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How Robin Rimbaud - aka Scanner - creates art from private phone conversations

Written by Sam Willis | May 28, 2025 7:00:00 PM

Meet Robin Rimbaud, aka Scanner, and hear how he started his music industry career by, controversially, using private phone conversations in his music and sound art projects.

Robin Rimbaud is an electronic music and sound artist who found fame and notoriety in the 90s with his production methods; namely, using a radio scanner to listen in to private phone conversations, record them and turn them into sound art.

Here, he explains his process and how he got started for our Plymouth students during Industry Week.