Surgeon @ EC - Thursday January 18th

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Thursday January 18th @ Wax

Surgeon [Counterbalance - Birmingham]
Skkatter [G.S.S]
Giles Armstrong [Electric City]

Admission: 12 / 10 members.

This Thursday we welcome the first of many international guests for 2007, Surgeon. Last time Surgeon played EC was at our 3rd birthday party back in March alongside Ben Sims. That night Sims looked after all the decks while Surgeon layered over effects from his laptop only to take a break every so often to check his emails! This time around Surgeon will be going hans solo as he returns with another cleverly constructed Abelton set. For a taste of what Surgeon has been up to lately - check out his rather nifty site. http://www.dj-surgeon.com/ .There you can download some of his recent mixes which have been the talk of the web over the past few months. Support comes from Ireland's number one Surgeon fanatic Skkatter and EC resident Giles Armstrong. There are no tickets on sale for Surgeon so for guaranteed entry please arrive early.

Surgeon Bio:

Birmingham techno artist Anthony Child has rapidly built a solid and, to a certain extent, innovative catalog of minimal dancefloor techno since his Surgeon releases began appearing in 1991. Compared favorably with Detroit original Jeff Mills 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.

A noted and increasingly popular DJ himself, Child grokked his skills from hip-hop and electro jocks ("Tour de France" is a mainstay of his DJ sets), filling out his style with a driving toughness and appreciation for rapid cutting and flipping. 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.

Equally influenced by early electro-pop innovators like Tomita and YMO, experimental groups like Can, Faust, and Suicide, and the tough grit of American electro and techno (Robert Hood, Hashim), Surgeon's mash-up is both straightforward and subtly experimental. Further influences from Coil, Psychic TV, and Whitehouse in recent works and DJ appearances do not go unnoticed.

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Electric Shock #8

Friday January 26th at Temple Bar Music Centre

Green Velvet [Relief Records - Chicago]
Rian Ryan [Electric City]

Doors 11PM / Tickets e22.50 + b/fee

Electric Shock #9

Friday February 16th @ Temple Bar Music Centre

Ellen Allien [BPitch Control - Berlin]
I-F [Viewlexx / CBS - The Hague]
Barry Donovan [Electric City]

Doors 11PM / Tickets e22.50 + b/fee

Electric Shock #10

Saturday March 10th @ Temple Bar Music Centre

Klang Records Party:

Johannes Heil - LIVE [Klang / Cocoon - Frankfurt]
Roman Flugel [Klang / Alter Ego - Frankfurt]
Eddie Brennan [Electric City]

Doors 11PM / Tickets e22.50 + b/fee
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Electric City
Thursdays @ Wax
Powerscourt Townhouse
Sth William Street. Dublin 2.
Doors 11 until 2.30
Music: Minimal / Italo / Techno
Membership at www.electricity-dublin.com
Supported by Tiger Beer - www.tigerbeer.ie
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Forthcoming EC Guests:

January 25th - e12 / e10 with flyer / members.

Cajmere [Cajual Records - Chicago]
Dan Power [Electric City]

February 1st - e10 / e8 with flyer / members.

Tobi Neumann [Cocoon - Berlin]
Eddie Brennan [Electric City]

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Hi,

Here's the set times for tomorrow night at EC. It is not too late to PM your name for our 10 euro concession list.

Set Times:

1.00 - Finish : Surgeon


12.00 - 1.00 : Skkatter


11.00 - 12.00 : Giles Armstrong


Surgeon in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSrLgoWq8E [Jingle bells!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_U4yDftW7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmtbB1GD6w

Check out the killer Autechre remix of Surgeon's new track 'whose bad hands are these' on Mary Ann Hobbs' radio show here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/

Skkatter Top 5:

1) Mike Shannon - The Hang Up EP (Wagon Repair) Another interesting release on Mathew Jonson's label, minimal without being boring.

2) Dynarec - Yellow Trigger EP (Southern Outpost) Less of a Drexciya influence here than his previous releases for Kondi and Vaporwave, this is more dancefloor electro, I bought this in the Clone Records shop!

3) DJ Godfather & DJ Starski - DET Only 009 (DET Only) Cheeky ghetto booty version of Kano's disco classic "I'm Ready" in the 150 bpm region.

4) Mike Dunn - Face The Nation (Clone Classic Cuts) Reissue of a classic acid record originally released in 1988 when I was only 10 years old and still listening to the Zig and Zag album!

5) Cisco Ferreira - Trinity Remixed (Tresor) Mr. The Advent gets remixed by Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing and Dopplereffekt's Heinrich Mueller. This might get a spin on Thursday night.

Skkatter Mix:

http://www.electronicireland.com/audio/Skkatter_ElectronicIreland_January2007.mp3

This Friday you can also catch EC resident DJ Simon Conway playing at Dig at the POD alongside DJ Tu-ki with Dj Savage, Fonetik and Rizm in the Lobby Bar. Mail us back for guest list for this night if you fancy heading in. More info: www.choicecutsonline.com

Cheers

EC