Scanner is a musical project of Robin Rimbaud, an electronic musician & multimedia artist from London. In his early works, Rimbaud tuned into the airwaves to pluck out pieces of radio, mobile phone conversations, & police broadcasts. These were intricately edited, then folded back into his compositions, producing an experimental genre of his own. I guess his style could be characterized as ambient classical. He has collaborated with DJ Spooky, Alva Noto, Kim Cascone, & Vitiello among many others.
This album starts off with vocal samples, strums of guitar by guest musician Michael Gira, & Rimbaud's own gentle singing. Shreds of found voices, radar transmissions, & environmental recordings populate this musical piece. This is probably Scanner's most personal release to date.
Sans Soleil (guitar – Michael Gira)
Pietas Ilulia
Anna Livia Plurabelle (vocals – Patricia Rosario)
Broken Faultline
Yellow Plains under White Hot Blue Sky
Through Your Window
The Last European
A Clearing Between Earth & Air
At one with my surroundings,
NØ
Rockets, Unto the Egdes
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And yet another excellent post ... This is definitely my favourive NSS month - thanks a lot, Nate!
ReplyDeleteI especially enjoy the Sleep Research Facility album you posted. Do you happen to have their "Dead Weather Machine" album and/or the "DWM Re:Heat"? Those are rather hard to get. Again, thank you very much!
I have both the requested. Check back in January & I'll share them as soon as I can. Thanks, FlaccusMUC. Appreciate the comment & requests for further SRF.
ReplyDeleteThis is really excellent - many thanks! Also, thanks a lot for the Godspeed You! Black Emperor post. That's another band I never really got into, but for a long time I've meant to check them out again and give them a closer listen. So, this is the perfect moment to do so.
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