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Issue
4.12 - Dec 1996
Electric
Word
Addicted
to Your Noise
English
writer, producer, and musician Scanner (nee Robin Rimbaud) trawls
the airwaves for cell phone conversations to weave into chilling
ambient music recordings. Repugnant aural voyeurism? Not to
Scanner, who says that technology has made the concept of privacy
moot. In Britain, he's scored a huge buzz, recording soundtracks
for Derek Jarman and Neville Brody, speaking on panels with
Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel, and playing with bands such as
Elastica. Next, he hopes to invade US airwaves. "So much of
American media is about voyeurism - talk shows, amateur porn,
true-crime shows," he says. "It's increasingly difficult to
conceive of truly private spaces."
Marc Spiegler
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