John Talabot at The White Hotel

A quietly radical force in contemporary club culture, John Talabot returns to The White Hotel for one of his signature all-night sessions – the kind that have earned him a loyal following around the world.

Known for his deep, diaristic approach to DJing and production, the Barcelona artist moves between chugging kosmische, dub-soaked techno, and Balearic textures with rare fluency. Whether playing under his own name or through shadowy aliases and collaborative projects, Talabot’s sound is unmistakable – built on heady hypnosis, crunching textures and unexpected turns.

It was way back in 2012 that Talabot released ƒIN, the debut album that put him on the map. Pitchfork called him “the exemplar of a new breed of producers” while ƒIN’s woozy house, spacey synths and slow-burn euphoria became a defining soundtrack to hazy student house parties and dancefloors up and down the UK. But for all of its acclaim, there was no second helping.

Why? Well, he didn’t feel like it. But that’s to downplay how busy Talabot’s been all these years. His open-minded approach to making, collecting and playing music has seen him move through a web of aliases and collaborations – the kind of work that can fly under the radar, but which rewards anyone willing to do the digging.

Back in 2017, Talabot’s long-running partnership with Axel Boman – known as Talaboman – produced The Night Land, an album that felt like two pals jamming around a campfire, only with analogue synths instead of acoustic guitars. In 2023, they extended the project into a label, named after the album. On their latest cut, ‘Discodrums’, a pure Talabot bassline holds steady as both producers twist knobs, warp textures and push their synths towards full-blown psychedelia.

But that’s only one side quest. There’s Lost Scripts, his partnership with Pional, trading in sleek, melodic club music. There’s Koraal, his ambient alias, best heard on La Casa del Volcán, a slow, shimmering response to the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote. Then there’s Mioclono, a deeply personal project with Velmondo, blending krautrock, dub and experimental electronics – all shaped by their shared experience of epilepsy.

By the sounds of it, though, something exciting might be brewing on home turf. “I feel like a new John Talabot album is going to be a combination of all my other aliases together,” he said last year. “It’s about getting to this point at the top of the mountain of other projects I’ve been involved in. It has a bit of Mioclono, it has a bit of Koraal, it has a bit of Talaboman. It has a bit of a lot of the stuff I’ve been doing in the past 10 years. And still, it is a continuation from ƒIN. I don’t know why, I don’t know how, but still, I can feel it.”

Who knows when that new album will drop. One year? 10? Talabot’s never been in a rush – his music thrives in the slow build, the long arc, the deep cut. And there’s no better place to hear that in motion than an all-nighter at The White Hotel, where he’ll be joined by Elena Colombi and Lupini.