John Talabot

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 Dream
John Talabot - Sunshine
Al Usher - Silverhum (John Talabot's Wilderness Remix)
John Talabot - Naomi
John 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".

No Delorean remix either, blimey.

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.

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.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMoC-sOqyw

It's the Teengirl Fantasy and the Mario & Vidis one have been the ones that have convinced me of his talent.

Oh yes.. inc. classic Schatrax & Osborne's Arto Mwambe remix.
http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/05/john-talabot

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!!!!!!!!

this is killing me today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIij1a2iAGg

search: his remix of Find A Way by joakim - it was on beatsinspace last week. maximum bliss.

this one (from his xlr8r mix, which i can't get enough of) is a damn fine edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhBFIKFeoA

have yet to be let down by any of the hivern discs releases

yes @ party girl edit

fyi this album is amazing

it keeps making me start dancing in inappropriate places

it's so...UP

i already know i am gonna end up dancing around to it at afterparties a LOT this year

(it's called ƒin)

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.

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?

so rad -- http://soundcloud.com/john-talabot/so-will-be-now-feat-pional

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!

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!

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.

If there's even one track on the album as good as "Leave Me (Friendly Pattern Version") I will be v. happy.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDPWB7-_0M

imo one of the best tracks of the last few years, above and beyond talabot though i do like lots of his stuff.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcSQF-_cOMM

Man is a genius and album is brilliant.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

most pimpin album of 2012

omg @ this record

yeees. No favourites yet, which is a good sign.

love that people are loving this

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.

on my first two listens i'm def in the "wish this was more summery" camp but its growing on me

Really feeling this record so far, still on my first listen. It's funny how summer vibes has become such a theme of this thread - is this because of lex's review? - but it snowed for the first time in Amsterdam today and 'Destiny' sounded perfect on my way to work.

This is greeeeeeeeat. But yeah, doesn't feel that summery to me, maybe just because of the weather outside right now.

I'm finding that there's a lot to take in with this album.

Last Land is the big big bomb. he confirmed for Primavera today, can't WAIT to hear this live in spain :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

this is going to blow up, huh?

yes i think so, not a huge pop way, but will reach a lot of people as it's so strong

*in a huge pop way

the record definitely has a balearic type of euphoria seeping in even though the palette isn't all beaches and sunshine. "when the past was present" and "oro y sangre" are some early faves but tbh i dig the whole thing

some tracks here remind me of the vibes on the gatto fritto album last year actually, which was prob less strong but still p great

the record definitely has a balearic type of euphoria seeping in even though the palette isn't all beaches and sunshine

^^ otm

personal faves at the moment :

oro y sangre
missing you
when the past was present

only got to hear the first 3 tracks earlier, but was seriously impressed at the breadth on display here.

the sound is new, and it's probably the first dance album in years that i want to explore through multiple listens. multi-layered in the best way possible

i'm sure i'm just being awfully gauche but i really am finding it hard to fathom how you can listen to this in its entirety and pick out 'old song' (or the deployment of) as a particular highlight above all others... just seems like taking the mix on terms that arent its own

he kinda clangs the mix into it as well imo tbh, although being jarred isn't necessarily bad here

WONDERLAND09

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Have only heard this mix maybe half a dozen times and have really enjoyed it every time, although it tends to wash over me in one go - although the dixon/ame boiler room did that for a while too before crystalising, so I imagine this will too.

(this mix = talabot)

ah ok wonderland09 is presumably a ref to this:

funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

anyone have a link?

I've still got Wonderland09 knocking around somewhere, will upload it at the weekend.

I thought he kind of clanged the Old Song transition as well but then I realised I was listening on Spotify and there was a track left out just before that. (WTF is up with that btw?)

i'm sure i'm just being awfully gauche but i really am finding it hard to fathom how you can listen to this in its entirety and pick out 'old song' (or the deployment of) as a particular highlight above all others... just seems like taking the mix on terms that arent its own

Almost entirely cos it's a few years old, I have it on vinyl in my parent's house, used to play it out a lot, and it was on a Superpitcher mix years ago, so all your points are fair!

i think the segue from the Untitled track into Round - Glass (kind of a google proofed-who is this guy?) works really well too. also all the comparisons to the Dixon/Ame Boiler set from last year are otm, didn't make that connection myself but it fits.

i'm sure i'm just being awfully gauche but i really am finding it hard to fathom how you can listen to this in its entirety and pick out 'old song' (or the deployment of) as a particular highlight above all others... just seems like taking the mix on terms that arent its own

he kinda clangs the mix into it as well imo tbh, although being jarred isn't necessarily bad here

― r|t|c, Thursday, November 28, 2013 7:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like the arrival of "Glass" is the actual "ascend into soothing house classicism" moment that everyone describes the arrival of "Old Song" as being - like, if you didn't know the latter already and then read reviews, when "Glass" starts up you'd think "oh this must be that Old Song track".

Separately, Mohr must feel like his title for "Old Song" becomes more and more appropos every day.

It was fitting even when it came out, and not cos it's like retro in a dance way, it just kinda sounds old in a different way.

like, if you didn't know the latter already and then read reviews, when "Glass" starts up you'd think "oh this must be that Old Song track".

I saw all of you going on about it and that's what I thought

Ha me too!

noobz

lol feel like insulting 'old song' a bit now... it's alright tho

haha i'm only messing with "noobz". i hope you all go on to enjoy indie trance for many years.

wonderland09 : http://we.tl/mayL6PyMqA

^^ cosign the absolute greatness. haven't heard the talabot yet.

I'm digging this. Way chill. Good morning music.

thanks v much for wonderland!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0i8u2GC0U
this is hitting the spot

yeah I'm digging this new one. Bit more muted than Fin but still just as lush

surprised this thread didn't get bumped for 'Voices'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTJUEAOYDf8

talaboman record frickin rocks

oh wow it had totally missed my radar. really good on first listen, looking forward to spending proper time w/ it.

same, sounding very good in the heat

I'm a bit nonplussed by it myself to be honest. It lacks the euphoria and sunshine of Talabot's solo work and the personality of Boman and all the Studio Barnhus axis.

i mean i admit i was pretty high when it was finally opening itself up to me but yeah there's def not much in the way of direct sunlight

yeah, this passed me by. need to check it. i listened to FIN an absolutely obscene amount.

I still think his peak was the pre-Fin singles and remixes.

Haven't heard this yet but "Six Milion Ways" sounds exactly up my alley

Samsa is my jam and far and away the best thing on this. I appreciate what they're going for here, but sometimes the melodic ideas run their course pretty quick for me and it feels weird. For the most part this is a killer summer record though and is very good as a companion to movement.

*feels weird cuz this is a deep house record and not sure why I care about whether a melody has changed after 7 minutes

holy shit this album is G R E A T

hmm.. I just haven't been able to get my teeth into it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdsbVzTMMk

enjoying the hell out of this at my desk rn

great song to wake up to today, Brad, thanks

oh yes

really like Joakim's contribution to that new Permanent Vacation compilation this is from, it's just a remake of his remix of Antena

Was on Beats In Space last night

http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/947

(the live sets from Jex Opolis, Shy Layers and Eddie Ruscha worth checking out too)

Definitely into checking out the Shy Layers live set. Haven't heard of the other two but thanks for the tips.

Jex Opolis is great. Check out last year's Ravines album.

And Eddie Ruscha has released lots of great albums as Secret Circuit and was also half of Laughing Light Of Plenty with Thomas Bullock