Whether it's through his warm, bouncy DJ sets or his slick house productions, there's a signature rawness and cosmic touch to everything Monty Luke puts his hands on.

With almost two decades in the game, Monty first cut his teeth as a producer on Dirtybird's Mothership sub-label alongside Tasho, a release that's got a reboot recently via his own Black Catalogue imprint. The impetus to start his own label came after a move to Detroit in 2008 and a subsequent position at Carl Craig's renowned Planet E, where he helped helm the development of the label. 

He went on to launch Black Catalogue in 2011, predominantly as a platform to release his own efforts on this own terms, both under his own name and his Mandingo alias, as well as shining a light on underground artists like Sepehr, Stefan Ringer and Dave Aju. 

We invited him to take control of this week's Ransom Note mix for an hour of raw, interstellar sonics that fire you up into outer space before bringing you back down to solid ground...

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Monty Luke: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

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