Composer

British artist Robin Rimbaud (also known as “Scanner”) creates absorbing, multi-layered soundscapes that twist technology in unconventional ways. From his early controversial work using found mobile phone conversations to his focus on trawling the hidden noise of the modern metropolis as the symbol of the place where hidden meanings and missed contacts emerge, his restless explorations of the experimental terrain have won him international admiration from Bjork and Stockhausen. Scanner is committed to working with cuttingedge practitioners and has collaborated with artists from every imaginable genre, including musicians Bryan Ferry and Laurie Anderson, The Royal Ballet and Random Dance companies, composers Michael Nyman and Luc Ferrari, and artists Mike Kelley and Derek Jarman. As well as producing compositions and CDs, his diverse body of work includes soundtracks for films, performances, radio, and site-specific inter-media installations.