A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The alt-rock supergroup Githead consists of four veteran scenesters: Colin Newman of legendary art-pop act Wire, Malka Spiegel and Max Franken from Israeli rock-exotica band Minimal Compact, plus electronica pioneer Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a. Scanner ). The band came together almost as a lark in 2004, performing a few shows and recording some fairly experimental songs, but over the past three...
undomondo (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
+ Julian Lynch presents a wildly eclectic mixtape for Cool Tapes, feat. none other than Indian sax god Kadri Gopalnath alongside George Clinton and Frank Sinatra. ( Space Mountain ) + The Black Dog presents a sophisticated ambient electronica set with Intrusion, Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner), Stars of the Lid & Terry Riley. ( tracklist & download ) + Cosmopolyphonic mix by Onur Engin, who’s...
The STA Official Label Blog Of Thoughts And Stuff® (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Courtesy Group Tradesman Entrance Ma Doocey CD "Visceral debut from Brummagem grinesters beloved of Messrs Cooper Clarke & Peel, ("Strong spikey stuff I'd say!"). Githead Landing Swim Githead is a group whose members are Colin Newman (Wire), Malka Spigel and Max Franken (Minimal Compact) and Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner). ‘Landing’ is their third album of...
Dissensus (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Image: http://www.dustscience.com/live/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Scanner_24.jpg Scanner - British artist Robin Rimbaud traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form, creating absorbing, multi-layered sound pieces that twist technology in unconventional ways. From his...
