THE JUNTA aka DJ MONTY (94.4FM Salford City Radio) aka John E Montague was born in Salford,Greater Manchester,England.

 

"It's always been a childhood ambition of mine to make an electronic album. When I was at college,the synths at the time might as well been made by ROLLS ROYCE,they were out of my price range! So I took up bass instead!

 

THE JUNTA is my love letter to everything that got me into music in the first place....FOXX,NUMAN,

KRAFTWERK, JEAN-MICHEL JARRE,early HUMAN

LEAGUE,CABARET VOLTAIRE...the list is endless."

 

THE JUNTA also plays bass with KIT B and POSITRONIK...

"Ha! Well you would think one band was enough,wouldn't you? It was just a case,when one band was dormant,I would lend a hand in a mate's band.But i love both bands equally,and for different

reasons. I am still gigging with SAN PEDRO COLLECTIVE currently.

It's quite strange with THE JUNTA though,something quite liberating about organising how it should look and sound,it's full autonomy!"

 

What next for THE JUNTA?

Just released my retrospective album "A DECADE" featuring all the singles released on German Shepherd Records, plus a brand new track, the Cyberpunk 2077 inspired "MEGALOPOLIS". Available as a digital download.

I will be performing a belated album launch at THE PEER HAT, MANCHESTER on FRI 14th JULY with some very special guest vocalists, plus electronic support from my very good friends DOTS and MHO.

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