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Montserrat Melody

by Anastasia Chrome|2 min read|
"In Montserrat's legendary recording studio, sound engineer Delilah has worked with stars—but when producer Jonah arrives to mix his album, she creates her own kind of hit with him."

The studio was legendary. Air Studio. Where The Police recorded. Where Elton John came to create.

Delilah kept it alive. Thick and talented, her ears catching frequencies most couldn't hear, her body impossible to ignore.

Jonah arrived with an album half-finished and a vision. She would make it whole.

"Yuh have good bones," she said, listening to his tracks. "Mi build on that."


Days blurred into nights in the control room. Her hands on the mixing board, his hands on the piano, their collaboration becoming conversation.

"That take," she said. "Yuh missed a note."

"No, I didn't."

"Yuh did. Here." She played it back. "Yuh thinking about something else."

"You. I was thinking about you."


She didn't miss a beat.

"Then think about mi properly." She locked the studio door. "And play that take again."

He played. She listened. This time perfect, because she was watching.

"Better. Now come here."


On the mixing board, surrounded by history and sound, she made music of a different kind.

"Yes! Jonah! Right there!"

Her thick body arching against the equipment, her moans feeding back through monitors left on.

"Don't stop! Make mi hit!"


The album won Grammy nominations. But the real hit was what they'd created between takes.

"Stay for the next record," she said.

"Stay for every record?"

"That's the offer on the table."

He signed. Lifetime contract.


Montserrat's studio still makes stars.

But Delilah and Jonah make something more.

Every night.

Endless tracks.

Infinite mixes.

Melody eternal.

End Transmission