Oriol Riverola (born 8 January 1982), better known by his stage name John Talabot, is a Spanish DJ, record label owner, producer, and electronic musician from Barcelona, Spain, After initially producing tracks under the name d.a.r.y.l,[1] Riverola began releasing music as John Talabot in 2009 (a name taken from the school he attended in Barcelona[2]).
[5] Consistent releases on the label as well as showcase events around Europe have helped establish Hivern as an influential body on the European electronic music scene.
Talabot's 2016 release "Voices" was used as part of Chanel's promotional content for the fashion house's Spring-Summer 2017 Haute Couture collection.
[8] John Talabot has been involved in a number of side projects teaming up with Mark Piñol under the name "Quentin",[9] with long time collaborator Pional as "Lost Scripts",[10] with other members of the Hivern Label as "Parple" and most notably with Swedish producer Axel Boman for "Talaboman".
[12] In January 2018 Talabot began a monthly show "Music for Days Like This" on online station NTS Radio.