Deadbeat

Born in the Canadian countryside, Scott moved to Montreal in 1995, where he successfully worked as a software developer at a large company, Applied Acoustic Systems, producing professional software for musicians. Alongside his job, Montейт slowly recorded his own compositions. His first release came out in 2000, but the Canadian's name became well-known after Montreal producer Mitchell Akijama signed Scott to his own label, Intr_Version, where the debut album Deadbeat 'Primordia' was released. Here, the dub aspect of Deadbeat's music truly emerged. The experimental modern sound design, created using his own original software, was laid over deep dub grooves, directly rooted in the Jamaican fathers of the genre.

Montейт instantly became one of the key figures in Montreal's experimental scene. His music attracted the attention of not only local publishers (for example, Deadbeat's dance material was released on Cynosure and Revolver Recordings), but was also in demand across the ocean, primarily in Germany. Stefan Betke, better known as Pole, signed the Canadian to his own label ~scape, where Scott released a series of records, starting with the infamous long-play 'Wild Life Documentaries'. The press was effusive in its excitement and invariably sought out almost the influence of Aleister Crowley in 'Deadbeat'.

Montейт's international reputation was also bolstered by frequent appearances at major festivals, starting with the Canadian Mutek and ending with the Spanish SONAR, as well as regular tours. During live performances, Scott also actively used his own proprietary software, and in his choice of genres, he imposed no limits on himself, moving from techno to IDM experiments through dubstep. At the same time, Montейт joined several collaborative projects, including a duo with Stefan Betke (Pole), named D.P.

In 2007, the musician finally decided to leave Canada and move to Berlin, which had become the global center of the dub-techno movement. By this time, music had long transformed from a hobby into a primary profession for him, and Scott only applied his programming skills when creating his own sound design tools for internal use. However, connections with his homeland did not end there. The album 'Roots and Wire' (2008) was released on the label Wagon Repair, under the wing of the famous Matthew Johnson. This record further deepened the theme of root dub: live percussion, brass instruments, and the legendary Paul St. Hilaire, known from Rhythm & Sound, as a guest vocalist. To confirm his own successes, in the spring of 2008, Scott placed third in the list of nominees for the Beatport Music Awards, compiled by the largest online store for club music.