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Connor Walker & Midnight McBride - Connor's Groove
Manchester talents Connor Walker and Midnight McBride join forces on 'Connor's Groove', the latest release on Muscle Funk, a label built around creative freedom and genre-fluid electronic music.
The original mix of 'Connor's Groove' is a vocal-led house cut built around a deep rolling bassline, crisp techy rhythms and a soaring vocal performance. Combining underground energy with a strong melodic edge, the
track builds towards a huge dramatic breakdown before returning with maximum impact.
The collaboration pairs Muscle Funk founder Midnight McBride with rising Manchester DJ and producer Connor Walker, whose journey from live bands into electronic music has seen him secure residencies across Greater Manchester, launch his own Infectious events brand and make appearances at venues including Es Paradis and Plastik Ibiza.
Also included is a remix from Manchester house veteran Nick Hussey. Taking the track into deeper territory, Hussey introduces a darker atmosphere and driving groove before delivering a huge old-school piano payoff that pays tribute to the classic house records that helped shape his career. A long-standing figure within the city's club scene, Hussey has released music through Defected, CR2 and King Street, alongside performances at clubs and events across Europe, the Middle East and North America.
1am Heat
Dean Montano
6am Sunrise
Dean Montano
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
Manchester‑based DJ and producer
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.
Dean is a resident at the Muscle Funk parties, and also for the Boho Festivals, playing alongside Fat Tony, Crazy P Soundsystem, Horse Meat Disco,
Melvo Baptiste, 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!