Andreas Voelk & Scott Monteith * Deadbeat

About this episode

The episode features a live performance by Andreas Voelk and Scott Monteith, exploring ambient music with vintage instruments.

ANDREAS VOELK & SCOTT MONTEITH - AND ALL THE CLOCKS RAN DRY Until now I never heard of Andreas Voelk (from Berlin) or from his bands Das Ende Der Liebe and Center For Mind And Brain. Canadian Scott Monteith , on the other hand, is of course well known from his Deadbeat alias. And All The Clocks Ran Dry is recorded in one continuous session - 'unrehearsed, unhurried, and unbound'. No overdubs, no retakes - just exactly as it was performed that moment. Monteith plays Rhodes and effects, Voelk the Vox Continental Baroque 305 (a keyboard from the mid-60s popular by bands like Animals, The Velvet Underground and The Doors), and a Philips Philicorda (also from the 60s). The use of these vintage instrument must be the reason these two 22-minute sessions feel like early German Krautrock (think Cluster or Popol Vuh), but at the same time very contemporary - the latter probably due to the skillful mastering of Lawrence English . 'An ambient landscape where repetition becomes revelation, and where time itself seems to loosen its grip.' And All The Clocks Ran Dry is a digital-only release on Room40. And All The Clocks Ran Dry by Andreas Voelk & Scott Monteith DEADBEAT - KANSAI…

People in this episode

Guests: Andreas Voelk, Scott Monteith

Topics covered

• ambient music
• Krautrock
• vintage instruments
• live performance
• collaboration

Keywords

• ambient
• Krautrock
• live session
• vintage keyboards
• Scott Monteith
• Andreas Voelk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Room40

Books & works: And All The Clocks Ran Dry, Kansai Botanicals

Places: Berlin, Kansai, Japan

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