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Though based in Montreal, Deadbeat and his ultra-textured ambient dub soundscapes made their way around the world, finding large audiences in Europe as well as in North America. Deadbeat producer Scott Monteith is a member of the same fertile 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 hot spot for laptop techno (see the Montreal Smoked Meat compilation), thanks partly to the world-reknown Mutek festival as well as a wealth 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 Crackhaus and also with Robert Henke (Monolake) as Atlantic Waves.

Monteith moved to Montreal in 1995 and quickly became enthralled by the city’s underground community of digital musicians and artists, eventually co-founding the multi-media collective Covert Ops. He began recording music as Deadbeat in early 1998 and released his first 12” in 2000. A year later fellow Montreal producer Mitchell Akiyama released the debut Deadbeat full-length, Primordia (2001), on his Intr_version label, and another year later Stefan Betke (Pole) released the follow-up, Wild Life Documentaries (2002), on his Scape label. During the intermittent time, numerous other labels released Monteith’s recordings as Deadbeat; most notably, Force Inc showcased the producer’s work — both as Deadbeat and as half of Crackhaus — on its scene-encapsulating Montreal Smoked Meat (2002) collection.

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7	Time is Passing Slowly	137
8	Head Over Heels	106
9	night train to paris	100
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Deadtbeat wrote:
Thursday evening

где_ I?? I that sleep??? нет_ it only music...

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alexkovik wrote:
last month

See You soon in Belgrade!

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136 wrote:
last month

like it .

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perlator wrote:
July 2008

masterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

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marekarel wrote:
July 2008

SWEEEET

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pyninja wrote:
July 2008

chin up

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MiloDC wrote:
July 2008

I give up. No good music by this guy. Totally boiler plate, like all Canadian music (although GYBE breaks the mold a little, and does some semi-interesting stuff). Oh well, no problem, plenty of good music on my playlists.

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pip9 wrote:
June 2008

:* great beat

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Deep-87 wrote:
June 2008

Спасибо за музыку :)

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June 2008

EPIC WIN
Dorrrian wrote:
May 2008

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... soooooooo gooooooood....

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napierdalante wrote:
May 2008

love it

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elektrip wrote:
April 2008

brillant music. Murcof is inspiring as well.

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billyjane wrote:
April 2008

deadbeat roolz.

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BooRadley_ wrote:
March 2008

(L)

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lovesic wrote:
March 2008

milo finding yourself and then you have the chanc eto find artists. maybe you begin with MC HAMMERS can touch this!?

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dukon wrote:
March 2008

who cares?

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MiloDC wrote:
February 2008

Still trying to find a good song by this artist, starting to give up hope.

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monika_artists wrote:
February 2008

alles klar?

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