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2025 Repress.
If there is one person who has been causing a sFr on the internaFonal club circuit
recently, it is Barcelona's John Talabot. Already his debut My Old School (which is
meant literally by the way) on Permanent VacaFon in 2009 and shortly ater that the
single Sunshine, which he put out on his own Hivern Disc imprint, made him one of
the most promising musicians of the Spanish electronic scene.

And those two releases also already set the mark for John Talabots unparalleled
music: raw, loopy, heavy on the kick drum, sample based, moderate on the tempo,
distorted on the drums and light years away from the clean and ever revolving house
sound of today. This unique style which also blends influences from afro beat, Detroit
techno, Chicago house and cosmic disco, but also northern soul or the energy of
Flamenco, immediately turned some heads around.
James Murphy, me and Aeroplane started including Talabot music in their sets like it
was the most natural thing. However - and this is quite rare - he not only gained
legions of fans in the house and disco community, but also amongst the letfield pop
and indie rock followers. NME and Resident Advisor both had Breakthrough
features on John Talabot and he can be proud of a Best New Music dubbing on
Pitchfork.
At the same Fme he drew the a7enFon of like-minded arFsts like James Holden and
Luke Abo7 from Border Community, Blondes or Delorean, which lead to a bunch of
ferFle collaboraFons: Luke Abbo7 and Blondes
remixed Talabots Sunshine single , John Talabot remixed a track by Delorean and
vice versa Deloreans Ekhi contributed vocals to the track Journeys on Johns
album).
Another example is the Young Turks Label (home of Jamie XX, Holy Fuck, El Guincho
or SBTRKT ) on which he released the Families EP in 2010. It was praised beyond
limits. Pitchfork for instance hailed: ... where pop and house influences sweetly
buffer up against one another to provide an unyielding sense of elaFon and even
brought Talabot a comparison with arFsts like Four Tet or Caribou.
While staying true to his sound, John Talabot has nevertheless shown a constant
evoluFon as a producer since his first release. He has traced a solid musical path that
has turned him into one of the big references of European House and has made him
also a highly in demand Remixer (for the likes of The XX, Francesco Tristanos
Aufgang project, Shit Robot on DFA, ThaiF 80, Joakim or Teengirl Fantasy to name
just a few ).
A progression that now crystallizes in in, his first full-length album for Permanent
VacaFon. A record, in which the Barcelona mastermind sets aside the danceable
immediacy to expand his stylisFc pale7e more
than ever. For that purpose, Talabot melts all the elements that have constructed his
disFncFve sound unFl now and makes them emerge from a new perspecFve, in
which the construcFon of complex song structures, intricate rhythms and
superposiFons of ever-evolving melodies and atmospheres pick up the baton of the
a kick-drum and a sampler philosophy of his iniFal producFons.

The result brings us 11 tracks (we should call them songs really!) dominated by dark
ambiances, gaseous textures and bi7ersweet moods that, above all, reveal a kind of
vivacity thats really hard to find in contemporary electronics.
Fin is far from being a track collecFon. From the majesFc opener Depak Ine to its
solemn ending with So Will Be Now , one of the two tracks that features Talabots
soul and label mate Pional, each song traces an overall dialogue with the rest,
culminaFng a highly emoFonal journey through Talabots always compelling and
unique musical vision.

Tracklist:

A. 1. Depak Ine

2. DesFny

3. Oro Y sangre

4. Last Land

B. 1. Journeys

2. Missing you

3. When the past was present

4. El Oeste

5. So will be now