Robin Rimbaud - Scanner

Farewell to the truly inspirational Canadian music journalist, broadcaster, DJ Chris Twomey, who was one of the first people to offer support for my own work back in the early 1990s, and countless others too @negativlandland.bsky.social

A blast from the past - a special mix, 'A Collage Around the Letter A,' featuring music from Alva Noto, Aphex Twin, Pan Sonic, Jan Bang, Virgin Prunes, Cliff Martinez, Zoviet France, Chris & Cosey, Clark, Tim Hecker and many more! secretthirteen.org/mixes/stm-03...

On Friday 20 November I'll be talking about my album Fibolae (2017), revealing the processes and inspirations for it at this very special event in London. Come along, listen, ask questions and make new friends @verdur.in verdur.in/event/scanne...

If you happen to be in or near Pordenone in Italy this weekend I'm performing a live soundtrack to the films of Harry Smith on Saturday night, 24 October, at the beautiful Ex Convento di San Francesco dice.fm/event/wwn37p...

A lovely little short film documenting my recent performance at MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. Look out for my reunion with the legendary Alvin Curran 😀 youtu.be/Yf0WLSOcKMw

Advice to everyone sending items to the EU. Prices increase again on 1 Nov with additional costs. It's almost impossible to sell and send anything to anyone anymore it seems 😵‍💫

A chance of artwork but it remains free to you all 😊 scanner.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...

A FREE EP created with my very own software, that's a first for me. All sounds come from Scanner Library, using the new Kontakt instrument. Happy listening. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/scanne...

An extended interview with the ever inspiring @lauriespiegel.bsky.social and Eventide Audio - so much to discover and learn in this conversation! youtu.be/50_F9WSr6_g?...

A detailed walk through video of my Scanner Library instrument with Soniccouture, showing all the creative possibilities with such a simple interface. And yes, 100% guaranteed free from A.I. 😁 It's wonky and weird, just like the real world! youtu.be/eqkFTePcYWs?...

A question thrown into the wild. I've found a Digital Tape Recording System (DTRS) / Hi8-style digital multi-track tape and have no way to listen or import the sound. Does anyone have a machine or suggestions how to access this please?

Thanks to everyone for your support in the last days for my first ever software instrument, exploring 40+ years of audio exploration. Here's a walkthrough of many of the presets for you to enjoy youtu.be/3WMMof1QFCM?...

Massive thanks to @scannerdot.com for playing two tracks from Filaments V/A on Silver Threads on his show last night – @dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com & @mareenabln.bsky.social – and other great stuff. Have a listen! Support the release here: silverthreads.bandcamp.com/album/filame...

EarSpace Ep.41 is ready for you on @slackcityradio.bsky.social @totallyradio.bsky.social with Anthony Child, Carrier, Hallucinator, Bana Haffar, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Klara Lewis, Emily A. Sprague, Aphex Twin, FM3, Steve Rachmad and many more! totallyradio.com/shows/earspa...

It's taken two years but I'm delighted to reveal Scanner: Library, my first music software instrument is out now, featuring sounds from 40+ years of personal archives. It's deliberately simple but offers 10 million combinations of sounds www.soniccouture.com/en/products/...

Your chance to own the axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining, or the scary sky-blue dresses worn by the twin sisters and so much more in this Stanley Kubrick sale next year www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...

Any folks in Rome - a little reminder for you of my show this coming Wednesday 7 October at 19.00. It's free entry to everyone, but arrive early as tickets are limited. Be lovely to see you there 😊

And it's officially available to order, the handsome 2LP with etching is out in mid November, but copies will be sent to you whenever they happily arrive. Limited copies only. Postage is scary but taxes all paid ahead of time. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/contra...

Good things come to those who wait. The pre-sale for the Nurse with Wound/Scanner LP goes live tomorrow at 3pm, for a release date of 13.11.26. This vinyl edition is a double LP, with 3 sides of music and one side with a special Babs Santini etching. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/contra...

More details on the extremely limited lathe vinyl edition of Flaneur Electronique from Nurse with Wound/Scanner available 3 October. Just 20 copies with original artworks. robinrimbaud.substack.com/p/nurse-with...

To accompany my sound installation in the museum I will also be performing live next week in Rome. And it's a FREE show, no tickets needed, just turn up on the night for a special audio visual performance of 52 Spaces.

A joyful watch - 1979: The New Sound of Music with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Peter Zinovieff, David Vorhaus and Rick Wakeman and the techniques used to make this music youtu.be/dPonomCew5M?...

A little teaser for a forthcoming software instrument that digs into a lost world of 1980s recordings, to create a unique new sound library drawn from my personal archive of 4-track tape machines, cassette recordings, tape loops, and experimental sound-making. More soon...

Amazing to hear what is probably the earliest live recording of British electronic beat combo Autechre, in Rochdale for Darrell Fitton's birthday party 1990 youtu.be/M70jmp-RCeY?...

Today I listened to: Boddy | Scanner - Juxtapositions #MusicSky @ianboddy.bsky.social @scannerdot.com First listen to this & it's just what I hoped for. Fantastic. Subtle, hypnotic & engrossing. This will be getting a lot more plays. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/juxtap...

Sad to read of the passing of playwright, novelist and broadcaster Bonnie Greer. I vividly remember spending such a wonderful afternoon with her in the past.

I was already excited to be performing at Shadowlands with my band, Githead, but now I'm performing as Mischievous Misappropriators with my sonic pals Carl Stone and People Like us. This is going to be FUN!!! What an incredible line up now shadowlandsfestival.co.uk/artists/misc...

EarSpace Ep.40 hits the airwaves on @slackcityradio.bsky.social and you can listen back at @totallyradio.bsky.social with music from Adam Wiltzie, Autechre, Tyondai Braxton, Jad Atoui, Kalani, Na’ama Zisser, Atom Heart, Lusine, Terry Riley, Organum and more! totallyradio.com/shows/earspa...

A little reminder for our Listening Party tomorrow night, Thursday 10 September at 19.30 GMT. A chance to listen to the album with @ianboddy.bsky.social and myself and eat cake, have a drink and chat with us 😁 dinrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/juxtap...

Out today - my new album with @ianboddy.bsky.social on DiN, with a dreamlike sonic adventure from start to finish, and some rather fine tunes in between 😁 dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/juxtap...

Deep listening to the extreme... www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

Just bought some Motion Sensor Lights but slightly concerned at the effect they might have on my guests! 😁

Another classic Disobey night in London in the 1990s and the regular uncertainty of whether Richard D James/Aphex Twin would bother to turn up or not 😁

One week until London Interzone, where I will present the premiere of a new work using unheard, unreleased tapes of William S Burroughs www.thehorsehospital.com/events/londo...

Farewell today to the high priestess of polka dots, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026). Her work was unforgettable and for her, a means to survival. It’s playful, psychedelic, compulsive, beautiful and slightly unsettling all at once. Into infinity and beyond Yayoi! 🔴🟡⚫️

Marvelling at all the software I used to use to create music in the past and wondering what happened to so many of these inspiring apps? Some are still around but most...well, simply slipped away?

Astonishing to compare these two hard drives, the électronique d2 (1992) and the Crucial Portable SSD (2026) and consider that the tiny one has 4000 times more capacity!

A little bit of music software time travel in the cupboards…

A true inspiring issue of @electronicsound.bsky.social has just arrived, focusing on Tape Music, with an exclusive CD featuring two early and lengthy tape loop tracks by the pioneering American composer Steve Reich. Wonderful stuff

Marvel at the art of film collage with the Canadian genius Arthur Lipsett. A little film cited as an influence on Star Wars and Lucas' conceptualisation of "The Force." www.nfb.ca/film/21-87/

Re PPWR concerns, the FAQ's confirm that producers are 'required' to register by 12.08.26 are not required to report to the national EPR registers before 1 June 2030, and hopefully things will be cleared up well before then. 59/60 environment.ec.europa.eu/publications...

EarSpace Ep.39 out now on @totallyradio.bsky.social @slackcityradio.bsky.social with Meat Beat Manifesto, Bot1500, Gareth Jones, Eden Aurelius, Jaap Vink, Beatrice M, Bass Communion, MZ.412, Anthony Baldino and many more! totallyradio.com/shows/earspa...

The STEIM | Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music archive is so underused, with the most incredible live performances from a vast array of performers, such as Pole, Microstoria, Jan Jelinek. And these wonderful sessions from Pauline Oliveros. Dig in!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiEv...

Out now - just 111 copies of this 7" single featuring music recorded in the 1980s in Southfields, London. Out on Feral Child, mail them directly if you are interested in picking up a copy. Thanks for your support! thegreatpopsupplement@hotmail.com

Curious as to how other sellers are intending to deal with new EU legislation regarding packaging. From August 12, every package sent to another EU country will require a local representative apparently but how will that work for so many individual sellers? @bandcamp.com any help please?

Rediscovering Einstürzende Neubauten’s Kalte Sterne (1981)on ZickZack, a beautifully uncompromising double 7" single, from a time when industrial experimental music felt still genuinely dangerous. It felt like music that seemed to belong to the city of Berlin itself.

Third @bandcamp.com release today (I know, I know!). The last of the Deleuze Unit albums from 1996, recorded live with David Shea at The Garage London for Sub Rosa. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/deleuz...

Second @bandcamp.com release: Twisted Artifacts by Parallax Beat Brothers. Recorded mostly live in 2006-2007, this album features much of the material that Pete Lockett and I performed on tour. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/twiste...

Three releases on @bandcamp.com today! First of which is the red vinyl edition of La Fenëtre Magique. The digital version features the full unedited live session, plus the vinyl edits and a special 'supercut' of the album. scanner.bandcamp.com/album/la-fen...

Great to finally see Glenn Branca's incredibly rare Symphony No. 4 available on Bandcamp today. Don't forget to watch the live show in 1983 at the Holland Festival. You might need a VPN to view but it's worth it! And pick up the album too, of course. schatkamer.beeldengeluid.nl/serie/210180...