A mainstay in electronic sound for over two decades, the music of Anthony Child AKA Surgeon joins the dots between the techno underground and an abrasive, absurdist lineage that stretches back to the days of COUM. Ahead of Child's set at the legacy of COUM event in Hull on 18th March, Harry Sword hears of his love of Burroughs, watching Mike Leigh with Mick Harris and the dangers of the artistic comfort zone.
For nearly 20 years Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, has sent dancers into collective states of hypnosis with his overwhelming, elliptical techno. Having just released a beatless album under his own name, he speaks with Rory Gibb about introspection, method acting, the importance of intention, and what continues to excite him about club music
The American writer Derek de Koff got in touch with us recently to offer us this rarely seen or read Coil interview (with John Balance and Peter Christopherson) from 2001. And we've also got a long extract from David Keenan's excellent England's Hidden Reverse on the narcotic and artistic influences on Love's Secret Doman. Thanks to Luke Cartledge & Mark Pilkington