An Ascent [CD]

Scanner (British musician Robin Rimbaud) has been inventively active in Electronic Music since 1991 and involved in a range of musical activities covering sonic art, concerts, installations, recordings and dance scores. His impeccable sonic credentials have seen him work with such luminaries as Bryan Ferry, Michael Nyman & Laurie Anderson. His recent online live shows were seen by Ian Boddy who invited Rimbaud to produce an album for the highly respected DiN label. The nine tracks form a musical journey ranging from ambient interludes through to pulsing machine-like rhythms. There's always a sense of detail in the sonic backdrop which is just out of reach. A sense of yearning that opens the album with the track "The Ascent" and flows through to the beautiful ending of the final track "Counterpointe".