I think this guy deserves his own thread, especially since winter is coming up and we could do with a blast of summer house vibes. I love the colour and warmth in all his productions and remixes, especially the obviously-titled Sunshine, and I can't get enough of the deliriously blissful chipmunked vocals on his remix of Aufgang's "Channel 7". It's almost a direct contrast to the vocal sample manipulations so rife in post-dubstep sounds just now - like, if the r&b cut-ups and synthetic textures evoke sadness, then Talabot's work signifies pure joy and release.
Also, apparently "John Talabot" is an alias of someone who is already known - does anyone know anything about this?
― get the fuck out of my mouth (boxedjoy), Friday, 19 November 2010 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Sunshine" was my absolute jam summer09 but I haven't really paid much attention since--what should I seek out?
― twisted sister hazel dickens (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
His remix of Al Usher's "Hilversum" (as "Silverhum") is one of the high points of the Ewan Pearson mix CD for Kompakt - the full-length version of that is great.
― with hidden noise, Friday, 19 November 2010 16:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the 'Summerized' mix on his Soundcloud page; http://soundcloud.com/john-talabot is pretty cool. I remember reading he was a resident of a big club in Barcelona I think.
― mmmm, Friday, 19 November 2010 21:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
He is one of the best producers out there for my money, just so lush and melodic. His music makes me want to go and dance on a boat somewhere.
Search - Sunshine, Naomi, Matida's Dream and his remixes of Delorean, Glasser and the aforementioned Al Usher remix.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 16:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
"matilda's dream" is amazing. check out his tahiti 80 remix too...
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 16:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Reviving this because, as has been noted in the Glasser thread, the title track from his new EP featuring the aforementioned ethereal chanteuse is slightly more brilliant than anything else he's done so far.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Sunday, 17 April 2011 23:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
His remix of Mario & Vidis' Changed is really hitting my sweet spot. I love what he does, so much tension and release. His way with vocals is above and beyond his peers.
― mmmm, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 21:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
"families" might be my favorite track of 2011 so far
― tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 21:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
His remix of Shit Robot's "Take Em Up" is really good too, but the trojan horse in his career so far is "La Ninya (Afrodub Version)", which is all sunset nostalgia and whirling guitars covered in haze and smoke. The playlist I've made of all his remixes and original productions has made great sunbathing music with the recent good weather here too - can we pull our money together and hire him for a boat party?
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Tracklist for that playlist would be greatly appreciated, Boxedjoy.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
On my mp3 player it's just a folder called "John Talabot" with the contents of the three EPs and all his remixes together, and that's about two hours long. However, I did just burn this CD-R for a friend:
Permanent Vacation - Zucker Hut (John Talabot Remix)John Talabot - La Ninya (Afrodub Version)Blue Daisy & Anneka - Raindrops (John Talabot's Cosmic Rework)Tahiti 80 - Darlin' (John Talabot's Oscuro Baile Remix)The xx - Shelter (John Talabot's Feel It Too Remix)Glasser - Learn (John Talabot Remix)John Talabot - Matilda's DreamJohn Talabot - SunshineAl Usher - Silverhum (John Talabot's Wilderness Remix)John Talabot - NaomiJohn Talabot ft Glasser - Families
which clocks in at 77 minutes and sadly has no room for neither the Aufgang 7 or Shit Robot remixes - but then again, a boy's got to keep some of the treasures for himself, right? I do like the names he gives to the remixes too, although I'm not sure why some get fancy names and some are just "John Talabot remix".
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 28 April 2011 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
No Delorean remix either, blimey.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 April 2011 13:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the Delorean remix but I don't think it's far off the vibe of the original and, especially as they keep covering/remixing/interpreting each other's songs, I think the links there are obvious enough. Plus, he doesn't push the vocal science quite so far on it, and maybe it's just the happy hardcore fan inside me but I really like how he manages to manipulate his sources with air and delerium.
Obviously it's a testament to his talent that something so good itself could be perceived as a relatively "normal" track in his career.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 28 April 2011 13:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
The "composer" field of the "Families" MP3s bought from iTunes lists the name "Oriol Riverola Soto" - is this his real name? Not that it makes anything more clear.
"Lover's Tradition" off that is fantastic, better than the Glasser collaborations.
― with hidden noise, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
wasn't impressed with 'families', glasser's vocals, which i usually like a lot, didn't stick. need to listen again.
on the other hand, this is marvelous and has been on repeat:
― cuteforce, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's the Teengirl Fantasy and the Mario & Vidis one have been the ones that have convinced me of his talent.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh yes.. inc. classic Schatrax & Osborne's Arto Mwambe remix.http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/05/john-talabot
― mmmm, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow 'lover's tradition' is great but almost a bit much - i mean, he obv has a great feel for summery house but about three quarters it gets so bombastic that i can't help imagining talabot like, confronting a crowd of carefree listeners at a festival, all NO YOU FOOLS, LOOK TO THE SUN, WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN TO TAKE SUMMER SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!
― lucas pine, Friday, 13 May 2011 23:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is killing me today
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
search: his remix of Find A Way by joakim - it was on beatsinspace last week. maximum bliss.
― jabba hands, Friday, 7 October 2011 23:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
this one (from his xlr8r mix, which i can't get enough of) is a damn fine edit
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Saturday, 8 October 2011 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
have yet to be let down by any of the hivern discs releases
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Saturday, 8 October 2011 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes @ party girl edit
― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 8 October 2011 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
fyi this album is amazing
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Monday, 23 January 2012 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
it keeps making me start dancing in inappropriate places
it's so...UP
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Monday, 23 January 2012 14:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i already know i am gonna end up dancing around to it at afterparties a LOT this year
(it's called ƒin)
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Monday, 23 January 2012 14:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't think I could be any more excited about hearing this too.
How do we feel about Pional's releases so far? I feel it's a very similar territory being mined.
Also, if anyone could identify the bouncing Strictly Rhythm-ish piano house track at 1hr6 in this mix I would be immensely thankful.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love almost everything i've heard from pional. i just bought a used copy of the delorean remix from a year or two ago, which is rad. i think "in another room (pional's reduxed version)" is my favorite track, but "where eagles dare" is p excellent too.
damnit do i want to hear this jt full length. are there any older songs or is it all unreleased material?
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 03:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
so rad -- http://soundcloud.com/john-talabot/so-will-be-now-feat-pional
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 05:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
all new songs afaik
pional's on two of the tracks ("destiny" is EVEN MORE AMAZING than "so will be now") - i've never heard his own material though!
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm a bit nervous about the JT album. as much as i love lots of his remixes etc, i sometimes find whole albums by producers with that very up, wide-eyed style a bit hard to take. hope i'm wrong tho!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 11:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you listen to a load of his remixes in a row he can feel quite formulaic and very limited (possibly consciously so) in his sound-palette, although the best are amazing. Kind of hope he's saving the best for his album, which is more than you can say for a lot of producers with a string of great remixes behind them.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
If there's even one track on the album as good as "Leave Me (Friendly Pattern Version") I will be v. happy.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 11:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i haven't heard that one but of what i have heard, it's def a case of saving his best for the album - the limited sonic palette makes it a more coherent listen (and actually, there's a deceptively wide range of sounds in there, they're just all put to the service of the talabot aesthetic) and some of the melodies are just incredibly good. also, best sense of build-and-release in dance music since prime booka shade
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 12:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
imo one of the best tracks of the last few years, above and beyond talabot though i do like lots of his stuff.
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is not a remix and is pretty great. idk what a whole album like this specific track would be like, but i assume that isn't really the case anyway:
― rob, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man is a genius and album is brilliant.
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 January 2012 12:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yep, the album is a really really nice listen. "Destiny" is the track that struck me first time round (not on Youtube unfortunately), but I'm sure I'll have a new favourite tomorrow.
― two lights crew (seandalai), Sunday, 29 January 2012 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Barcelona house producer John Talabot has a knack for capturing the very specific kind of bliss associated with dancing on Mediterranean beaches at the height of summer. A penchant for rising chords means that all his melodies make you feel like raising your arms and face to the sun. Talabot also has arguably the greatest sense of build-and-release in dance music since prime Booka Shade: ƒin is full of incredible tension-releasing moments, from the extended break in Destiny to the entrance of Missing You's bouncing bass. The generosity of Talabot's sound can also be ascribed to the amount of disparate ingredients he puts to use in service of his aesthetic – particularly the variety of human voices on display. There are wordless chants and bright, optimistic pop hooks; an echoing scream is plucked from a horror film and deposited in the middle of a carnival on Oro y Sangre, while on So Will Be Now, cut-up vocals coalesce gradually and gorgeously into recognisable language. All of humanity seems to be here – and it's busy celebrating being alive.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 29 January 2012 13:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i know we've had the whole sunshine thing throughout this thread but the (really great) album is kind of teutonic and a bit wintry to me...pional has that icey vibe to his tracks too.
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Sunday, 29 January 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
also sort of a US vibe, "when the past was present" is prob my favourite so far, and it sounds like a joyce sims loop given some reverb.
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Sunday, 29 January 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I kind of agree with LG - maybe not necessarily re "wintry" but it does vibe indoors and late-night for me rather than "face to the sun".
― two lights crew (seandalai), Sunday, 29 January 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
most pimpin album of 2012
― flopson, Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg @ this record
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Monday, 30 January 2012 06:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeees. No favourites yet, which is a good sign.
― Jedmond, Monday, 30 January 2012 08:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
love that people are loving this
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 09:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i know we've had the whole sunshine thing throughout this thread but the (really great) album is kind of teutonic and a bit wintry to me...pional has that icey vibe to his tracks too
Booka Shade comparison is probably on point here in that tracks like Mandarine Girl and In White Rooms were alternately really chilly and teutonic and then suddenly really hands-in-the-air and balearic sounding.
I feel like this album starts off pretty icy and then warms up. Actually a lot of this reminds me of The Field, although much better than The Field because he's much better at doing space and build-and-release.
― Matt DC, Monday, 30 January 2012 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
on my first two listens i'm def in the "wish this was more summery" camp but its growing on me
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 30 January 2012 10:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Aw fucking awesome
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
i don't see any link BUT I WANT TO
― heiswagger (rennavate), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
what is it?
― mmmm, Friday, 14 September 2012 19:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah i'm just getting a blank white space there, what is it?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
HOLY SHIIIT
― heiswagger (rennavate), Friday, 14 September 2012 20:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
BRILLIANT.
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
thank you, thank you
― hot slag (lukas), Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
its ok.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:59 (8 months ago) Permalink
-_-
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
So good.
― MikoMcha, Saturday, 15 September 2012 12:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
did any of you guys listen to the album more than say, five times? cos i didn't. i am starting to go off this sound too, the melodies are always nice but it's shit club music.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 15 September 2012 13:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
favorite dude of the year turns favorite song of the year into slow motion house jam of the year
OTM
― skip, Saturday, 15 September 2012 15:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
ive listened to this album more than anything else this year tbh
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
I haven't listened to it in a little while but I listened to it way more than five times before I took a break from it
― dmr, Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
ditto
― hot slag (lukas), Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
Same here.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:55 (8 months ago) Permalink
― dmr, Saturday, September 15, 2012 1:47 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
this
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:55 (8 months ago) Permalink
ditto. i feel another talabot phase coming on, actually
― lex pretend, Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:00 (8 months ago) Permalink
seeing him DJ in a few weeks, very excited
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
feel like this album is very prime Autumn vibes
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:04 (8 months ago) Permalink
He's a good live DJ.
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:06 (8 months ago) Permalink
oncoming autumn vibes but while the light and heat of summer are still in the air, is what i'm thinking
― lex pretend, Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
also the remix is excellent obv, and i say this as someone who found the chairlift original super boring
― lex pretend, Saturday, 15 September 2012 18:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
i was going to see john talabot until the xx album came out and was boring (they are touring together)
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 15 September 2012 23:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
anyone know if there's an unofficial comp of his remixes/pre-fin stuff anywhere
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 23:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
shit club music
funny, the criticism i would've made is that it's a hair's breadth from not being club music at all, it's coffee-table house
― hot slag (lukas), Sunday, 16 September 2012 00:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
i think that's why i like it
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 16 September 2012 00:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
At this point criticising stuff as coffee-table house seems a bit pointless, all of us have coffee-table house skeletons in our closet.
― Tim F, Sunday, 16 September 2012 04:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
I love his stuff! I'm getting older, you know.
― hot slag (lukas), Sunday, 16 September 2012 05:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I prefer "shit club music" to "coffee table house" as a criticism anyway!
My question about how much people listened to this wasn't just a rhetorical attack btw, I just genuinely have got no real further joy from it, beyond the first week. I am settling on the idea that I need physicality to house music or it doesn't really work for me, a lot of my buzz with it is connected to exercise lately!
But I feel like I hear better stuff in this vein on Beats In Space all the time.
Good dj tho I agree.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Sunday, 16 September 2012 11:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
LG otm about this album
― jabba hands, Sunday, 16 September 2012 16:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
£5 in Urban Outfitters on CD.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 16 September 2012 16:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Saturday, September 15, 2012 12:09 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, talabot turned a track i found meh into HOLY SHIT. that's the sign of a good remix.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Monday, 17 September 2012 16:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
divina pastora marathon otm http://pitchfork.com/news/48361-listen-john-talabot-and-pional-write-theme-song-fo-marathon-in-valencia-spain/
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
Sounds ok, kind of standard.
― Well, ILE be damned! (seandalai), Friday, 26 October 2012 17:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
― groovypanda, Monday, 5 November 2012 12:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
― groovypanda, Monday, 5 November 2012 12:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
Whoa, this mix is ***really good***, who knew???
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 November 2012 16:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
seeing him tonight as support for xx in a carling academy style venue. has anyone seen him play this kind of show? what to expect? also, how do you pronounce his name? "talabow"?
― caek, Friday, 30 November 2012 13:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/permvac/john-talabot-zanzibar-80s-tape?utm_campaign=timeline&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fpermvac%2Fjohn-talabot-zanzibar-80s-tape&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=soundcloud#_=_
― groovypanda, Friday, 30 November 2012 14:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
His live set was nice, basically the album with a different track list. Him and Pional standing behind keyboards, triggering stuff and singing. I'm probably underrating it but I'm comparing it to seeing him dj, which was the best set I've heard all year.
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 30 November 2012 18:09 (5 months ago) Permalink
er, "the album with a different track order"
yeah that was basically it. sounded great, but struggled a bit with the crowd tbh via insane suburban venue (~5k capacity, and licensing meant his set began at 8pm)
― caek, Saturday, 1 December 2012 15:18 (5 months ago) Permalink
John Talabot
Feeling this Peaking Lights remix.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 2 March 2013 22:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
Huh? That link you've got there is a bit meta.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 3 March 2013 10:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
This mix he just uploaded from 10 Days Off last July is really nice as well: https://soundcloud.com/john-talabot/jt-10-days-off
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 3 March 2013 11:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
Great news! John Talabot’s excellent Hivern Discs label starts a new “white-label” series, called “Blanc”. The new series will consist of one-sided 12” and will be limited to 100 copies available from the label’s website.Each release will feature an uncredited cut from Hivern Discs’ current stable of artists, which includes Teengirl Fantasy, Pional, Aster, New Jackson, and John Talabot himself.
Each release will feature an uncredited cut from Hivern Discs’ current stable of artists, which includes Teengirl Fantasy, Pional, Aster, New Jackson, and John Talabot himself.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 18:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
Already sold out, btw.
terrific stuff
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 April 2013 12:33 (1 month ago) Permalink