Deadbeat is the stage name of Scott Montieth, a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...
musician. His music often has a political focus.
["Deadbeat"]
''Georgia Straight'', by Martin Turenne on September 22nd, 2005 He uses a laptop to create his music, including live shows. Deadbeat's early albums were created in
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...
; he currently works and lives in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
.
Early life
Montieth was born in
Kitchener, Ontario
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Career
Living and performing in Montreal, Montieth released his first album in 2001; his next album, ''Wildlife Documentaries'', came out a year later.
["Deadbeat Something Borrowed, Something Blue"]
''Pitchfork'', by Mark Richardson, March 16 2004 Montieth then began performing with Steve Beaupré in the duo
Crackhaus. In 2003 he performed at the Mutek and Sonar festivals.
In 2004, a few months after his marriage, Montieth released a third Deadbeat album, ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue''
In 2005, while Montieth was still living in Montreal, Deadbeat released an album, ''New World Observer'', on
Pole's "~scape" label. Pop singer
Athésia appeared as a guest vocalist on the album.
In 2006 Montieth moved to Berlin, Germany, and subsequently performed at a number of clubs and festivals.
In 2018, Monteith reached out to
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses ...
to ask if they had any plans to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough 1988 album ''
The Trinity Session
''The Trinity Session'' is the second studio album by Canadian alternative country band Cowboy Junkies, released in early 1988 by Latent Recordings in Canada, and re-released worldwide later in the year on RCA Records. " Working on a Building" a ...
'', which he loves, like they did with ''
Trinity Revisited
''Trinity Revisited'' is an album and a film by the Cowboy Junkies, released on October 8, 2007. It is a remake of the Junkies' most famous album, ''The Trinity Session''. The new album was recorded in the fall of 2006 at Toronto's Church of the ...
'' for its 20th. They told him that they didn't, but would enthusiastically support whatever angle he wanted to run with. Monteith approached musician/producer/fellow Canadian-in-Berlin Fatima Camara about working with him on this project, and she was thrilled to participate. After several meetings, they set up in Berlin's Chez Cherie studio, and made the proceedings reverent to the original by exploring the acoustic properties of the space and minimizing their arrangements to do so. This was also the first project either had done which placed so much emphasis on their singing voices. The end result, released in 2019 on 2LP/CD/download by
Constellation
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The origins of the e ...
, was Deadbeat & Camara's ''Trinity Thirty'', a full cover of the major release of the album. One bit of fun they had was including a cover of
Patsy Cline
Patsy is a given name often used as a diminutive of the feminine given name Patricia or sometimes the masculine name Patrick, or occasionally other names containing the syllable "Pat" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, Patrice, or Patricia). Among I ...
's "
Walkin' After Midnight
"Walkin' After Midnight" is a song written by Alan Block and Don Hecht and recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr; however, her label rejected it. The song was left unused until ...
" in their version of the Junkies' original song "I Don't Get It," turning it into "I Don't Get It After Midnight (Medley)."
In 2019 Deadbeat picked his eight favorite cuts from the LNOE back catalog to rework, providing new ‘dub’ interpretations of tracks from Sasha, Hunter/Game, Ejeca, Jody Barr, VONDA7, Alex Niggemann, Jon Gurd and Dubspeeka. Last Night On Earth welcomed the prolific Deadbeat with a special vinyl ‘LNOE in Dub’ compilation, featuring a new Sasha exclusive. The DJ/producer, sound artist, and music tech educator already has an extensive resume of labels and collaborators including Echocord, Mutek, Sonar, RBMA, and Monolake.
"Deadbeat"
DEADBEAT JOINS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH WITH ''LNOE IN DUB''
Albums
* ''Primordia'' (2001)
* ''Wild Life Documentaries'' (2002)
* ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue'' (2004)
References
External links
Deadbeat discography at Discogs
Deadbeat RBMA lecture
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Living people
Musicians from Kitchener, Ontario
Canadian electronic musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)