Background
Child grew up in Kislingbury, a village in Northamptonshire.
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Anthony Child
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Child releases music on his own labels Counterbalance and Dynamic Tension. Established imprints, such as Tresor, Soma, and Harthouse, have also released Surgeon"s original material and remixes. In 1994, he released his eponymous debut European Parliament on Downwards Records.
Surgeon"s musical style is characterised by his incorporation of the more cinematic and left field aspects of his musical background into his club-based material.
His production, remix, and DJ repertoire are inspired by krautrock and industrial music bands such as Faust, Coil, and Whitehouse. In particular, the extent of Coil"s influence is such that most of the track titles from Surgeon"s Tresor album "Force and Form" are direct references to Coil recordings.
Child also is influenced by Chicago house, Techno, Dub music, and Electro, and also from non-musical works by Mike Leigh, David Lynch, William South. Burroughs, Bret Easton Ellis, and Cindy Sherman. Child is also known for several significant artist collaborations in his career.
These include tonal experiments with Mick Harris, British Murder Boys with Regis, and with Ben Sims as Frequency 7.
He has also opened for Lady Gaga, performing with Lady Starlight, who is a fan. He"s also known for producing music for the PlayStation racing game Midnight Club: Street Racing. 1 I = As British Murder Boys.
