Moskau Disko

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF TEENAGE WOCHEN IN 2006, SCANNER FOLLOWS UP HIS SLIPPERY ELECTRO TRIP WITH MOSKAU DISKO, THE WARPED DAUGHTER OF A NIGHT SPENT IN A DIGITAL ORGY OF WAGNERIAN CREATIVE EXCESS ON GERMAN LABEL BINEMUSIC, HOME TO MODEST MUSICAL SURPRISES. TERRORIZED VOCALS OPEN THE ACID SLIP-DISC PARTY ATMOSPHERE, KRAFTWERK SEDUCE THE APHEX TWIN IN THE KITCHEN, AND JAMES HOLDEN TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARIS HILTON WASHING UP THE BEATS, AND PUBLISHES THEM ON MYSPACE. THIS BEWITCHINGLY GROOVE-LADEN RUSSIAN DISCOTHÈQUE IS CONTRASTED BY THE SLOW MOTION ELEGANCE OF RUSSE TRAUM, AS THE STOCKINGS ARE TIDIED AWAY, THE CURTAINS DRAWN AND THE LIGHTS SOFTLY DIMMED. SCANNER - BRITISH SOUND ARTIST, ROBIN RIMBAUD - EXPLORES AN ECLECTIC MIX OF ACTIVITIES THAT PLACE HIM AT THE CROSSROADS OF ACADEMIC AND DIGITAL POP CULTURE. SINCE 1991 HE HAS BEEN INTENSELY ACTIVE IN SOUND ART, PRODUCING CONCERTS, COMPOSITIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND RECORDINGS, THE ALBUMS MASS OBSERVATION (1994), DELIVERY (1997), AND THE GARDEN IS FULL OF METAL (1998) HAILED BY CRITICS AS INNOVATIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC. THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY BUSY. HE CREATED THE ON-GOING NIGHT HAUNTS PROJECT (WWW.NIGHTHAUNTS.ORG.UK) WITH ARTANGEL, PRODUCED A FOUR-HOUR PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH WALES, AND DESIGNED 6 NEW CAR HORNS FOR THE USA. IN 2007 HIS WORK CAN BE HEARD SOUNDTRACKING NEW BRITISH HORROR MOVIE REVERB, AT THE CONEY ISLAND AQUARIUM IN NEW YORK, AND WITH FILM-MAKER STEVE MCQUEEN FOR HIS NEW FILM AT THE VENICE BIENNAL. ARTPOP, HIS SECOND ROCK 'N ROLL ALBUM WITH GITHEAD, WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR. HIS FULL-LENGTH COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN ARTIST THOMAS TOUZIMSKY WILL BE RELEASED ON BINEMUSIC IN SUMMER 2007.