Birmingham techno artist Anthony Child [a] quickly built a solid and innovative catalog of minimal dancefloor techno since his Surgeon [a] releases began appearing in 1991. Compared favorably with Detroit original Jeff Mills [a] 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.

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.

Releases:

Body Request (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Communications (File, MP3, Album) Downwards
Credence (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Diametric EP (File, MP3) Counterbalance
Dry (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
East Light (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Electronically Tested (File, MP3) Downwards
Klonk (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
La Real (File, MP3) Counterbalance
Learning (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Magneze (File, MP3) Downwards
Midnight Club Tracks I (File, MP3) Counterbalance
Muggerscum Out (File, MP3) Soma Quality Recordings
Patience (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Pet 2000 (File, MP3) Downwards
Sound Pressure (File, MP3) Dynamic Tension Records
Waiting For Me (File, MP3) Counterbalance
Dynamic Tension EP (12”, EP) Ideal Trax 1995
Electronically Tested (12") Downwards 1995
Magneze (12") Downwards 1995
Pet 2000 (12") Downwards 1995
Communications (2x12”, Album) Downwards 1996
Communications (CD, Album) Downwards 1996
Muggerscum Out (12") Soma Quality Recordings 1996
Pet 2000 (12”, RP) Downwards 1996
THX 1138 (12") Not On Label 1996
Underground UK (LP Promo Sampler) (12") Kickin Records 1996
Basictonalvocabulary (CD, Album) Tresor 1997
Basictonalvocabulary (2x12”, Album) Tresor 1997
Blueprint 7 (12") Blueprint 1997
Creep EP (12") Ideal Trax 1997
First (12") Tresor 1997
Learning (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1997
Patience (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1997
Balance (CD, Album) Tresor 1998
Balance (2x12”, Album) Tresor 1998
Balance Remakes (12") Tresor 1998
Credence (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1998
Sound Pressure (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1998
Diametric EP (12”, EP) Counterbalance 1999
Dry (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1999
East Light (12") Dynamic Tension Records 1999
Force + Form (CD, Album) Tresor 1999
Force + Form (2x12”, Album) Tresor 1999
Force + Form Remakes (12") Tresor 1999
Body Request (2xLP) Dynamic Tension Records 2000
La Real (12") Counterbalance 2000
Midnight Club Tracks I (12") Counterbalance 2000
Waiting For Me (12") Counterbalance 2000
British Murder Boys (12") Downwards 2001
Counterbalance Collection (CD) Counterbalance 2001
Midnight Club Tracks II (12") Counterbalance 2001
Screw The Roses (12") Counterbalance 2001
Klonk (12") Dynamic Tension Records 2005
Communications (2x12”, RP, Album, Tra) Downwards 2006
Floorshow Part I (12") Counterbalance 2006
Floorshow Part II (12") Counterbalance 2006
This Is For You Shits (CD, Ltd) Warp Records 2007
Whose Bad Hands Are These? Part I (12") Dynamic Tension Records 2007
Whose Bad Hands Are These? Part II (12") Dynamic Tension Records 2007
The End Of Living, The Start Of Survival (2x12”, Comp, Cle) Downwards 2008