New World Observer

Deadbeat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Scape Germany
• ASIN: B0007ULKQ6
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,697 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brooding electronica at its best, February 28, 2008

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Lachlan Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New World Observer (Audio CD)

I purchased New World Observer about 6 months ago, and still find it to be the electronic music on highest rotation in my library.

The finesse with with Scott Monteith (Deadbeat) creates an incredibly bass heavy, dubby soundscape is in my experience unparalelled. If you want a slow, brooding, yet incredibly groovy minimal electronica then this is the release for you. More upbeat and mature than his previous releases, i would call this a masterpiece.

Very strongly recommended, if you are unsure whether you would like the style of music that i have most likely ineffectively tried to describe, then find out - you wont find a better example of it.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Abstract, intelligent electronica..., April 22, 2005

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Takis Tz. (InYourHead) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New World Observer (Audio CD)

Deadbeat sway inbetween the areas of downbeat, ambient and psychedelia. For the most part they could be considered "experimental" especially by listeners not too familiar with this type of electronica. They do in fact toy with a few unusual ideas and they do so successfully.
Their music is obviously not intended for dancefloors, but rather as a soundscape to sit back and get inspired or dream by.
This direction is one that quite a few electronic groups are embracing in the european goings-on and it's primarily aimed at the more experienced insiders of the scene.
Dreamy or dubby beats are seamlessly blended with bizzare effects without the melody element missing, while the overall feeling is mostly minimalistic, at times even futuristic.
Even though this will be a release unjustfully overshadowed by the Mobys and the De-Phazz's of this world, it's one you should check out if you're looking to constantly expand your listening ventures in the ever-weirder electronica scapes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Deadbeat - New World Observer, May 5, 2011

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scoundrel - See all my reviews

This review is from: New World Observer (Audio CD)

Low and slow -- that's the beauty of Deadbeat's _New World Observer_. Scott Monteith, the man behind Deadbeat, creates more spacious forms of dub, from the floating French vocals on "Port-Au-Prince" to the languid "N'Importe Quoi." The distorted and disembodied voices on "Abu Ghraib" lend an eerie sheen to an otherwise apolitical track (except for its title, obviously). "Texas Tea" adds some delicacy to its thick beats, surprising for a track named after crude petroleum, and anyone expecting a Christmas carol from "O Little Town of Bethlehem" will be sorely disappointed. Female vocals make a return on "Ruination," a slow, trippy path through rhythm and reverb. And finally, "Habitat for Heavy Hearts" evokes an insect-ridden nighttime soundscape, a strange and wondrous place for a strange and wondrous album.