Bleep

Robin Rimbaud’s work as Scanner has seen him help define ambient and minimal electronic music in the UK in the last 20 years and more, and ‘Electronic Garden’ is a vital addition to his already formidable catalogue. Capturing the artist live in an outdoor amphitheatre in Dresden, the cuts have a life and energy often rare within the rarified and puritan soundworlds of Rimbaud’s studio albums. ‘Immaculate, Air’ is a gorgeous drone which blends with its surroundings perfectly, while cuts like ‘Backwood’ see the producer letting his hair down with 8-bit croaks and a minimal techno patter cutting through multi-layered voice samples.