Surgeon At Juno Download

Review: Eschewing the need to indulge in an extensive PR campaign, Surgeon aka Anthony Child announced his first album in 10 years with a short, unassuming post on his blog - within 24 hours the techno world had been whipped up into a veritable froth of excitement. Breaking The Frame is the second album he's released on his own Dynamic Tension label, following 2000's Body Request. Indeed it's Child's first album of any sort since 2001, and his seventh overall, although there have been a glut of singles in that time as well as last year's excellent Fabric mix. Breaking The frame is just as brilliant and unforgiving as you expect; from the opening strains of introductory piece "Dark Matter", things really get serious with the "The Power Of Doubt" serving as a raw appetiser for the relentless pummelling slab of techno otherwise known as "RADIANCE" (we're not surprised it's spelled in capitals). The there's the jangling melodies of "Presence" and eerie metallic drone of "We Are Already Here", before we arrive at "Those Who Do Not" with its brutal drum hits and tense, Sandwell District-style sense of hanging menace. A truly outstanding album.

Review: The techno deity that is Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, compiles the 53rd instalment of the vaulted fabric mix series and my, isn't it something. Fusing tough, raw techno and dubstep, Child takes us on a relentless journey that unites the work of Scuba, Ital Tek and Instra:mental with Mark Broom, James Ruskin and a healthy slew of his own productions. The pounding, bone shattering drop into the Al Tourettes & Appleblim remix of Planetary Assault Systems "X Speaks To X" sums up what Surgeon is all about on this mix - the interbreeding of two genres into one serious workout. Indeed, his chosen moniker has never appeared so apt, cutting and slicing seemingly disparate beats into one flowing narrative. This mix is easily as essential as any of its predecessors, and that's saying something.