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01. SCANNER - The Luminous Past
02. SCANNER - Pet (Headz)
03. SCANNER - That's Okay
04. SCANNER - Curse (Headz)
05. SCANNER - Connections
06. SCANNER - Snort (Headz)
07. SCANNER - Underwater
08. SCANNER - Chewing (Headz)
09. SCANNER - Tape Junk
10. SCANNER - Closet (Headz)
11. SCANNER - Cavern Wall
12. SCANNER - Anytime (Headz)
13. SCANNER - Humdum Talk
14. SCANNER - Hollow (Headz)
15. SCANNER - Blind Electricity
16. SCANNER - Flame (Headz)
17. SCANNER - Moth Open Math
18. SCANNER - Scouse (Headz)
19. SCANNER - Who Else Is There?
20. SCANNER - Smut (Headz)
21. SCANNER - Red Exile
22. SCANNER - Tourette (Headz)
ARTIST
TITLE
Colofon & Compendium 1991-1994
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SR 341CD SR 341CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/27/2012

Telephone terrorism tactics and voyeuristic ambience from the Scanner archive 1991-1994. Exclusive unreleased material. An eavesdropper's delight. "In the summer of 2010, I worked through my extensive archive of DAT tapes, cassettes and mini-discs, which had accumulated since 1977, and with the help of my ever-capable and patient interns, began the process of digitizing these materials. The result -- over 600 hours of largely unreleased material -- was overwhelming to say the least, and that was only the edited highlights, as we never touched any material prior to 1991. Most of these recordings have never been heard before or released, though ideas, voices and samples may have reappeared in altered forms on future releases. Very little of it is 'finished' in any sense; it is more of a thinking process, sketches towards something else, a moment of inspiration briefly captured. At the invitation of Sub Rosa, I honed down the selection to the controversial scanned telephone call works by-passing film scores, dance pieces, remixes and so on. The shorter pieces interspersed throughout the album were originally commissioned by James Lavelle for an edition of his Mo' Wax compilation label series Headz, but for unknown reasons were never included. Two of the works, 'Blind Electricity' and 'Moth Open Math,' began life as remixes for other artists but then took on a life entirely of their own so were never issued in this form. 'Underwater' was released in an edition of 100 copies on 7" vinyl on Syntatic Records Vienna, April 1995. 'Tape Junk' and 'Who Else Is There?' were released on 7" vinyl on Soul Static Sound, October 1996." -- Robin Rimbaud