HOLIDAY SALE AT THE ONION STORE

Artist Scanner

An electronic musician with one of the richest working methods in the business, Scanner came up creating ambient beatscapes with sounds pirated via various short-wave radios and police scanning devices. He’s been known to move away from the most literal approach of his early work, but beneath the tense rhythms and slurry sine waves, he layers in lurk snippets of live phone conversations and crackling microwave frequencies pulled straight from thin air. It’s all a little haunting, to be sure, but also beautiful.

Updated 06/24/2009

« Back to the A.V. Club home

Share Tools