Eora/Sydney born Julie Montan now based in Naarm/Melbourne is a Songwriter, Musician, Message-Based Artist, Performer, Activist and Role Model to her 10-year-old daughter. In 1990 Julie quit high school and joined the theatre. In 1993 she moved to Melbourne to study drama at the VCA. Then in 2000 started a T-shirt/performance art label that produced provocative political and feminist slogans which featured in national newspapers, magazines and were showcased at Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival and Mercedes Australian Fashion Weeks. In 2008 Julie began to fuse multidisciplinary aspects of her practice into one symbiotic art form; music composition, music performance and music video production. Julie played the Forum, Melbourne Arts Festival (2009), St Paul's Cathedral, MMW (2017) and Melbourne Town Hall's "Miscellanea". In 2018 Julie received her BA in Songwriting and Music Production and in 2021 continues to explore songwriting by responding to conventions of society and culture fusing pop/rock modalities with experimental/psychedelic/punk elements drawing influence from Middle Eastern heritage. Julie has produced many events; large scale and small including: "In Dreams U R Roy" with members of the Black Arm Band, to raise money for Close The Gap, "Someday We'll Find It" featuring the-one-and-only Kamahl - co-produced with Supple Fox in collaboration with the Melbourne Arts Community - to raise money for Thornbury Primary School and "The Last Greatest Show On Earth" a fundraiser for musical instruments and a musical therapist for patients at The John Cade Psychiatric Ward at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Julie Montan has been on Rage, the cover of Beat Magazine, played with Joe Lally from Fugazi, sung back ups for soul queen Betty Harris and soul/r&b king Syl Johnson, and has featured in The Bakehouse Project Book wearing the Gown Of Shadows made by Alexi Freeman and Tessa Blazey. She's produced many low-budget / lo-fi shows for indoor and outdoor venues too, programmed and performed gigs all over Melbourne, hosted the infamous "Carport Concert", is exhibited in the Australian Music Vault, made zines, directed music videos including the iconic "1999" starring Alan Brough from Spicks and Specks and played alongside some of Melbourne's most respected acts. After many years of songwriting and collaboration in bands including: Your Animal, Lovers Of The Blackbird and Soft Rubbish her most recent collaboration is Princess Liar which is her most lyrically offensive and politically charged work to date.

Tune in on Thursday 6th January at 10.00PM - 12.30 for "And This One's Introduced By..."presented by Paul Elliott in conversation with Julie Montan who'll introduce the tracks from Your Animal, Midnight Bosom, Soft Rubbish, Lovers of the Blackbird, and Princess Liar.

Download some Julie Montan Music HERE