Discussion Forums

PrevPrev Go to previous topic
NextNext Go to next topic
Last Post 4/2/2012 8:35 AM by  Subject
Sun April 8th [Easter Sunday] - SURGEON, SUNIL SHARPE & TU-KI at The Twisted Pepper
 0 Replies
Sort:
You are not authorized to post a reply.
Author Messages
Subject
New Member
New Member
Posts:5


--
4/2/2012 8:35 AM
    Subject - Easter Sunday 
    Sunday April 8th 2012
    at The Twisted Pepper


    Basement:
    SURGEON [Counterbalance - Birmingham]
    Sunil Sharpe [Earwiggle] 
    Joe Morrissey [Subject]


    Stage:
    DJ Tu-Ki (3 Hour Set)
    [World Scratch Champion]


    Doors: 10:30pm / Adm: e15/e12. Advance tickets - e12 from: 
    www.tickets.ie and All City, Spindizzy & Plugd | www.bodytonicmusic.com/store | www.ticketmaster.ie | www.residentadvisor.net

    Surgeon - www.djsurgeon.com
    Birmingham techno artist Anthony Child has rapidly built a solid and, to a certain extent, innovative catalog of minimal dancefloor techno since his Surgeon releases began appearing in 1991. Compared favorably with Detroit original Jeff Mills from his earliest Downwards singles on forward, Child's tracks have been a mainstay in the popular Motor City DJ's sets. Although Surgeon releases have worked an increasing affectation for acid and trance, an economy of sound and basic hardness combine his and Mills' sound.

    A noted and increasingly popular DJ himself, Child grokked his skills from hip-hop and electro jocks ["Tour de France" is a mainstay of his DJ sets], filling out his style with a driving toughness and appreciation for rapid cutting and flipping. Surgeon's entry into production was also noteworthy; urged on by producer Mick Harris (Child is a fan of Harris' Scorn project), the former Napalm Death drummer locked Child in his tiny studio, imploring him to "go mad." The result, the self-titled debut EP, was released on Downwards, and was instantly hailed as some of the highest quality U.K. techno of its time. Releases for Soma, Blueprint, Ideal Trax, and the ultra-exclusive Tresor label followed, with the debut LP, Basic Tonal Vocabulary, appearing on Tresor in 1997. Balance followed in 1998, as did Force & Form in 1999.

    More recent additions to his repertoire include releases on his Counterbalance imprint as well as collaborations with Regis as British Murder Boys, resulting in tracks which take a tone far darker, denser, and more industrial than those from his Tresor years.

    Equally influenced by early electro-pop innovators like Tomita and YMO, experimental groups like Can, Faust, and Suicide, and the tough grit of American electro and techno [Robert Hood, Hashim], Surgeon's mash-up is both straightforward and subtly experimental. Further influences from Coil, Psychic TV, and Whitehouse in recent works and DJ appearances do not go unnoticed.

    Links:
    www.dj-surgeon.com
    www.subjectevents.com
    www.thetwistedpepper.com
    http://www.myspace.com/djtuki
    http://www.earwiggle.blogspot.com/
    www.soundcloud.com/subjectevents/subcast_001
    Facebook Event Page: http://on.fb.me/GVWsoE
    Resident Advisor Event Page: http://bit.ly/GS40YH
    You are not authorized to post a reply.