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TRESOR 351LP
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Tresor Records release Crash Recoil, a new album by Surgeon. It marks Anthony Child's first techno LP in five years, following a period in which he felt uncertainty in his role as a techno producer and found it tough to locate inspiration. This new album encounters him drawing on spontaneous techniques to arrive at unchartered topographies. Crash Recoil originates from Surgeon's recent live sets, where he experimented with constraints in performing and embracing the twists, turns and paradoxes that arrive from this. Each fresh iteration on consistent MIDI sequences and hardware reconfigured tracks into different constellations, creating an inspiring vortex of unpredicted events where ideas could flourish. This new approach allowed him to capture the spontaneous energy of his live shows in a way he had never done before. "This is not a live album, since it has not been recorded in one go during a live performance. In the same way that bands tour songs before going into the studio to record an album, I was able to explore these songs and hone their effectiveness during my live performances before creating a studio version." The result is eight tracks that emphasize a new techno sound for Surgeon, drawing in references from across the musical spectrum. "I can hear Coil, King Tubby, Detroit techno and The Cure all wrapped up with 30 years of DJing," Surgeon says of the album. Melancholic hum-like ambiences smudge around unadorned, near-droning basslines, crunching rhythm, and percolating arpeggiations. The tracks carry unique and potent locomotion, with a low-slung grind through toughened terrains, breathing with a free spirit, untethered by a studio-based perspective. You can hear manifestations of the same raw material across the album, like a textural motif, carving new variants and creating a cohesive work full of recollection. 180 gram vinyl; full printed sleeve; includes download card.
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DTR 013EP
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Created as an experiment to play at the Amsterdam Dance Event in 2018, Raw Trax 1 is a return to the pure essence of techno, recorded live in the studio using only a PIN Electronics Portabella synthesizer and a Roland TR-909 drum machine direct to DAT tape. Road-tested for months in Surgeon's DJ sets, these tracks have a huge impact on the dancefloor.
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DTR 004LP
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Double LP version. Includes download code. Surgeon's new full-length, Luminosity Device, takes Bardo Thödol -- the Tibetan Book of the Dead -- as a starting point for a rhythmic journey into those interstitial spaces where body, mind, and soul no longer seem like distinct categories. It has the potential to turn anything from a club visit to a train commute into a collision with the otherworldly. Since the 1990s, Anthony Child has been one of the most consistent and pivotal electronic music producers to use that craft as a tool for achieving transcendence. Under his aptly chosen DJing and production alias Surgeon, his technical precision and clarity of creative vision have resulted in a highly influential form of techno-mesmerism documented in exhaustive live sets and incisive studio recordings. His talent for wielding beats and sonic textures as healing technologies and as magical weapons simultaneously, and particularly for excelling in "long-form" treatments, has made him not only a key contributor to the legacies of touchstone labels Tresor and Downwards, but also a prized collaborator (his British Murder Boys duo with Regis has capitalized on both producers' natural intensity to devastating effect). The pure techno idiom has never been his sole method of exploring the vastness of inner space, or of illustrating the interaction of thought and memory with the external environment: the work published under his own name, e.g. the two-volume set Electronic Recordings From Maui Jungle (EMEGO 215CD/LP, EMEGO 230CD/LP), along with newer collaborations like the Transcendence Orchestra with Daniel Bean (EMEGO 246LP), have shown Child to have a masterful knowledge of the intimate qualities of drone and atmospheric sound: the sound-scaping talent utilized in these projects is capable of drawing out acute emotional reactions from a broad spectrum of listeners.
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DTR 004CD
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Surgeon's new full-length, Luminosity Device, takes Bardo Thödol -- the Tibetan Book of the Dead -- as a starting point for a rhythmic journey into those interstitial spaces where body, mind, and soul no longer seem like distinct categories. It has the potential to turn anything from a club visit to a train commute into a collision with the otherworldly. Since the 1990s, Anthony Child has been one of the most consistent and pivotal electronic music producers to use that craft as a tool for achieving transcendence. Under his aptly chosen DJing and production alias Surgeon, his technical precision and clarity of creative vision have resulted in a highly influential form of techno-mesmerism documented in exhaustive live sets and incisive studio recordings. His talent for wielding beats and sonic textures as healing technologies and as magical weapons simultaneously, and particularly for excelling in "long-form" treatments, has made him not only a key contributor to the legacies of touchstone labels Tresor and Downwards, but also a prized collaborator (his British Murder Boys duo with Regis has capitalized on both producers' natural intensity to devastating effect). The pure techno idiom has never been his sole method of exploring the vastness of inner space, or of illustrating the interaction of thought and memory with the external environment: the work published under his own name, e.g. the two-volume set Electronic Recordings From Maui Jungle (EMEGO 215CD/LP, EMEGO 230CD/LP), along with newer collaborations like the Transcendence Orchestra with Daniel Bean (EMEGO 246LP), have shown Child to have a masterful knowledge of the intimate qualities of drone and atmospheric sound: the sound-scaping talent utilized in these projects is capable of drawing out acute emotional reactions from a broad spectrum of listeners.
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DTR 012EP
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Since September 2015 Surgeon has been performing live improvised techno using hardware machines. This has gradually evolved over the 25 years that he's been performing to a point where it really can't be called DJing anymore. He's taken the techniques and inspiration from this live creative process and distilled them into these four tracks. Convenience Trap follows on from the techniques learned in his Bland Ambition release, also on Dynamic Tension (DTR 011EP, 2016). Always pushing forward against the plague of mediocrity.
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DTR 011EP
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Since September 2015, Surgeon has been performing live improvised techno using hardware machines. This has gradually evolved out of 24 years of performing, and his performance is at a point where it can't really be called DJing anymore. He's taken the techniques and inspiration from this live creative process and distilled them into these four tracks. As always, Surgeon always pushes forward against the plague of mediocrity.
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CBX 013EP
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2016 repress; originally released in 2006. "Finally, after a long wait of over 4 years, Surgeon returns with 3 brand new solo tracks for his own Counterbalance label. After the industrial wasteland inhabited by the British Murder Boys project this astounding release from Surgeon displays a far less oppressive atmosphere, owing much more to his highly regarded Midnight Club Tracks series from 2000 & 2001. The three tracks display a variety of emotion and atmosphere, suitable even for the most jaded techno palate." --Juno Records
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CBX 008EP
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2018 repress; originally released in 2001. "Brilliant, pioneering Techno" --Hard Wax
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DTR 003LP
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Double LP version. This is the seventh Surgeon album. "While exploring new production techniques using old and unlikely hardware, the results were so unusual that I really had the sense that these pieces of equipment didn't actually create these sounds, rather they were in fact some kind of elaborate reception device that allowed me to tune into transmissions from Distant Galaxies. The music I could hear was actually the received transmissions of Pop Hits from those Distant Galaxies that were being played on their radio stations. I quickly recorded all that I could before losing the transmission. I consulted with Dr Andrew Read, the astrophysicist with whom I recorded Guitar Treatments in 1999. He has worked on the discovery of the most distant galaxies and astronomical objects in the Universe. Together we came up with a possible list of where these musical transmissions may have come from."
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DTR 003CD
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This is the seventh Surgeon album. "While exploring new production techniques using old and unlikely hardware, the results were so unusual that I really had the sense that these pieces of equipment didn't actually create these sounds, rather they were in fact some kind of elaborate reception device that allowed me to tune into transmissions from Distant Galaxies. The music I could hear was actually the received transmissions of Pop Hits from those Distant Galaxies that were being played on their radio stations. I quickly recorded all that I could before losing the transmission. I consulted with Dr Andrew Read, the astrophysicist with whom I recorded Guitar Treatments in 1999. He has worked on the discovery of the most distant galaxies and astronomical objects in the Universe. Together we came up with a possible list of where these musical transmissions may have come from."
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TRES 116EP
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Tresor is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest in this collection were contributed by Surgeon; Basictonalvocabulary (TRESOR 10073LP), Balance, and Force + Form (TRESOR 10117LP), released between 1997 and 1999, are the fullest expression of Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland. Force + Form Remakes accompanied the original 1999 release of Force + Form, and contains essential alternate versions by Surgeon and Mick Harris. Remastered in 2015 by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, London.
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TRESOR 095EP
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Tresor is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of releases that no label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest were contributed by Surgeon; Basictonalvocabulary (TRESOR 10073LP), Balance, and Force + Form all originally came out on the Berlin institution between 1997 and 1999, and are the fullest expression of Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland. The Balance Remakes 12" accompanied the original 1998 release of Surgeon's second Tresor album, Balance, with additional versions as well as a remix by long-time Birmingham collaborator Mick Harris.
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SRX 006EP
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Sixth of six Surgeon reissues on SRX, displaying the wide range of mood, pace, and production styles with which Surgeon was experimenting in 1995-'96. As always, the quality is high and the impact is deadly. Surgeon recalls, "Those early tracks, recorded 20 years ago, were mastered and cut by people who had no understanding of electronic music... I began carefully transferring everything from the original DAT tapes and working closely with Christoph Grote-Beverborg from Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin... to present this early material as it was originally intended." Includes download code.
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TRESOR 096LP
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2023 repress. Tresor is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest in this collection were contributed by Surgeon; Basictonalvocabulary (TRESOR 073LP), Balance, and Force + Form all originally came out on the Berlin institution between 1997 and 1999. Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland found its fullest expression in this masterful trio of releases on Tresor. Tresor have decided that it's high time to give these seminal albums another airing, and now presents, as part of a series of staggered reissues, a double LP reissue of Balance (1998). Balance was remastered in 2015 by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, London.
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TRESOR 278CD
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Repressed. Tresor is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest in this collection were contributed by Surgeon; Basictonalvocabulary (TRESOR 10073LP), Balance (TRESOR 096LP), and Force + Form all originally came out on the Berlin institution between 1997 and 1999. Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland found its fullest expression in this masterful trio of releases on Tresor. Tresor have decided that it's high time to give these seminal albums another airing, and now presents a special three-CD box collecting Basictonalvocabulary, Balance, and Force + Form. The box set accompanies a series of staggered double LP reissues, and the original Remake 12"s that accompanied each album will also receive a similar treatment. These records include alternate versions by Surgeon, as well as contributions by Mick Harris. All material remastered in 2015 by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, London.
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SRX 005EP
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Repressed. Fifth of six Surgeon reissues on SRX, collecting together an important selection of one-off tracks and highly limited rarities. "Fivo" appeared on release on Round Records and "Pagga" featured on the Underground UK compilation release by Kickin Records. The B-side features two tracks from the mythical THX-1139, which was previously only available as 50 white labels in 1996. Includes download code.
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SRX 004EP
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Fourth of six Surgeon reissues on SRX. Originally released in 1995, the Dynamic Tension EP established themes that would become central concepts in much of Surgeon's later work, and marked a refinement of his sound while losing none of his early intensity. Surgeon recalls, "Those early tracks, recorded 20 years ago, were mastered and cut by people who had no understanding of electronic music... I began carefully transferring everything from the original DAT tapes and working closely with Christoph Grote-Beverborg from Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin... to present this early material as it was originally intended." Includes download code.
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SRX 003EP
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Repress. This is the third release on the six-volume Surgeon reissue label SRX. Originally released on Downwards Records in 1996, Communications marked the first mini-album and a more fully-fleshed out concept release for Surgeon. So raw it will skin your knees. It still has the power to corrupt the youth of today.
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TRESOR 085EP
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Tresor Records is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest were created by Surgeon: Basictonalvocabulary (TRESOR 10073LP), Balance, and Force + Form (TRESOR 10117LP) all originally came out on the Berlin institution between 1997 and 1999. Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds found its fullest expression in this masterful trio of releases on Tresor. The Basictonal-Remake 12" accompanied Surgeon's first Tresor album in 1997, with additional Versions as well as a remix by long-time Birmingham collaborator Mick Harris.
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SRX 002EP
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This is the second of the 6-volume Surgeon reissues label SRX. Recorded one night almost 20 years ago after a bottle of whiskey, Pet 2000 imagined a future of mutated, mechanical animals. The title was inspired by an actual pet shop in Nottingham. Played by every techno DJ back in the '90s, it can still burn a hole in any dancefloor today.
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SRX 001EP
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2015 repress. This is the first release on the six-volume Surgeon reissues label, SRX. Originally recorded 20 years ago, Surgeon's first-ever release marked the beginning of the hugely-influential Birmingham techno sound. "Although some of these releases have been repressed many times over the years, they have always been from the original plates from those early cuts; none have ever been re-mastered and recut in their original from. So I began carefully transferring everything from the original DAT tapes and working closely with Christoph Grote-Beverborg from Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin to present this early material as it was originally intended. For the packaging I commissioned Ken Meier and Yoonjai Choi from Common Name."
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TOKEN 046EP
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Surgeon finally makes his official debut on the Token label. Fixed Action Pattern certifies Token's credentials as a titan power in the world of no-frills, industrially-hardened techno. Combining distorted drums similar to his earlier works on Dynamic Tension with a rusted synth progression, "Fixed Action Pattern" is a bona-fide, rhythmically-broken, Surgeon classic. There's also a spatial dub version Lee "Scratch" Perry would produce had industrial techno been his thing, sequencing a loosened variant of drums disjointed by the injured swing of its tempo, cloaked in the lonesome moans of a distant fog-horn, subtle feedback loops and splashes of space echo.
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TRESOR 073LP
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2023 repress. "180 gram vinyl, full printed sleeve, download card. Tresor Records is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalog of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down. Three of the finest in this collection were contributed by Surgeon Basictonalvocabulary, Balance and Force + Form, which all came out between 1997 and 1999. Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland found its fullest expression in these masterful trio of releases. Following the release of Surgeon's first album in five years Crash Recoil earlier in 2023, Tresor Records have decided that it is high time to give these seminal albums another airing."
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TRESOR 117LP
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2023 repress of the third seminal album by the UK's Surgeon, originally released in 1999. Remastered in 2015 by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, London. Surgeon's third Tresor album reinforces the theories communicated in previous releases, drawing carefully on the parallel between loud music's ability to cross cultural differences. The opposing swing toward experimentally contemplative music is played quietly to produce a different perception. Sentimental with high emotional content while sometimes simultaneously brutal, Force + Form brews a powerful physical experience at club-level decibels.
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