Surgeon

Surgeon is the alias of Anthony Child, a Birmingham-based producer and DJ who has been a defining force in UK techno since the early 1990s. His approach is uncompromising — stripped to minimal, percussive structures with raw, abrasive textures and an almost industrial intensity that distinguishes his work from more polished European techno.

Early releases on his own Dynamic Tension label and the Berlin institution Tresor helped define the harder edge of British techno. Later work, including collaborative projects with Daniel Bean as British Murder Boys, expanded into even more severe territory.

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