Surgeon - Crash Recoil

Label: Tresor – Tresor.351
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, 180g
Country: Germany
Released: Mar 17, 2023
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno

'Crash Recoil' marks Anthony Child's first techno LP as Surgeon 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. The result is eight tracks that emphasise 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. We 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.

A1. Oak Bank
A2. Second Magnitude Stars
B1. Metal Pig
B2. We Laugh And Clap At The Circus
C1. Leadership Contest
C2. Masks & Archetypes
D1. Subcultures
D2. Hope Not Hate