(Black Catalogue)

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. (Ransom Note)