OFF THE RECORDS - "The Spirit of Talk Talk" is here to stay! (Thanx to Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode...)

THE SPIRIT OF TALK TALK - CD: A double tribute album celebrating the visionary band, Talk Talk. Designed by James Marsh and released by Fierce Panda on September 3rd 2012.

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FEATURING 30 artists, including: Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode/ Recoil), White Lies, King Creosote, Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Zero 7, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Joan As Police Woman, Sean Carey (Bon Iver), Lights, Goldheart Assembly, Thomas White (Electric Soft Parade), Fyfe Dangerfield (Guillemots), Thomas Feiner, The Black Ships, Turin Brakes, as well as Ian Curnow, David Rhodes, Gaynor Sadler and Martin Ditcham, all of whom worked with Talk Talk.

The CD PACKAGE is designed by Talk Talk’s graphic artist James Marsh using a stunning cover created in 1983 for a prospective album 'Chameleon Hour', but never released.

Alan Wilder is the musical and production supervisor for the project, and the album has been mastered by Denis Blackham, who was also responsible for mastering many of Talk Talk’s albums.

TRACKS come from both sides of the Atlantic, and from seven countries in total, featuring some incredible collaborations.

Track listing :

01. WEALTH - Lone Wolf
02. THE COLOUR OF SPRING - Zero 7
03. I BELIEVE IN YOU - S.Carey
04. DUM DUM GIRL - Recoil ( feat. Shara Worden )
05. LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT - Duncan Sheik
06. THE RAINBOW - Thomas Feiner, Fyfe Dangerfield, Robbie Wilson
07. AFTER THE FLOOD - Halloween, Alaska
08. IT'S GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING - Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm, Davide Rossi
09. GIVE IT UP - King Creosote
10. LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD - Lights ( feat. Darkstars )
11. THE RAINBOW - Zelienople
12. MYRRHMAN - Joan As Police Woman
13. RUNEII - The Last Dinosaur
14. ? - Jack Northover


CD 2:

01. IT'S MY LIFE - The TenFiveSixty
02. INHERITANCE - Recoil ( feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson & Paul Marshall ) 03. ASCENSION DAY - Turin Brakes
04. TODAY - White Belt Yellow Tag
05. I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU - Ian Curnow ( feat. Human )
06. CHAMELEON DAY - Goldheart Assembly
07. APRIL 5TH - Matthias Vogt Trio
08. NEW GRASS - Do Make Say Think
09. TOMORROW STARTED - Jason Lytle
10. GIVE IT UP - White Lies
11. TIME IT'S TIME - Lia Ices
12. THE PARTY'S OVER - The Lovetones
13. CANDY - Thomas White
14. RENÉE - The Black Ships ( feat. Amelia Tucker )
15. TAPHEAD - The Acorn
16. I BELIEVE IN YOU - Richard Reed Parry

Additional bonus tracks available to download at digital stores -

01. ASCENSION DAY - Minerva Lions
02. IT'S MY LIFE - Mike Gill ( feat. Robert Owens )
03. EDEN - Kurran & The Wolfnotes

Please visit www.fiercepanda.co.uk for more details.


SPIRIT OF TALK TALK - BOOK:
A richly illustrated, beautifully designed book celebrating the music and art of the legendary Talk Talk will also be available 27th September 2012. Every copy will be individually signed by James Marsh, who offers a fascinating insight into all his wonderful Talk Talk paintings including inspiration and illustrated sketches.

Chris Roberts, one of the UK’s leading music journalists, traces Talk Talk’s history and evolution, reflecting on their unique journey from synth-pop to near-silence.

The book features stunning photos by Richard Haughton, Sheila Rock and many other leading rock photographers from ’81 - ‘91. Many of these shots have never before been made public and feature vivid live shots from the superb Montreux festival gig.

The book also features 100 written contributions from bands, label owners, DJs and creatives, all of whom share their appreciation and influences, inspired by the music and art of Talk Talk.

Contributors include: Guy Garvey (Elbow), Sir Peter Blake, Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode/Recoil), Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), James Lavelle (UNKLE), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Nick McCabe (The Verve/The Black Ships), Richard Wright (Pink Floyd), Mark Radcliffe, Tom Fleming (Wild Beasts), Matt Johnson (The The), Jimi Goodwin (Doves), Sean Carey (Bon Iver), Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), Karl Hyde (Underworld), Charles Cave (White Lies), Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman), Kenny Anderson (King Creosote), Gideon Coe ,Tim Elsenberg ( Sweet Billy Pilgrim), and Olly Knights (Turin Brakes).

‘Spirit Of Talk Talk’ also includes extracts from the Talk Talk chapters of Phil Brown’s excellent book ‘Are We Still Rolling’, as well as in-depth interviews with Talk Talk musicians including John Turnbull, Ian Curnow, Phil Reis and Martin Ditcham.
For more details or to register your interest for the book please visithttp://spiritoftalktalk.com/

Projects conceived and co-ordinated by Toby Benjamin.
Dedicated to Mark Hollis and Talk Talk.

NEWS WAVE - Altro che spiaggia e sole, questo weekend tutti al Vintage Festival a Londra

Pazzi, altro che spiagge affollate, creme solari e beach-volley...Questo weekend prendete il primo volo per Londra a celebrare musica, moda, cultura e design degli anni '80 (ma non solo). Tra gli artisti eighties-wave presenti: Adam Ant, Thomas Dolby, Alan Wilder (ex Depeche Mode), Mirrors...

Vintage Festival 2011 will be taking place over the Friday 29th until Sunday 31st July at a new home at London's Southbank Centre. The 21 acre South Bank site will be transformed into a Vintage wonderland.All the wonderful clubs, bands, fashions, art, and design, film, shops, vintage retailers, dance lessons, makeovers, workshops that made Vintage 2010 so memorable will be there along with some cool new Thames boat party surprises.This annual family friendly music and fashion led celebration of creative British cool from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s. The festival will feature music, fashion, art and design, film, comedy, burlesque, and food.

Line-upAdam Ant, Thomas Dolby, Robin Gibb, Percy Sledge, Sandie Shaw, Alan Wilder, Mirrors, Booker T., David McAlmont, The Jim Jones Revue, Andrej Havelka & His Melody Makers, John Miller Orchestra, The Jive Aces, Fargo, Trio Manouche, DC Fontana, Dr Robert, Chris Dale, Speed and Pid, George Power, Norman Jay, Terry Farley, Jay Strongman, Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, A Guy Called Gerald, Craig Charles, Jon Da Silva, Greg Wilson, Noel Watson, Sean Rowley, Ashley Beedle, Horse Meat Disco, Disco Bloodbath DJs, and many more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

TicketsTickets for Friday, Saturday or Sunday are priced at £60, with a day + Vintage revue show pass priced from £75. To buy tickets, click here.The festival will be housed in The Royal Festival Hall, The Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, The British Film Institute, the shops, restaurants and bars and the Thames Embankment itself.Vintage on the South Bank features an inspirational line-up of world renowned bands, DJs, collectors from each decade as well as current bands and brands inspired by Britain's rich creative heritage.

Vintage will feature a line-up of catwalk shows, hands on creative experiences with a gathering of over 200 of the finest purveyors of vintage clothing, accessories, and homewares in a Vintage Marketplace running for hundreds of metres along The Thames.Visitors can have their hair + make up done in a iconic style, can take part in fashion, design and art workshops and the best dressed get their chance to strut their stuff on the Vintage Catwalk.By night the whole of the Southbank complex will be transformed into a series of evocative set dressed venues, complimented by a flotilla of party boats, cruising The Thames on a summer evening specialising in genres from funk, to electro swing.The British Film Institute will also host three days of 20th century classic and iconic movies, Public Information films and documentaries.Vintage at Goodwood is the brainchild of designers Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway. The South Bank is this year also celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Festival of Britain.More information will be here when available.