Montano

Montano live pic

Active since 2004, making music almost always and almost exclusively from field recordings. Montano was never just about phonography, though, it was about setting some constraints to make some music that both members liked.

First collaborating in Melbourne, both Montano members are now back in the same city and continuing to write music together.

Members

  • Shanan Holm: field recordings, electronics, production
  • Michael Upton: field recordings, electronics, production

 

End of year round up
(23 December 2012)

 2 new albums, a single, a bunch of remixes, over a dozen free tracks, gigs in Auckland and Wellington... 2012's been alright, music-wise.

Two recent Montano reviews
(1 September 2012)

 Two reviews of Montano's 'Subtitled' were published relatively recently.

Here's a 5-star review from Martyn Pepperell in New Zealand magazine Fishhead.  Click the image for a bigger version.

'Subtitled' review text

Best album of the year so far - Montano?
(8 May 2012)

Thanks heaps to Martyn Pepperell for picking Montano's 'Subtitled' as his favourite local release of 2012 so far!

Montano - Subtitled Remixes 1
(9 April 2013)

Remixes of tracks from Montano's Subtitled, free if you like on Bandcamp.  Features versions by Groeni, Aquaboogie, Mugwood (one half of ISAN), and me solo as Jet Jaguar.

Montano - Billowing
(3 March 2012)

 A track from the brand new 2nd Montano album.  Here it's available for free as part of the 41-track Future Sequence compilation SEQUENCE3.

Montano - Deme
(6 June 2005)

This is from the Montano CD from 2005.

Montano - Subtitled Remixes 1
(April 2013)

Label:

Independent

Release date:

8 April 2013

Montano - Subtitled
(March 2012)

Label:

Independent

Release date:

19 March 2012

Various - SEQUENCE3
(March 2012)

Label:

Futuresequence

Release date:

March 2012