During the pandemic, Spanish DJ and producer Oriol Riverola, aka John Talabot, found himself feeling lost. Beyond losing his primary source of income as his tour schedule evaporated, the complete lack of dance floors also left him feeling creatively strained.
He wanted to make energetic, club-ready music to release his pent-up fear about the state of the world — but with no crowded rooms to play those tracks in, the exercise felt futile.
Talabot finds a fascinating middle ground on new album Music for Empty Stadiums, which he produced in the thick of isolation. He keeps the upbeat sounds of huge music events, but splatters them all over the place in a truly beautiful expression of what the producer was…

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