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John Talabot

Photo 1 by Tasya Menaker 

Photos 2-9 by Adria Caañameras

John Talabot Live Tour 2013

May 25th - The Gorge, WA - Sasquatch Festival*
May 26th - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall*
May 28th - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*
May 29th - Miami, FL - Bardot*
May 30th - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex*
May 31st - Toronto, The Hoxton*
June 1 - Montreal, QU - Mutek Festival*

* - All Dates Live

'ƒin' Deluxe Edition - Available now on Permanent Vacation

1. Tragedial
2. Destiny feat. Pional (Bullion Version)
3. Matilda's Dream (LP Version)
4. Mai Mes
5. Last Land (Kenton Slash Demon Remix)
6. Zanzibar (80?s Tapemix)
7. I Want Tonite
8. Journeys feat. Ekhi (Bostro Pesopeo Remix)
9. When The Past Was Present (Pachanga Boys Purple Remix)

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'ƒin' Remixes Vol. 1'  - Available now on Permanent Vacation

12" Vinyl 
A1: When The Past Was Present – Pachanga Boys Purple Remix
B1: When The Past Was Present – Pachanga Boys Red Remix
B2: When The Past Was Present – Pachanga Boys Blue Remix

10“ Vinyl
A Last Land – Kenton Slash Demon Remix
B Destiny feat. Pional – Bullion Version 

>>>Hot on the wheels of John Talabot’s highly anticipated album ƒin, that earned rave reviews from Pitchfork to Resident Advisor, and became one of the crossover hit albums of the year, here comes the first heavyweight remix package.

In fact it was too heavy for just one record so it consists of a 12inch and a 10inch. The 12inch is owned by the Pachanga Boys, the uber-cool tag team and classic odd couple consisting of Rebolledo and Superpitcher. While their long (in the truest sense of the word) runner “Time“ still keeps destroying dancefloors all over the world, the Pachangas have come up with not only one but with three different versions of “When the past was present“ - Blue, Purple and Red. Each version uses other parts from the original designed for different phases of a night so you can easily play all three at the same party.

The 10inch is split up between Bullion and Kenton Slash Demon. They both are strangers to genre boundaries and are building bridges between Twisted Pop, Organic House and UK Bass music. Young Turks and R&S regular Bullion have been tinkering a complete new song out of “ Destiny”. Using his own voice he even wrote new lyrics to show us his vision of state of the art pop music in 2012.  Denmark’s duo Kenton Slash Demon, who made quite a stir with their releases on Tartelet, come correct with one of their finest remix works to date and give “ Last Land “ the broken house treatment.<<<

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"ƒin" - Available now on Permanent Vacation

1. Depak Ine
2. Destiny [ft. Pional]
3. El Oeste
4. Oro Y Sangre
5. Journeys [ft. Ekhi]
6. Missing You
7. Last Land
8. Estiu
9. When the Past Was Present
10. H.O.R.S.E.
11. So Will Be Now... [ft. Pional]

Read the Pitchfork Best New Music Review
Recommended Album Review from Resident Advisor
Five Star album review in The Guardian
Album Pick from XLR8R

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BIO: If there is one person who has been causing a stir on the international club circuit recently, it is Barcelona's John Talabot. Already his debut EP "My Old School" (which is meant literally by the way) on Permanent Vacation in 2009 and shortly after 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 leftfield 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. (Being rather elusive on showing his face in magazines or the web it also came to some funny rumors that John Talabot was the alter ego of a well-known techno producer from Detroit).

At the same time he drew the attention of like-minded artists like James Holden and Luke Abott from Border Community, Blondes and Delorean, which lead to a bunch of fertile collaborations: Luke Abbott 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 hailed: "... where pop and house influences sweetly buffer up against one another to provide an unyielding sense of elation", and even compared Talabot with artists like Four Tet or Caribou. While staying true to his sound, John Talabot has nevertheless shown a constant evolution 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, Thaiti 80, Joakim or Teengirl Fantasy to name just a few).

A progression that now crystallizes in "ƒin", his first full-length album for Permanent Vacation. A record, in which the Barcelona mastermind sets aside the danceable immediacy to expand his stylistic palette more than ever. For that purpose, Talabot melts all the elements that have constructed his distinctive sound until now and makes them emerge from a new perspective, in which the construction of complex song structures, intricate rhythms and superpositions of ever-evolving melodies and atmospheres pick up the baton of the "a kick-drum and a sampler" philosophy of his initial productions. The result brings us 11 tracks (we should call them songs really!) dominated by dark ambiances, gaseous textures and bittersweet 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 collection. From the majestic 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, culminating a highly emotional journey through Talabot's always compelling and unique musical vision.

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