Contributions

Collated by Toby Benjamin with a text by Chris Roberts, there are also over 100 written contributions from bands, label owners, DJs and creatives, all of whom have been inspired or influenced by the music and art of Talk Talk. They include:

Guy Garvey

Musician with Elbow

Robert Plant

Musician with Led Zeppelin

Richard Wright

Musician with Pink Floyd

Paul Hartnoll

Musician with Orbital

Alan Wilder

Musician with Depeche Mode, now Recoil

Richard Reed Parry

Musician with Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre

Nick McCabe

Musician with The Verve and The Black Ships

Sir Peter Blake

Pioneer of pop art

Luke Rhinehart

Author of The Dice Man

Ray Bradbury

Novelist

Olly Knights

Musician with Turin Brakes

Karl Hyde

Musician with Underworld

James Lavelle

Musician with U.N.K.L.E.

Sean Carey

Musician with Bon Iver

Richard Barbieri

Musician with Japan and Porcupine Tree

Jimi Goodwin

Musician with Doves

Jason Lytle

Musician with Grandaddy and Admiral Radley

Wayne Hemingway MBE

Fashion designer

Mark Radcliffe

DJ, author, musician

Gideon Coe

DJ and journalist

Tom Dumont

Musician and producer with No Doubt

Joan Wasser

aka Joan As Police Woman

Matt Johnson

Musician with The The

David Laurie

MD of Something In Construction

Jamie Johnston

The Shipping Forecast Music Company

Emmanuel Guillon

Talk Talk fan

Steven Vertel

aka Dammerson Vaughan

Simon Williams

Founder of Fierce Panda Records

Kristian Dunn

Musician with El Ten Eleven

Jennifer Otter

Lecturer at the University of East London

Neil Mason

Journalist

Steve Hogarth

Musician with Marillion

Kenny Anderson

aka King Creosote

Gala Wright

Daughter of Richard Wright

Dean Owens

Musician with The Felsons

Graham Sutton

Musician with Bark Psychosis

Nils Frahm

Composer, musician, producer

Martin A. Egan

Singer, songwriter, artist

David Torn

Composer and musician

Paul Melia

Musician and solo artist

Tim Elsenburg

Musician with Sweet Billy Pilgrim

Gale Paridjanian

Musician with Turin Brakes

Minco Eggersman

Musician with The Spirit That Guides Us

Paul Hegarty and Martin Halliwell

Authors of Beyond And Before

Ian Ball

Musician with Gomez

Crofton Orr

Musician with Katango

Crispin Hunt

Musician and producer with The Longpigs

Kurran Karbal

Musician with Kurran & The Wolfnotes

Adam Wiltzie

Musician with Stars of the Lid

Simon Parker

Musician with Villareal

Charles Cave

Musician with White Lies

D. James Goodwin

Musician, engineer, producer

Jelle Kuiper

Sound manager for Sigur Rós

Kevin Drew

Musician with Broken Social Scene

Lee Jasper

Musician with Cusp

Matthias Vogt

Musician with Matthias Vogt Trio

David ‘Kid’ Jensen

Radio DJ

Paul Marshall

Musician with Lone Wolf

Steve Beckett

Co-founder of Warp Records

Phil Reis

Percussionist on ‘Happiness Is Easy’ and live 1986

Jonathan Meiburg

Musician with Shearwater

Glen Phillips

Musician with Toad The Wet Sprocket

Mark Feltham

Harmonica player on The Colour Of Spring, Spirit Of Eden, and Laughing Stock

Phill Brown

Engineered Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock

Denis Blackham

Mastered It’s My Life, The Colour Of Spring, Spirit Of Eden, and Mark Hollis

Henrik H. Aakjaer

Webmaster at Within Without fansite

David Mitchell

Musician with Do Make Say Think

Mike Weis

Musician with Zelienople

David Hickey

Talk Talk fan

Laurence Osborne

aka Appleblim

Jimmy Arfosea

Musician with Les Autres and Lolek

Rob Allum

Musician with Turin Brakes

Justin Small

Musician with Do Make Say Think

Shara Worden

Musician with My Brightest Diamond

Tim Bowness

Musician with No-Man

James Diers

Musician with Halloween, Alaska

Jamie Cameron

Musician with The Last Dinosaur

Markus Acher

Musician with The Notwist

Stanton Warren

Musician with Avondale Airforce and Venture Lift

Stephen Humphries

Film and music journalist

Patrick G. Wilson

Musician with Weezer and The Special Goodness

Richard Adams

Musician with Hood and The Declining Winter

Reine Fiske

Musician with Dungen

Ólafur Arnalds

Musician, composer, producer

Tom Rose

Founder Reveal Records and Tom Rose Music

Tom Fleming

Musician with The Wild Beasts

Duncan Sheik

Musician and composer

Al Farquhar

Modern Art publishing/management

Sylvie Launay

Poet

Cally Callomon

Musician, manager, designer

Bruno Galindo

Journalist and spoken word artist

John Connolly

Novelist

Matthew J. Tow

Musician with Colorsound, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Lovetones

Andrew Thorn

aka João Pedro Coimbra, musician with Mesa

Pete Smith

Live Aid worldwide event coordintor

Andrew Hall

Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Sam Coley

Radio producer and lecturer

Rob Young

The Wire