Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This was originally broadcast on ITV in the UK in 1997, featuring an interview with Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) talking about his approach and methodology at the time, where his body of work was focusing on the indiscriminate signals found in the airwaves, which he utilised within his ambient work.
The original film was uploaded to YouTube in the days when you were severely limited to how much time you could actually upload. As such, it was always split into two parts. So, now you can watch this back without interruption.
During this period Scanner was mostly his Lowe AR300E radio scanner, an Akai S1000 sampler & Roland JV-1080 synthesiser module. His outboard gear consisted of mostly an Alesis Quadraverb and Behringer Composer Compressor.
Directed by Chris Dooks (www.dooks.org)
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Setting up
02.26 Size doesn’t matter
03:26 In the studio
03:47 Live concert
04:20 Interview
05:34 Marcel Duchamp
06:22 Live show
06:53 S1000 sampling
09:30 I love you
10:05 Sound of the city
11:26 The random factor
This was originally broadcast on ITV in the UK in 1997, featuring an interview with Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) talking about his approach and methodology at the time, where his body of work was focusing on the indiscriminate signals found in the airwaves, which he utilised within his ambient work.
The original film was uploaded to YouTube in the days when you were severely limited to how much time you could actually upload. As such, it was always split into two parts. So, now you can watch this back without interruption.
During this period Scanner was mostly his Lowe AR300E radio scanner, an Akai S1000 sampler & Roland JV-1080 synthesiser module. His outboard gear consisted of mostly an Alesis Quadraverb and Behringer Composer Compressor.
Directed by Chris Dooks (www.dooks.org)
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Setting up
02.26 Size doesn’t matter
03:26 In the studio
03:47 Live concert
04:20 Interview
05:34 Marcel Duchamp
06:22 Live show
06:53 S1000 sampling
09:30 I love you
10:05 Sound of the city
11:26 The random factor
