Artist: Deadbeat
Genre(s):
Electronic
Acid Jazz
Discography:
Journeymans Annual
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
New World Observer (SCAPE027CD)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Though based in Montreal, Deadbeat and his ultra-textured ambient dub soundscapes made their way round the world, determination large audiences in Europe as well as in North America. Deadbeat manufacturer Scott Monteith is a member of the like rich Montreal scene that includes such luminaries as Akufen (Marc Leclair) and Algorithm (Jeff Milligan). Like his peers, he gained international acclaim in the early 2000s once the French-Canadian city became a blistering blot for laptop techno (see the Monteal Smoked Meat compiling), thanks part to the world-reknown Mutek fete as comfortably as a riches of Montreal-based record labels. Monteith debuted as Deadbeat in July 2000 with the Cesium Beam 12" for Hautec Records and has since recorded for such labels as Revolver, Intr_Version, Background, Force Inc, Oral, Scape, Cynosure, and Clitekture. In addition, he has collaborated with Steve Beaupre as Crack Haus and as well with Robert Henke (Monolake) as Atlantic Waves.
Monteith touched to Montreal in 1995 and quickly became captivated by the city's resistance community of digital musicians and artists, finally co-founding the multimedia collective Covert Ops. He began transcription music as Deadbeat in early 1998 and released his first-class honours degree 12" in 2000. A year later fellow Montreal producer Mitchell Akiyama released the debut Deadbeat uncut, Primordia (2001), on his Intr_Version label, and some other year later Stefan Betke (Pole) released the followup, Wild Life Documentaries (2002), on his Scape label. During the intermittent clip, legion other labels released Monteith's recordings as Deadbeat; most notably, Force Inc showcased the producer's do work -- both as Deadbeat and as half of Crack Haus -- on its scene-encapsulating Montreal Smoked Meat (2002) aggregation. In addition to his recordings, Monteith has performed live at the Mutek fete (Montreal, May 2000), the Transmediale fete (Irving Berlin, February 2002), and the Creative Time fete (Young York, October 2002), as advantageously as elsewhere. By day he works for the Montreal-based audio software program troupe Applied Acoustics Systems.
