Decades after artist February Montaine's mysterious disappearance, the tapes he left behind are given new life

Artist February Montaine
mysteriously disappeared from his Derbyshire, England
home in 1991. He left behind a substantial collection of journals
and homemade tapes, which became cherished by his
stepdaughter Suzy. She passed her
stepfather’s work onto Berlin-based musician and producer Sam
Potter, who spent years weaving these remnants
together.


One journal idea that stuck with Potter, was Montaine’s belief
that “the best music listens to you in the same way you listen to
it. So to make a song really great, it really speaks to your soul
and holds a mirror up to you in that moment.” Potter says it
seemed like Montaine was thinking “50 years in the future, whilst
living in a small house in Derbyshire and making this low-fi
music.”


Produced by Nikki Motson