Independent producer & DJ working the Emotional Dance space — UK garage, house, and cinematic club. Built on nostalgia, longing, and the optimism the past once had for tomorrow.
Montee is an independent producer and DJ from Cologne, working in the Emotional Dance space — UK garage, house and cinematic club, built on nostalgia, longing and lost optimism.
Since breaking out with Duality in early 2023 — now past 25 million streams — he's grown a global audience with no record label behind him. A deliberate choice in favour of authenticity and full artistic control.
That independence became the story: viral reach across TikTok and Instagram, and self-promoted European headline shows sold on his own terms. He stands alongside artists like Swimming Paul, Oppidan and Nimino in the new wave of emotionally-driven club music.
▮ Spotify monthly listeners, 28-day snapshot · the NRW cluster (Bonn / Cologne / Düsseldorf) is the home market.
| City / Venue | Capacity | Promoter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Les Étoiles | ~300 | Self-promoted | SOLD OUT — 4 WKS EARLY |
| Cologne Luxor | ~200 | Self-promoted | ~90% SOLD |
| London Hootenanny | ~200 | Self-promoted | ~90% SOLD |
His own event series, built to unite the Emotional Dance scene and give it a room of its own. Beyond his headliners, he's toured as support across Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Cologne and Frankfurt to rooms of 220–300.
Out now via ADA — a synth-driven build that scales from intimate to cosmic. The Emotional Dance world in a single track.
"It's club music that doesn't ask you to switch your feelings off."— EARMILK · Aidan Grant, 2026 · Read the feature ↗