qd40 Scanner - Forces, Reactions, Deflections - out now!
- quiet details
- Oct 1
- 4 min read
Hi friends - hope all good :)
Elated to welcome one of the most enduringly creative and boundary-pushing artists of the last few decades to quiet details, Robin Rimbaud, otherwise known as Scanner.
Out now on digital and limited CD with long-form edition, six panel digipack and fine art print. Digital half price until 10th October.
Listening Party tomorrow Thursday 2nd October 19:00 UK time - hope you can be there - free to join and all welcome x
A towering figure in the worlds of music, sonic and visual art, dance, installation and a myriad of other disciplines - Robin has covered a huge amount of artistic ground since his earliest forays into our consciousness in 1991.
From countless albums and projects as a solo artist and in many collaborations, including the likes of Brian Ferry, Michale Nyman, Steve McQueen, Stella McCartney, Laurie Anderson and Hussein Chalayan, and Pauline Oliveros; to the first Sound Art commission at the Tate Modern London; scoring a dance piece for the UK Olympics; the list of his critically-acclaimed achievements goes on and on.
At the core of his work is always a deep curiosity, the ability to make cognitive leaps into the creative unknown and fashion something beautiful - it’s with this sense of wonder he’s made something truly incredible for quiet details.
The album is a stunning sonic exploration of the world around him, another fundamental element running through his work - realising the majesty contained within structures that has always been there, now brought to life.
As Robin says:
This album is forged entirely from the resonant clangs, echoes, and whispers of a stainless steel staircase at home, transforming everyday architecture into an unexpected orchestra.
By coaxing rhythm, tone, and atmosphere from the metallic body of a staircase, the work reimagines movement between floors as a passage through sound.
No synthesisers were used in the creation, only the natural sound of the staircase using a geophone seismic microphone and the gentle assistance of the occasional resonant filter and sample software.
This has led to an album of enveloping beauty - highly textured drones meet distant pulses; metallic fragments merge with hauntingly evocative melody. Physical architecture translated to harmonic structures in the most breathtaking way imaginable.
There’s so much to admire here - from the beauty of the original recordings to the highest level of craft to turn them into something so musically engaging - a true masterpiece from one of our finest artistic minds.
Huge thanks to Robin for being part of the series.
The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Robin which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.
As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, created by the artist and representing the music in its purest form.
Credits:
Music by Robin Rimbaud
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Robin Rimbaud
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2025 all rights reserved
Now shout-outs - much appreciation to these people for the support! Highly recommend subscribing/following and supporting them however you can.
qd40 Scanner
Richard Heinemann including a track on the latest E-Lodie
qd39 Raica
Great edition of Futurism Restated from Philip Sherburne - big thanks to him for including Chloe’s album. Awesome to see Jo Johnson in there too - I had the pleasure of mastering that one, she made something really wonderful - check it here
More excellent stuff from Stephan Kunze over at zensounds - very grateful he included the album in his latest ambient selections
Thanks to Trevor for including a track in his recent Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 121 mix here
qd38 Aiko Takahashi
Thanks to another excellent Substack, Flow State for the lovely interview with Aiko
Thanks to the ever-consistent selector Mat Eric Hart for including a track here for ROVR Radio
Thanks for the mention of the album and label from Daniel DeWitt aka The Lifted Index for the mention on his Patreon here - highly recommend checking it out, and also his new album Agonist on the always-excellent Seil Records here
fields we found – resolve / relate 05 (stasis dub) (subscriber exclusive)
Finally big thanks to Leigh Wright for including this sub exclusive track in the latest mix - Zadagan Keep: The Apollo Suite – Choose What is Divine - check it here
Huge thanks to all the new subscribers and kind words about the latest sub-only release Ephemera 01 (here’s a private link to check out the first track) - all subscribers get everything I make, past/present/future - currently stands at twenty releases for less than the price of a coffee every month :)
Much love. enjoy the music and hopefully see you tomorrow night!
Alex
quiet details studios - mastering and audio services
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