website associated_acts years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.scannerdot.com/ scannerdot.com -rsb- githead 1980s -- present scanner southfields , london , england swim ~ , ash international , touch music robin rimbaud non_vocal_instrumentalist yes 1964 electronic robin rimbaud
 robin rimbaud musician , writer , media critic , record producer
robin rimbaud

robin rimbaud -lrb- born 1964 -rrb- is an electronic musician who works under the name scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance .
he is also a member of the band githead with wire 's colin newman and malka spigel and max franken from minimal compact .
rimbaud is also a writer and media critic , multi-media artist and record producer .
he borrowed his stage name from the device he used in his early recordings , picking up indeterminate radio and mobile phone signals in the airwaves and using them as an instrument in his compositions .
