qd45 Deadbeat - Kansai Botanicals - out now!
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Hi friends - hope all good :)
It gives me great joy to announce that next in the quiet details series is an artist I’ve followed for a long time and have a huge amount of love for, the irrepressible Scott Monteith, here as Deadbeat.
Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half price until 13th February.
Listening Party tomorrow Thursday 5th February 19:00 UK time - hope you can be there - free to join and all welcome x
Since the turn of the century, Scott has been at the forefront of the electronic music world, probably known best for his fathoms-deep dub, techno and house excursions. Releases on ~scape, Wagon Repair, his own BLKRTZ, Cynosure, Echochord, Visionquest and many others cemented him as a mainstay of the scene. There’s much more too - live performances, experiments across genres and collaborations with artists such as Paul St. Hilaire, The Orb and Lee Scratch Perry, Monolake, The Mole, Om Unit, Sa Pa and many more, have shown him to be as versatile as he is talented.
So it’s an honour to welcome him to quiet details, and he’s outdone himself with the next-level incredible Kansai Botanticals
Inspired during a packed tour of Japan, in his downtime Scott explored the countryside of Kyoto and the Kansai region. While there he collected the sounds and atmospheres, and this album is their musical manifestation.
A journey of hypnosis and textural bliss - vast subs meet glittering highs, held together by lush and vivid synthetics. Scott’s huge technical skill brings all these elements together in a beautifully elegant way, creating a vibrantly chromatic world that’s mesmerising at every step.
Made as a single piece, shared on the CD version in its original form, this is Deadbeat at his deepest and most psychedelic - truly a masterpiece from this revered artist.\
As Scott says:
“The autumn colors were in full bloom, and the incredible serenity and beauty of the place were beyond words. Perhaps the most breathtaking of all was visiting the former studio of Yusai Okuda, which is where a great many of the photos I’ve included in the folder for potential cover ideas were taken.
In addition to his gorgeous silk dying works, the entire place uses water in various still pools to reflect the forest around it, creating some truly Lysergic scenes. The garden behind the house is filled with a collection of ceramic sculptures of diverse sizes, which you are invited to pour water into. The water then filters through several small openings and drips into the resonant ceramic body, producing a mind-blowingly complex range of rhythms and tonalities.
Needless to say, we spent a good long time recording and documenting these little wonders, and those recordings, along with ones made walking in the forest adjacent, served as the initial source material and inspiration for this work.
If it manages to effectively convey even a portion of the spirit of that wonderful place, which so enriched our souls, I couldn’t be happier.”
Huge thanks to Scott for this stunning addition to the series.
The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Scott which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.
As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, created by the artist and representing the music in its purest form - highly recommended.
Credits:
Music by Deadbeat
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Scott Monteith
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2026 all rights reserved
Also out today is the second run of the show-stopping qd39 Raica - The Absence of Being
Very happy to make this available again - they’ll go fast so get in if you want.
Shout-outs now - big thanks to all these lovely supporters!
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Big thanks to Monty Luke, Zuzana Hamm and Dan Cole for the wonderful review of Kansai Botanicals on Episode 9 of the Music Week podcast - listen here and highly recommend subscribing for beautiful music chat.
Thanks to Richard Heinemann for the play on E-Lodie here
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Big thanks Joe Muggs for including the album and the kind words on The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp January 2026 - check it out here
Thanks to Robin Rimbaud (Scanner - check his wonderful qd40 here) for including a track on his latest EarSpace mix here
Thanks to Neil over at Moonbuilding for the kind words in the latest edition here
Thanks to Fin at Happening Again for reviewing the album here
Thanks to J. Simpson for the review in PopMatters here
Thanks to Kevin for including a track in the The Moderns ep. 402 here
Thanks to Ivo at Stereofox for the eloquent review here
Thanks to Chuck van Zyl for including a track in the latest Star’s End mix here and including the album in the best of Jan 2026
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Thanks to Bill Fox for including this piece on Galactic Travels™ here
qd41 Andrew Tasselmyer
Thanks again to Chuck for playing a track from Andrew Tasselmyer‘s album here
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Thanks to Ro at Adventurous Music for playing the piece here
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my music as fields we found
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Thanks again to Bill Fox for including this piece in the latest Galactic Travels™ here
For anyone interested in the difference between the landscape and resolve / relate series - the first is more like looking at the horizon that’s ever subtly shifting while remaining constant; the second more like going for a walk through changing environments x
Find all the music here
Much love and enjoy the music!
Alex
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