John Talabot

A producer and DJ of mostly low-key house music designed for private and public settings, John Talabot (born Oriol Riverola in Spain) surfaced in 2006 under the names Oriol D.a.r.y.l. and just D.a.r.y.l. The first John Talabot 12", the three-track My Old School, was released in April 2009 on Germany's <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Permanent+Vacation%22">Permanent Vacation</a> label. Two months later, a second 12", "Sunshine," was released on the producer's own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hivern+Discs%22">Hivern Discs</a>. Additional well-regarded singles followed on those two labels, as well as on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Young+Turks%22">Young Turks</a>, throughout 2010 and 2011, while Talabot remixes for the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:7N2ukNg3vSS0LE1xqSaO2j">Tahiti 80</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6Y7sP6UmEue4Ym3m5HqK8X">Teengirl Fantasy</a> piled up. Debut album ƒIN, including a handful of vocal tracks courtesy of <a href="spotify:artist:49mZfy9v5oNXAxp8FadWwI">Pional</a> and Ekhi, appeared in February 2012 on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Permanent+Vacation%22">Permanent Vacation</a>. A special edition of the album added remixes from <a href="spotify:artist:6vcPgFOkMWBoY6Ks6eMEWj">Bullion</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7EqE0DBntJS6OUT4gK9W3P">Pachanga Boys</a>, among others. Talabot mixed a volume of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22%21K7%22">!K7</a>'s long-running DJ-Kicks series, released in November 2013. The mix included "Sideral," the first track produced by Talabot and Swedish producer <a href="spotify:artist:59qo8jHDlC1i30HVjQQW3O">Axel Boman</a> under the name <a href="spotify:artist:0w1RQjkLFHpokbFNikYbPN">Talaboman</a>. It was issued as a single in 2014, co-released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hivern%22">Hivern</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:59qo8jHDlC1i30HVjQQW3O">Boman</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Studio+Barnhus%22">Studio Barnhus</a>. Talabot released the single "Without You" (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22%21K7%22">!K7</a>) in 2015, followed by "Voices" (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Permanent+Vacation%22">Permanent Vacation</a>) in 2016. In 2017, his debut full-length, The Night Land, was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22R%26S%22">R&S</a>. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi