Technorama, by Scannerfunk

Technorama

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karl lovblad Again a wonderful collection of some more rhythmic electronica by the ever-creative scanner

Alex An enjoyable and fun collection! I'm not sure if I'll get erotic yoga out of my head.

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5.	Attack 03:03	buy track
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Technorama is an album that anyone is likely to own a copy of. It was released back in 2001 as a Library album.

After the surprising success of my Scannerfunk album in 2000, Wave of Light by Wave of Light, I was approached by a commercial company, Digital Vision, to create library music as part of a new series they were initiating. For those who aren’t familiar with this idea of library music, it’s actually quite unique. Stock music, or photographs or videos, is created by sessions musicians and/or composers, in a variety of styles and genres, and released directly to commercial enterprises like TV, radio and film. With the example of Digital Vision, a client would purchase this exclusive music for £75 and not need to pay anything more. They could soundtrack their corporate videos or fashion show, and feel reassured that there would be no hidden licensing fees to be paid later on. As the artist you would receive a percentage of these sales.

At the same time, this music would rarely be heard by anyone beyond the buyer’s market. Curiously, vinyl crate diggers over the years have discovered all manner of library music gems in dusty record stores of markets and sampled them to death, often created by influential artists working under pseudonyms. My own album was commissioned as ‘forward looking, futuristic techno.’ At heart, it meant I produced 15 techno oriented tracks, plus an additional 15 x 60 sec versions and 15 x 30 sec versions.

I cheekily titled it Technorama and set about producing these 15 pieces. I was conscious that it needed to be as accessible as possible, and like many library albums quite unsubtly nodded towards other artists of this genre. I mean, no prizes as to ‘Daft’ was inspired by! According to account statements over the years the music appeared in insurance videos, a popular TV car show and even a series of erotic yoga videos. Most unfortunately, I have never seen any of these productions. Then again, perhaps I don’t want to!

So, here's an opportunity to hear this for the first time for many people.
I wrote a more contextual feature about this body of work on my website here:

scannerdot.com/2021/08/the-20th-anniversary-of-scannerfunk/

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released September 3, 2001

Written, performed and produced by Robin Rimbaud
Originally released as a Library Music album on Digital Vision 2001

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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner is an artist and composer working in London. Since 1991 he has been intensely active in sonic art, producing concerts, installations and recordings. His work has been presented throughout the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. ... more

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