Lovely post at the Quietus, where he often wrote:
http://thequietus.com/articles/16843-gravenhurst-nick-talbot-rip
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
wow this is just awful, I knew him slightly from my Bristol days. A really interesting guy and Gravenhurst were/are sorely under-rated.
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
not the biggest fan tbh but fuck, this is some sad news
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
right in the middle of a tour too by the looks of it
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
or on the eve of one at least
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Wow. Just listened to a remix he did that was released the other day. Hadn't really thought of him in ages, either. I am a little shocked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ykBvsyfAI
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
i did love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVSnLEzdfg
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
What happened?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
i don't think that's been disclosed
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
it hasn't
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
he was an incredibly smart guy. i didn't know him very well, but i did make him laugh once with a joke about aubrey beardsley and i remember being very proud.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
:(
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
what the hell happened? this is awful. those gravenhurst albums were very overlooked.
― akm, Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
this is a great cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QfuAbJSMK8
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
RIP
didn't know him at all really but going on the few glimpses I got of him outside of the music he released, he was genuinely insightful and on point about stuff. never heard anything but good things about him
he also did a very funny cartoon about William Bennett from Whitehouse going to the cinema
― proper maoist (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 December 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
That's sad to hear. Listening to the Velvet Cell (reprise) right now.
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 4 December 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Thursday, 4 December 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Fucking fuck.
Massive Gravenhurst fan and was going to see him next week in Bristol. Genuinely shocked and saddened by this news.
RIP Nick
― groovypanda, Thursday, 4 December 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
still fuck
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 5 December 2014 05:43 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bristol247.com/channel/culture/music/news/nick-talbot-aka-gravenhurst-dies-bristol
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 5 December 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
thanks caek, that was a nice piece
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Friday, 5 December 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
http://tellingfrombirdstoll.tumblr.com/post/104410032846/farewell-farewell-remembering-nick-talbot
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Saturday, 6 December 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
RIP.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Thursday, 11 December 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
I think there needs to be some kind of official word on how he died. It's very unusual for the cause of death of any kind of well-known person not to be made public. RIP.
― rising stones cross (anagram), Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:35 (nine years ago) link
genuine question : why does it matter how he died ?
if the family want to keep the detail to themselves, then who are we to demand the information.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:50 (nine years ago) link
indeed
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:55 (nine years ago) link
there doesn't 'need' to be an official word on how he died.
― Nixon head is essential. (stevie), Thursday, 11 December 2014 09:59 (nine years ago) link
Well, a death (like a birth) is not a private matter but a public matter. A death certificate, for example, is a publicly available document.
― rising stones cross (anagram), Thursday, 11 December 2014 10:26 (nine years ago) link
He wasn't a particularly well-known person and no one needs to know how he died just because they liked his music, the wishes of the family are more important here.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 December 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link
seriously
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 11 December 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
Really lovely extended pair of remembrances here at The Quietus:
http://thequietus.com/articles/16895-nick-talbot-obituary
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 December 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
A few weeks ago in a stupidly intransigent fit of depression I wiped 100,000 or so email conversations from my gmail account at random and even though the action initially felt liberating it soon revealed itself to be a mistake. And then last week when I received the utterly unwelcome news of Nickβs death, it revealed itself to be colossal mistake. Iβd had hundreds of lengthy email exchanges with him about all kinds of subjectsβ¦ subjects that he talked about with ease, wit and eloquence, whether they were concerning politics, comics, philosophy, pirate radio stations, tobacco, architecture, synth pop, psychogeography or depression. As odd as it sounds he could talk beautifully about depression - perhaps the flattest and most featureless of subjects there is to discuss. And so I found myself thinking just yesterday, βIβm depressed because my friend has just died and I canβt even go back and read the illuminating conversations we had about depression on email because Iβve deleted all of them. And I did that because I was depressed. Nick is the only person I know who would appreciate the irony of this. Heβd find it really funny. I should drop him a line and...βAnd of course I canβt. And so it goes. And so it goes.Of course what makes it worse, is an email from Nick wasnβt just an email. It was a letter. It was correspondence. He was an epistolarian of uncommon skill. Had he been born in a slightly different age, anyone who received letters from Nick would have kept them in a sturdy wooden box, tied carefully with string or ribbon, waiting for the day - when the time was right - for them to be read and savoured and pored over again. Nick put more effort into writing an email than a lot of people put into most things they do in life, myself included. In a over-cluttered, hyper-stimulated existence, an email from Nick was the only thing in my weekly routine that demanded I shut down all the other windows on my desktop, turn off facebook and twitter, turn my music off and concentrate on what he had to say. He both demanded and deserved, your entire attention, no matter how busy you were. And this is not to say that I think Nick was a man out of step with his time I really donβt think he was at all; I just think he had brought some old values along with him on a modern trip.
And of course I canβt. And so it goes. And so it goes.
Of course what makes it worse, is an email from Nick wasnβt just an email. It was a letter. It was correspondence. He was an epistolarian of uncommon skill. Had he been born in a slightly different age, anyone who received letters from Nick would have kept them in a sturdy wooden box, tied carefully with string or ribbon, waiting for the day - when the time was right - for them to be read and savoured and pored over again. Nick put more effort into writing an email than a lot of people put into most things they do in life, myself included. In a over-cluttered, hyper-stimulated existence, an email from Nick was the only thing in my weekly routine that demanded I shut down all the other windows on my desktop, turn off facebook and twitter, turn my music off and concentrate on what he had to say. He both demanded and deserved, your entire attention, no matter how busy you were. And this is not to say that I think Nick was a man out of step with his time I really donβt think he was at all; I just think he had brought some old values along with him on a modern trip.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 December 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Two beautiful pieces. It's a shame that I never got to see Gravenhurst live, it sounds like he was such a nice guy.John Doran should consider editing 'The Collected Emails of Nick Talbot' (maybe as the next Quietus book?) - it's definitely something I would read.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 12 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
i knew i had seen gravenhurst live, but i could not recall why/where/when.this thread cleared the fug .. (note to self : record more live experiences on ILM as they help the grey cells reconnect)and yes, that tQ piece is very special.i never met nick, and have only a fraction of his catalogue, but damn, i welled up several times reading that.
― mark e, Friday, 12 December 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
TO UNDERSTAND THE KILLERI MUST BECOME THE KILLER
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 08:35 (five years ago) link
I caress where my lover once lay by my sideBefore I turned inwardsAnd forced her to fly.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Listening to The Western Lands. Damn what a record. It's probably grubby to ask but did a cause of death ever come out for Nick?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 23 October 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I always assumed suicide but what do I know
― akm, Saturday, 23 October 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link