Dean Montano Returns To Muscle Funk With ‘1am Heat’ EP

Manchester’s Dean Montano returns to the Muscle Funk Music family with his scorching new double-tracker ‘1am Heat’ EP, ready to fire up this summer’s party season. The title track is a big room romp served with driving percussive beats, cowbell and teased with playful chopped up vocals, soaring synths and Disco string loops, peppered with epic builds and intense rolls that ramp up the dance floor temperature to fever level! ‘6am Sunrise’ comes with a touch of old school nostalgia. Arpeggios rotate over an organic soundtrack of floaty synthscapes, fizzy electronica and breathy vocals, all underpinned by a contemporary groove that leads into a big breakdown loaded with even more twists and surprises! 

“I am absolutely buzzing to get these tracks out. My ode to Ibiza. Taking you from the 1am dance floor Heat to the 6am Sunrise.” – Dean Montano

Dean Montano has House Music in his DNA. He’s been rocking dance floors since the early 00’s, blending Disco‑infused grooves to funky to Deep House, and with the odd classic to boot. Dean bagged his first residency at the 230 Club in London in the 00’s, and has since played at various venues, clubs, and events across the UK and Ibiza. He plays regularly at the Hacienda Nottingham Events, is a resident at the Muscle Funk parties, and also for the Boho Festivals, playing alongside Fat Tony, Crazy P Soundsystem, Horse Meat Disco, MelvoBaptiste, Greg Wilson, Tom Wainwright, Graeme Park, Jeremy Healey and Jon Pleased Women, among others. As a producer, Dean collaborated on ‘Deeper Than Deep’ with Atari Safari in 2025, before releasing his solo EP ‘Funk Sensation/RIFF RAFF’ on Muscle Funk, which hit Number 3 on the Deep House chart on Beatport. Rapidly carving a name for himself in the studio and dance floors Mr Montano is definitely one to watch!

‘1am Heat’ EP will be released on Beatport Exclusive July 3rd / full release July 17th 2026 on Muscle Funk.

https://www.beatport.com/release/1am-heat/7088379