Published
Wed, Jul 30, 2014, 12:02
- Conceived as a six-LP boxset, the project will be funded in part by an Indiegogo campaign.
Deadbeat has plans to release his first three LPs through BLKRTZ.
The albums—Wild Life Documentaries, Something Borrowed, Something Blue and New World Observer were each released through Pole's now-defunct ~scape label in 2002, 2004 and 2005 respectively. They were all out of print, and Deadbeat (born Scott Monteith) recently realised he didn't have vinyl copies of any of them at his home in Berlin. "This was particularly disturbing to me," he writes, as the three albums, released during the period when Monteith was coming into his own as Deadbeat, "have always held a uniquely special place in my heart."
He's calling on his fans, via the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, to help him bring the albums back into circulation. A six-LP vinyl boxset is the pièce de résistance of the reissue project, and it's yours with a €75 contribution to the campaign. Perks include remastered digital copies of the albums (€25), a USB key featuring the entire Deadbeat back catalog (€250) and even a Deadbeat live performance (€1,000). Monteith has posted the albums in question to his SoundCloud, and you can stream them below.
Tracklist
Wild Life Documentaries
01. Open My Eyes That I May See
02. Organ In The Attic Sings The Blues
03. For Palestine
04. For Israel (Jaffa Revisited)
05. Let It Rain
06. Cause For Hope
07. To Berlin With Love
08. A Dub For Akufen
09. When First You Gave Me Shivers
10. Kezia
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
01. A Brief Explanation
02. Head Over Heels
03. White Out
04. Requiem
05. Steady As A Rock
06. Fixed Elections
07. A Joyful Noise (Part I)
08. A Joyful Noise (Part 2)
09. Quitting Time
10. Portable Memory (The Final Cut)
New World Observer
01. Slow Rot From Rhetoric
02. Port-Au-Prince
03. N'Importe Quoi
04. Abu Ghraib
05. Texas Tea
06. O LIttle Town Of Bethlehem
07. Time Is Passing Slowly
08. Rock Of Ages
09. Ruination
10. Habitat For Heavy Hearts
BLKRTZ will release LPs 2002-2005 in winter 2014.