Intense Records

ƒIN 2025 Repress.

Pre-order - 19/09/2025

£22.49 (£26.99 incl. VAT)

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 Talabot’s 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, Âme 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 Talabot’s “Sunshine“ single , John Talabot remixed a track by Delorean and 
vice versa Delorean’s Ekhi contributed vocals to the track “Journeys “ on John’s 
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 Tristano’s 
“Aufgang” project, Shit Robot on DFA, ThaiF 80, Joakim or Teengirl Fantasy to name 
just a few ). 
A progression that now crystallizes in “ƒin”, 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 that’s really hard to find in contemporary electronics. 
“Fin” is far from being a track collecFon. From the majesFc opener “Depak Ine“ to it’s 
solemn ending with “So Will Be Now“ , one of the two tracks that features Talabot’s 
soul and label mate Pional, each song traces an overall dialogue with the rest, 
culminaFng a highly emoFonal journey through Talabot’s 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