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  • Summary: The first full-length release in five years from techno producer Anthony Child as Surgeon is said to be influenced by Coil, Detroit Techno, King Tubby, and The Cure.
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  1. Mar 30, 2023
    80
    Crash Recoil is as taut and sinewy as anything he’s done, yet there’s a certain looseness here too, a contemporary, accessible feel that suggests that by trying new things to break out of a creative rut, Surgeon is once again pushing the genre forward.
  2. Mar 30, 2023
    80
    Crash Recoil relishes in the same spontaneity offered by Child's live performances, composed of songs that feel more structured like cinematic scenes than traditional techno tracks.
  3. Mar 30, 2023
    80
    Pure techno at its most exciting.
  4. The Wire
    Mar 30, 2023
    80
    While ultimately not as inventive as some of Child’s earlier outings, Crash Recoil is nevertheless an urgent, kinetic techno record. [Apr 2023, p.60]