Talk Talk's last three albums have been all-time favorites for almost 30 years for me. The metamorphosis they went through is one of the most amazing things to happen in Pop history.

Things I remember from an interview with Mark Hollis:

The last two albums were basically improvised, except he called it instant composing - something I, as a musician, have thought about a lot over the decades. And how that differs from Jazz or endless hippie rock guitar solos.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I wonder if the instant composing is related to how Lubomyr Melnyk composes? Also, Shazad Ishmaily creates his music?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Related, surely. But I know we were using those same methods in my band way back when, inspired merely by their music. And CAN who used a similar concept (though it has to be added that Holger Czukay did a lot of magic in post-production).

The theorising came later.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can is some wild music. I believe they are considered Krautrock.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I never liked the label (I'm German), esp. wrt CAN. I guess many late 60s - 70s bands had a certain flair, a certain Germanness maybe, but overall it was way too diverse to make it a genre.

To convince you, here are two songs:

Outside My Door (1969, Malcolm Mooney)
Moonshake (1973, Damo Suzuki)

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The first one reminds me of Pink Floyd, the second reminds me of post-punk. I see your point, the Krautrock label is lazy.