1. Scanner is a Power Meta… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists named Scanner:
1. Scanner is a Power Metal Band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
2. Scanner is multimedia artist and sound designer Robin Rimbaud from London, United Kingdom.
3) A German EBM and Synthpop label founded in 1999 by Francesco D'Angelo Spine Of God.
1. Scanner
Was previously known as:
- Reinforce (1977 - 1982)
- then as Lions Breed, a German Metal act that released the 1985 album on the Earthshaker label entitled "Damn The Night") the group changed vocalists and drummers and became Scanner in 1986, adopting an on stage sci-fi image.
SCANNER appeared in 1987 with the opener track "GALACTOS" on the "DOOMSDAY NEWS" compilation by NOISE RECORDS, Berlin. The group’s debut album, "Hypertrace", was produced by Eloy vocalist Frank Bornemann and was released in 1988. Backing vocals for this outing were contributed by Ralph Scheepers (see Primal Fear[[/artist]). The Japanese Release of this album added the exclusive track "Galactos" from the DOOMSDAY NEWS compilation.
In 1991 the second album, "TERMINAL EARTH", had been released the group had parted company with vocalist Michael Knoblich and replaced him with the Yugoslavian born ex-Angel Dust front man S.L. Coe. When personality clashes erupted between Coe and his band mates the vocalist was forced out in 1993.
Guitarist and bandleader Axel Julius (also producer aka Nigel Boston) recruited a new line up for SCANNER to release the "MENTAL RESERVATION" album in 1995 for the MASSACRE RECORDS label and JVC Victor Entertainment, Japan. The band comprised Polish vocalist Haridon Lee, bassist John A.B.C. Smith and drummer D.D. Bucco for this album, although Smith was succeeded by Marc Simon shortly after the record was released.
1997’s "BALL OF THE DAMNED" would prove an ambitious affair as the band took on cover version of QUEEN’s epic "Innuendo". Ralph Scheepers, by now in PRIMAL FEAR, also appeared once more lending vocals to "Puppet On A String". Touring to promote the album saw headline European dates with support act UNREST before a further round of shows on a package billing with FATES WARNING and OMEN. In summer ‘97 SCANNER appeared first time at W.O.A., Wacken Open Air, Germany.
SCANNER ‘s 2002 release was brandishing the new studio album "SCANTROPOLIS".
At this stage the new look band comprised female vocalist Lisa Croft, guitarists Axel Julius and Thilo Zaun, bass player Marc Simon, keyboard player Johannes Brunn and drummer Jan Zimmer. The album closes with an unaccredited version of "Till The Ferryman Dies" recorded live in Stockholm.
In 2003 Greek vocalist Efthimios Ioannidis joined the band and is SCANNER’s most constant singer until today’s line-up. SCANNER played a lot of shows whole of Europe in the past years and will come up with their 6th album, "THE JUDGEMENT", in January 2015 (Release Date: January the 23rd, 2015, MASSACRE RECORDS).
2. Robin Rimbaud (born in 1964) is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance. He is also a member of the band Githead with Wire's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel and Max Franken from Minimal Compact.
Rimbaud is also a writer and media critic[citation needed], multi-media artist and record producer. He borrowed his stage name from the device he used in his early recordings, picking up indeterminate radio and mobile phone signals in the airwaves and using them as an instrument in his compositions.
Born in in Southfields, London, Scanner was interested in avant garde literature, cinema and music while growing up. When he was a teenager his family was bereaved when his father was killed in a motorcycle accident.[1] He attended Kingston University in Surrey, earning a degree in Modern Arts (BA). There, he formed a musical project The Rimbaud Brothers with fellow student Tony Rimbaud, releasing cassette editions in the early 1980s, later becoming Dau Al Set with the addition of Chris Staley.
He released Peyrere compilation cassette album in 1986, featuring the work of Nurse with Wound, Derek Jarman, Current 93, Coil and Test Dept. That same year, he composed the soundtrack to a short film A Horse with No Name, directed by Phil Viner, shown at the London Film Festival.[2]
In 1989, he was commissioned to contribute to the Cultural Icons publication (Bloomsbury) edited by James Park, writing many articles on contemporary art, literature, music and dance.
His debut Scanner CD was released in 1992 on Ash International, a subsidiary label of London's Touch Music label. He continued to produce the first dozen releases with Mike Harding of Touch, including Scanner², Mass Observation, Blind, and Runaway Train, a real-time recording of the captivating radio contact between Alfie, controller of the line and Wesley, the driver of a runaway train. Location: New Brunswick, Canada, recorded 9 March 1948.
In 1994, he pioneered one of the first webzines, in the very early days of the internet, I/O/D, in collaboration with Matthew Fuller and Graham Harwood. In 1998, he presented Surface Noise on a London bus, commissioned by Artangel, and won the Imaginaria 99 Award for Digital Arts, ICA London the following year. He re-soundtracked Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville movie in a series of performances around the world, whilst playfully presenting 16 concerts in one evening using a series of Scanner look-alikes to perform in his absence. For 2003, he installed a permanent installation in Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches, France as part of the bereavement suite Channel of Flight.[3] In 2004, Tate Modern commissioned Sound Surface in collaboration with Stephen Vitiello as their first sonic arts work. In the same year, he composed Europa 25, an alternative National Anthem for Europe that was freely distributed via 10,000 CDs and a website.
He has continued to collaborate with classical musicians – Michael Nyman for Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, Musique Nouvelles in Belgium for their 'Play Along' collaborative string quartet, and opera singer Patricia Rozario for a new untitled work in 2007.
From 1994–2000, he set up and "curated" The Electronic Lounge music club at London's ICA, where these monthly sessions presented nights of music in a social environment. Nights included presentations with the record companies Warp Records, Irdial, Ninja Tune, Touch, Mego, Leaf Records and many others.
Since 2000 he has featured on BBC Radio 4, as a commentator on issues relating to popular music on a number of occasions.
Working with choreographer Wayne McGregor, he created Nemesis for Random Dance in 2002, Detritus for Ballet Rambert in 2003, and Qualia for the Royal Ballet in 2004. He continues to work with dance, with new works for Shobana Jeyasingh and Siobhan Davies in 2007. In 2006 he created the sound for Merce Cunningham's E:vent at London's Barbican theatre.
In 2006, he created Night Haunts, a monthly online artwork, working with writer Sukhdev Sandhu and designers Mind Unit. He sound-designed Aitan Errusi's new British horror film Reverb. In 2007 he soundtracked British filmmaker Steve McQueen's film installation Gravesend, at the 52nd Venice Biennial.
In 2008 he was President of Honour at the Qwartz Music Awards in Paris, and scored the musical comedy Kirikou & Karaba in Paris, which was later released on DVD (EMI). He premiered his six-hour performance show, Of Air and Eye at the Royal Opera House London in late 2008, and sound-designed the new Philips Wake-Up Light with Philips Electronics in NL, a lamp to wake you up with natural light and sound.
In 2009 He showed Atlantida, an HD film installation at the Canary Islands Biennial, created in collaboration with filmmaker Olga Mink. In the summer of 2009 he composed the soundtrack to the opening ceremony of the World Swimming Championships in Rome, broadcast in 164 countries, and soundtracked the new Samburg Corby telephone campaign in Italy.
In 2005, he was a contributing curator 'J’en rêve' at Fondation Cartier Paris, and in 2006, jointly curated the video art exhibition 'Mobile' at Espace Landowski Paris.
His BBC radio production of Jean Cocteau's The Human Voice won the Prix Marulic Award and recently, he won First Prize Neptun Water Prize for his installation Wishing Well in Austria, in collaboration with Austrian artist Katarina Matiasek. In 1998, he became 'Professor Scanner' at John Moores University in Liverpool. In 2009 he became Visiting Professor at University College Falmouth UK, and Visiting Professor at Le Fresnoy National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing France.
He recently contributed a chapter to Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky. In 2010 Rimbaud working with The Post Modern Jazz Quartet on Blink of an Eye with a very subtle touch, embedding his sounds into those of the New York jazz ensemble seamlessly as critics observed.[5]
In 2013 Rimbaud dueted with Alexandra Strunin on the song "Robot" from her EP called Stranger released on 29 October 2013.
Grapes of Fear
Scanner Lyrics
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When human debris covered half of the blue ball it was difficult
To keep the military alternative weapon
>From the public and hide the shame from the fatherÆs eyes
They always knew that things would turn negatively
And precautions were secretly taken by the ministry
Seven mighty juggernauts
Out of control loss of reason
Who's guilty of decay
Time runs out to wipe the dirt
Look for a primer to blur
Fourteen eyes behind armored glass
Staring full of hate, look at the grapes of fear
No one here goes anywhere
Never reveal it, better conceal it
Take the files and make trash
A situation of despair
Somebody has got to calm the crowds
They conceive it, the press can feel it
They won't feel what's happening to them
Nation's faithful servants come undone mellow grapes of fear
The staff is quiet, the poison's out
The sky is lit up by the flames of those
Who died in nowhere's distant space
another menace lies ahead
Rumble! "Open the door!
Screaming! "I've seen it"
Staring eyes search the blackened sky
Faces pale and white
They don't know one victim has survived
Fate longs for revenge, oh earth beware - don't pick the grapes of =
fear
The song Grapes of Fear by Scanner is a reflection of the tragedy and horror of World War II’s closing days. The song sings of the difficulty of keeping the alternative military weapon from public scrutiny and concealing the shame of the war from the public eye. The Ministry took secret precautions as everyone knew that things were going to turn negatively. The song then goes on to describe the seven mighty juggernauts that were out of control, having lost their human touch and reason due to the manipulated DNA.
The lyrics go on to say that the situation is dire, and someone needs to calm the crowds. The Press is aware of the problem, but people won’t understand what is happening to them. The song ends on a grim note, saying the sky is lit up by the flames of those who died in nowhere's distant space, and another menace lies ahead. The fate longs for revenge, and the earth should beware and not pick the grapes of fear.
The songwriters critique the idea of a society turning a blind eye to its actions, hiding its mistakes, and misleading the people who should have the right to know. The lyrics also highlight the consequences that one has to face for neglect, greed, and fear, and how it can take a toll on people's lives.
Line by Line Meaning
In the last days of the second world war
The setting of the song is in the closing days of World War II.
When human debris covered half of the blue ball it was difficult
The war had caused immense destruction and chaos on the planet.
To keep the military alternative weapon
The authorities had an alternative military weapon, but they wanted to keep it classified from the public.
From the public and hide the shame from the fatherÆs eyes
The authorities wanted to keep the weapon a secret to avoid the public's backlash and knowing the atrocities committed by their fathers in the war.
They always knew that things would turn negatively
The authorities were aware that things might turn against them in the future.
And precautions were secretly taken by the ministry
The authorities had taken many precautions to protect themselves against an eventuality.
Seven mighty juggernauts
The authorities had created seven powerful and deadly weapons.
Out of control loss of reason
The weapons were uncontrollable with deadly consequences.
Manipulated DNA
The authorities had genetically engineered the weapons.
Who's guilty of decay
The authorities are responsible for creating weapons that could lead to destruction.
Time runs out to wipe the dirt
The time is running out to correct their actions.
Look for a primer to blur
The authorities are looking for ways to hide the evidence of their weapon's existence.
Fourteen eyes behind armored glass
The authorities are watching the weapon secretly behind armored glass.
Staring full of hate, look at the grapes of fear
The authorities are staring at their creation with fear and disgust.
No one here goes anywhere
There is no escape from the consequences of their actions.
Never reveal it, better conceal it
The authorities never intend to reveal their weapons and want to keep them hidden.
Take the files and make trash
The authorities are destroying all evidence that could jeopardize their safety.
A situation of despair
The situation is terrible with no hope of redemption.
Somebody has got to calm the crowds
Someone needs to calm the masses as they are becoming restless.
They conceive it, the press can feel it
The authorities are aware that the media is getting wind of their actions.
They won't feel what's happening to them
The masses have no idea about the looming danger.
Nation's faithful servants come undone mellow grapes of fear
The nation's trusted public servants are coming apart under the weight of fear and guilt.
The staff is quiet, the poison's out
The authorities' trusted staff is quiet as they know the poison is out.
The sky is lit up by the flames of those
The skies are smoking from the war that had devastated the planet.
Who died in nowhere's distant space
Many had died in distant war zones, unknown and forgotten.
Another menace lies ahead
Another threat of destruction is imminent.
Rumble! "Open the door!
The sound of destruction is getting closer.
Screaming! "I've seen it"
People are screaming out of terror.
Staring eyes search the blackened sky
People are searching for answers and hope in the dark sky.
Faces pale and white
Faces show that people are terrified and unwell.
They don't know one victim has survived
People are unaware that there is one survivor who is seeking revenge.
Fate longs for revenge, oh earth beware - don't pick the grapes of fear
The survivor is seeking revenge against those responsible for such destruction and horrors.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AXEL JULIUS, MICHAEL KNOBLICH, THOMAS SOPHA
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