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

MUSIC IS THE ANSWER>>>>
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🎶✰✰✰✰✰𝔇𝔦𝔢 ℜ𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔷𝔱𝔢, 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔢 ℌ𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔫𝔲𝔫𝔤!“ ✰✰✰✰✰🎶

The Light Is On!

House Music. What else??  Includes elements of Dub, Funk, Jazz, Acid, Deep, jackin'... Never Trance!

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

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Selector, Music Maker & Writer: Crossing the I's and dotting the T's 

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Raised on the vibrations of Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop, Punk and Reggae, turntables were a natural progression for this Bristol born, Welsh rooted DJ and music maker Owain K (Owain Kimber). After discovering the sounds of bootleg mixtapes and Techno as a youngster in the 90s, he's never been one for sitting still.