure silence,,, truly inspiring Mark, rest in peace💔

@laurence.MusicAndSights 2 жыл бұрын

Even the piano itself seems embarrassed to emit a subdued sound. Hopefully I can read new biographies about the self retirement of Mark the too emotional genius. Family mattered more than public recognition. 5 years before his death, he looked peaceful, young, calm. Your comment captured my attention. Saw them in Mulhouse France in 1986 after the release of their 3rd album.

@jeromeaviotte807 Жыл бұрын

Le son du vide et quelques notes d un piano aux allures sombres mais tellement libres comme l air .Tel était le fantasque et fabuleux Mark Hollis l incompris

@cathsalazar9930 4 жыл бұрын

Never been anyone like him damn well will never be ever!!!!!! Pure genius so glad to have all his awesome music thanks for the continued memories rip taken wat to f in soon!!!!!!!!’☮️❤️🎶🎶🙏🤟🎹

@gillesd6534 9 жыл бұрын

Sensitive of sound by the in the silence way.. Between the lines.. Thanks :)

@julieblackstock8650 5 жыл бұрын

Mark said I love Sound but I love Silence more... and this has both the things he loved

@Raptuza 4 жыл бұрын

So excellent said...!

@bovendeerd 5 жыл бұрын

Waw how intimate and touching.

@elsieeaglestone2374 6 жыл бұрын

this just sends me to another place, so beautiful. I wonder sometimes if MH ever bothers to look at youtube and sees the pleasure his music brings to people, how i would love to thank him for all his amazing music. I very much doubt he looks though !!!!!

@GuidoMallardi 3 жыл бұрын

This music must be played in concert halls. Amazing!

@davidhunter5848 4 жыл бұрын

Totally sublime.

@tanjakivimaki9222 9 жыл бұрын

hypnotic... beatifull:)

@KidWizard1 Жыл бұрын

Lovely.

@TheKappusengel 5 жыл бұрын

RIP one of my teenage music hero

@bengunns9500 6 жыл бұрын

music is a vibration and it comes in various forms

@mattiemclean9882 3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful

@ilpezkato 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you...say no more.

@mistybrown9225 8 жыл бұрын

@hollisjasmina69 Жыл бұрын

Love you, Mark, for ever..

@Cannon74com 7 жыл бұрын

Heaven...

@michaelswaak49 5 жыл бұрын

May he rest in silence .

@paolamaccaroni8977 6 жыл бұрын

un artista puro

@massimotin 4 жыл бұрын

Mark you were great !!!

@MrCamparisafari 7 жыл бұрын

I like to play along over the top on an old white ehrbar piano , just to see what comes up , mark hollis is one of the greatest musicians alongside eno , richard d james , phillip glass, and steve reich , i mean they make magic such wonderful magic

@daccrowell4776 Жыл бұрын

Hearing this sparse beauty is actually rather painful. This piece is a picture-perfect example of reconciling the differing directions one finds in Webern's detached pointillism, Feldman's "beautiful sounds", and the ambient music flowering from the end of the 1970s, in the wake of Eno's "Music for Airports"... ...and EMI sicced their legal department on Mark after "Spirit of Eden" came out because they thought the album wasn't sufficiently "commercial". Friggin' philistines. OTOH, this does beg the question "is there any more of this extant?" Mark Hollis deserved better, and if there's more of this stashed out there, his memory truly deserves to have it recognized. I've seen and heard so much music across my 60+ years. I've even experienced some of Stockhausen's work with the maestro himself at the controls. So it takes something really profound to get me to do what I did here: straight-thru, all 14+ minutes, total focus on every fleck of sound, and nothing else. He deserved so much more. This is truly groundbreaking work, perhaps even moreso than "Spirit...". But he was purely a musical voice, eventually discarding the commercial trappings of pop for...this. We lost one of the best when he passed, sure, but the real mourning should be over him getting brickbatted by some suits just as the current that powers this piece was starting to flow. Goddamn.

@iainrichmond6998 9 жыл бұрын

Fragile power...

@Raptuza 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, tenderness from his soul...

@Cserka100 5 ай бұрын

💔🥺💔

@dirtharris 8 жыл бұрын

Very Morton Feldman. 'The Viola in my Life' was a big influence on him.

@markdarnell614 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I was hearing Morty too - and John Cage.

@martinenathalierioux1711 5 жыл бұрын

🖤

@_MrPink_ 4 жыл бұрын

I have this record, and never cease to be amazed. Mark, you ROBBED us. We didn't care about your music business career or how you hated the business. I hated it too, and left it. But I did not completely disconnect. Your insight into all of our conditions... it was like no other. Did you not ever realize what we would have given for more from you?

@ThePooFighters 2 жыл бұрын

He wanted to raise his kids properly

@_MrPink_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePooFighters I get that. At the same time, he could have worked his art in a home studio to give the people that have been with him from the beginning the pure soul he so willingly expressed. There would have been no compromise.

@Dehangus 2 жыл бұрын

@@_MrPink_ No man, it's selfish to think like that. Everything has to end sometime, and in art especially it's always better to end before you start to decline. Marks career was flawless, gradually building up to 2 of the most legendary albums in pop music and then retiring. He probably put out his last album under his name instead of Talk Talk just to protect the legacy of those albums, even though it was great.

@Dehangus 2 жыл бұрын

@@_MrPink_ Talk Talk is like religion to me though so I understand why you want more music.

@_MrPink_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dehangus I knew Michael Hedges, and when he died, I was destroyed. But later, new music from his musings came along. That helped with my grief tremendously. What I wanted so badly while he was alive was recognition that WE recognized him. He did not do that. And after his death, that not a thing has surfaced is the biggest hurt of all.

@zic75 Жыл бұрын

Artista

@martinhanske6045 5 жыл бұрын

RIP Mark Hollis

@christusbewusstseinleben8240 5 жыл бұрын

Hallo Martin, ich war damals 21 Jahre alt gewesen, was für eine Zeit , Sex Drogen Rock’n’Roll 1985 , schön dass ich dieses wunderschöne Stück hier gefunden habe , er war einfach ein Ausnahmetalent gewesen . Gruss v. Stephan

@ISA.162 5 жыл бұрын

Dolce angelo ☹️

@ianrab 8 жыл бұрын

it is definitely mark hollis, it was released on the 'missing pieces' cd

@pitagrozsaraiva 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, don't know this CD ;)

@ghicaccatta 5 жыл бұрын

un genio della musica.... sconosciuto ai più... forse però è meglio così

@ISA.162 5 жыл бұрын

A lui non interessava il parere degli altri, interessava solo poter fare quello che desiderava, la musica come la voleva lui.

@rosscool1682 5 жыл бұрын

Un'artista geniale Una persona umile che dribblava il business ma seguiva la sua etica. Un UOMO

@foolishfriend7208 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark, ever.

@udeychowdhury2529 7 жыл бұрын

most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

@patrickgreening6096 7 жыл бұрын

Udey Chowdhury That's about right - What about Trump ? Hero - Don't think so ! - Yep Hollis on a Stamp I can see that

@patrickgreening6096 7 жыл бұрын

Udey Chowdhury all goog

@mick9156 7 ай бұрын

At 7:09, the audio repeats. Still great.

@nebulusnebulus6503 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Hollis & Brian Eno must work together!

@johnnycalvino7490 5 жыл бұрын

Nebulus Nebulus Sadly, no longer possible ☹️

@heinduckdich769 10 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎗✡

@cosmicdrifter287 9 жыл бұрын

more is less.

@eseedarwin4458 9 жыл бұрын

HOlliiis?? Mark hooOOoolliiiiis !!!????

@suncity22001 8 жыл бұрын

+cosmicdrifter287 more 'is' [indeed] less - i hadnt thought of that before , i have heard 'less is more' of course, but there is a lot within those 3 words reversed, as much or as less as the other way round. excellent comment, im going to remember that one, it is such genius my head might explode if i think too much about it. though more from Mark would be 'more' and 'more' is better than 'less' on occasion.....

@cosmicdrifter287 8 жыл бұрын

suncity22001 hello suncity.you"re not cynical right?well i can"t remember what exactly went through my deranged mind when i came up with that sentence.it might as well be by chance that i switched a few words around.if that was the case you can all blame it on my dutch language barrier. anyway,good day to you.

@ty2924 8 жыл бұрын

+cosmicdrifter287 “Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y’know. And that, it’s as simple as that really. And don’t play one note unless you’ve got a reason to play it.” - Mark Hollis

@cosmicdrifter287 8 жыл бұрын

Tyler Bowles i know,that interview!

@DervalMcCloat 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder did he write it or did he just play how he felt in the moment?

@oliverdiehl3665 5 жыл бұрын

this one i don't know laughing Stock & spirit of Eden has been writen down

@Simonchez 5 жыл бұрын

@@oliverdiehl3665 I've heard him say they were a mixture of improv and writing, in the sense that they had musicians come and play for hours and recorded it all, then organised and built the songs in the mixing stage.

@pablononpicasso1977 4 жыл бұрын

The recording engineer Phill Brown said "I mic'd him up on his baby grande and left him with my DAT machine. Went back two weeks later and he played me over an hour of pieces. We picked our favourite...."

@screamingtoupee Жыл бұрын

@@pablononpicasso1977 so there “was” more…we may never hear it though

@tophat4489 5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@mggailitis7231 5 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of this track, but the self titled Mark Hollis album is one of my favourites. It is extraordinary.

@rodolfoquaranta_ 5 жыл бұрын

u will experience it all, then this thing is still awaiting u, luv

@juju2345 3 жыл бұрын

M Hollis the only cd my guitarist ever wanted a copy of.

@trevorday5710 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! Are we sure this is Mark? Does it matter? It's stunning!

@freddynetwerk 6 жыл бұрын

yes it is mh

@oliverdiehl3665 5 жыл бұрын

for sure. .it is

@roberthale5635 Жыл бұрын

There was a time blast An explosion that blowed it After sweet silence

@rossanamesias7815 Жыл бұрын

Estaría ya triste por su misteriosa enfermedad nosotros sus admiradores keremos saber ke paso sobre todas las ke lo amamos porke también estamos tristes la familia debería ser empatada nosotras le dimos toda su fama y entiligencia piedas porfavor

@waynepinnock5874 3 жыл бұрын

Few popular musicians understand the value of silence as they are unable to read music. I think Mark had learned to decipher scores latterly

@HollisZheng Жыл бұрын

Do we need to understand something in order to appreciate it.

@patrickgreening6096 7 жыл бұрын

Hay Better than Duran Duran

@rodolfoquaranta_ 5 жыл бұрын

to incessantly waste oxygen

@MinshullFamilyArchive 4 жыл бұрын

umm not as catchy as previous numbers

@cristianocanteri9084 Жыл бұрын

Love him and what he achieved with Talk Talk, but let's be honest: this is boring nonsense. You "love" it because you figure yourself sitting next to him, while he strums on his piano, so misterious and distant. But if I played the same piece, you would stop me after theee minutes a d would say "what is this pointless strumming??". Please, aknowledge him for his best results, ando not for these experiments.

@delphineg3045 Жыл бұрын

I find your analysis very relevant. Personally, I enjoy listening to this music as part of an energy treatment or cleansing in a state of relaxation. I don't imagine myself sitting next to him, I just capture the energy he emits through the vibration of the piano notes. I listen to this kind of music with different artists and it's interesting to feel the different vibrations each of them can emit. I admit that if you were the one playing this piano piece, I don't know if I would like it, unless you were giving off some nice positive vibes. It's not the notes played in themselves that are important, but the vibrations emitted through them. I really appreciate your intellectual honesty. Thank you for this interesting sharing.

@jeromeaviotte807 Жыл бұрын

Sauf que la c est Mark Hollis et sa douce folie. Il etait dans un monde musical ou lui seul trouvé son apogée!! On aime ses oeuvres parce que justement il etait différent