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Robin Rimbaud, also known as Scanner, has been a fixture of British electronic music since the early 1990s. To launch Verdurin’s new series of critical listening sessions, Room Tone, a presentation of Rimbaud’s work will invite a response from music writer Tim Rutherford-Johnson.

Rimbaud’s 2017 album Fibolae occupies a special place in the musician’s extensive discography. The album advances his experimentation with a variety of equipment, instruments, and styles that has characterised his output for over three decades.

Yet this eleven-track record stands out. Rimbaud originally received international attention for his reduced ambient music based on recordings of private telephone conversations. Created after a period of personal loss, Fibolae shifts between intimate and intense energetic moments that contrast with Rimbaud’s recognisable moods and textures.