Back in the Grinder

LA

2012-02-19T02:02:00.000Z

State Highway 36

2012-02-16T09:26:00.000Z

Haleakala hike

2012-02-12T05:35:00.000Z

Sharks may be present

2012-02-05T22:58:00.000Z

Kanaha beach

2012-02-03T22:49:00.000Z

Harry's barn

2012-01-30T00:22:00.000Z

Baldwin beach

2012-01-25T00:34:00.000Z

Back Garden

2012-01-19T23:57:00.000Z

Haumana

2012-01-10T08:16:00.001Z

Lichen

2012-01-09T04:12:00.000Z

Soda

2012-01-08T00:11:00.000Z

Tastes like Panda Pops.

Fabric

2011-12-18T16:40:00.000Z

James Ruskin.
Wicked mix every time.

The Entertainment Industry explained in one minute.

2011-12-11T20:46:00.000Z

E-Tard Dance Party 2

2011-11-17T01:17:00.000Z

Back by popular demand.
Another Exotic Journey through Space & Time, this one based on film soundtracks.

Tracklist can be found in the 'Lyrics' pane of the mp3 file.
Download

While I'm happy for people to share this mix, please don't re-tag the file with the name of your website and re-post it.

Tung Ping Chau

2011-11-12T10:13:00.000Z

Sandy Rice Field

2011-11-10T02:57:00.000Z

Hong Kong & Singapore

2011-11-08T03:05:00.002Z

I'm sorry this blog has been getting no love recently.

All the travel pictures and various nonsense have been happening over on Google+ link

Pipers Hill 4

2011-10-09T15:23:00.000+01:00

Surgeon at Machine, Trouw, Amsterdam, Holland 24th September 2011

2011-09-29T01:53:00.001+01:00

The concept of Ben Sims and Kirk Degiorgio's Machine night is to play only new music, not relying on familiar classics to move the crowd.
After Sandrien and Kirk Degiorgio I played my set. None of the music I played was more than a year old.
As before, I really enjoyed playing at Trouw and the crowd were great. Following the set wherever it went.

Surgeon at Machine, Trouw, Amsterdam, Holland Sept 2011.mp3 by dynamic tension

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0vk588

Instra:Mental - Tramma
Nil - Kazuya Kawakami remix
Blawan - Vibe Decorium
Skudge - Ontic (Rolando Understands remix)
Surgeon - Transparent Radiation
Surgeon - untitled
Hiroaki Iizuka - Bluebox
Inigo Kennedy - Scatter
Bas Mooy - Warsaw (Walker FSG remix)
Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Olof Dreijer remix)
Insta:Mental - Thomp
Shutter - Natterjack B1
Barricade - Aleko
Blawan - What You Do With What You Have
Skudge - Overture (Substance remix)
Paul Woolford - Let It Go (Kommonazmuk & Appleblim remix)
Inigo Kennedy - Revenge
Emptyset - All Together Lost (Ben Klock's Glowing Clap mix)
NX_01_01
Xhin - Teeth (Surgeon remix)
Tomohiko Sagae - Deburring (Paul Damage + Makaton Wasps mix)
Instra:Mental - Vicodin (Skduge Warehouse mix)
Reeko - Thick Matter
Matador - Blond Slackers (Rebekah remix)
Paul Woolford & Psycatron - Stolen
Skudge - Convolution Instrumental
Blawan - Lavender
Insta:Mental - Pyramid
Raiders Of The Lost Arp - Night Theme
Exium - Synchro
Greenmoney - Get Into You (Paul Mac edit)
Lone - Explorers

E-Tard Dance Party

2011-08-27T16:12:00.001+01:00

Here's a mix to take you on an exotic journey to lands near and far.
If you're expecting techno, then better look elsewhere!

Tracklist can be found in the 'Lyrics' pane of the mp3 file.
Download

Important Note:
While I'm happy for people to share this mix, please don't re-tag the file with the name of your website and re-post it.
That really pisses me off.
I don't believe those people even listen to the music.
It's just about consuming.

Pipers Hill 3

2011-08-19T15:56:00.000+01:00

Pipers Hill 2

2011-08-09T20:12:00.001+01:00

Freerotation

2011-07-25T14:40:00.003+01:00

Here's my set from Freerotation, Baskerville Hall, Wales on 22nd July 2011.
Classic UK (acid) house party feeling, great lineup and open minded crowd.

link

Circa. 1995

2011-07-21T22:22:00.001+01:00

Pictures from Surgeon Liveset at House Of God at Que Club Birmingham circa. 1995.

DSC00547

2011-07-21T21:56:00.001+01:00

g+

2011-07-21T18:42:00.001+01:00

Expect more random nonsense here.

Memories of Kalamazoo

2011-07-20T00:08:00.002+01:00

[edit] Here are some pictures from Sector 616.

Pipers Hill

2011-07-07T02:11:00.000+01:00

FEST Festival, Tunis, Tunisia

2011-06-26T18:38:00.000+01:00

Wax Treatment

2011-06-08T13:44:00.024+01:00

This was my second time playing at Wax Treatment in Berlin. The night is based around Dub Reggae in its many forms, so I had that in mind during my set and kept returning to Dub & Reggae throughout my set.

The way music sounds on their Killasan soundsystem (which they install in the club especially for the night) is indescribably beautiful. Unfortunately, this recording is just a pale representation compared to the experience as it was on the night.

As the soundsystem is set up facing the DJ, I was able to play without using monitor speakers, so I was able to experience the sound in the same way as the audience. It's wonderful to see every time at Wax Treatment that the crowd very naturally turns to face the soundsystem, rather than the DJ. Just the way I like it.

Some very dear friends were at the club that night, some of whom had never heard me DJ, or had ever experienced electronic dance music in that way before.

The way the music sounded on the Killasan soundsystem was a perfect introduction for them.

Alice Coltrane - Journey To Satchidananda
Shina Williams and his African percussionists - Agboju Logun
Rhythm & Sound w/ The Chosen Brothers - Mash Down Babylon
Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail
Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Olof Dreijer remix)
Zomby - Godzilla
RSD - Sugar Plumb instrumental
Martyn - Broken
R-A-G - Rage
Surgeon - Atol
Surgeon - Coaster
Paul Woolford - Let It Go (Kommonazmuk & Appleblim remix)
Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana
Blawan - Lavender
Peverelist - Dance till The Police Come
Surgeon - Transparent Radiation
Chasing Voices - Acidbathory
Oscar Mulero - After All
RSD - Pretty White Light
Lone - Explorers
Martyn - Suberbia
The Tuss - Rushup I Bank 12
Taz - Future Funk
Ed Chamberlain - Synthia (Surgeon remix)
Surgeon - Right Road To Dubland
Scuba - Ruptured (Surgeon remix)
Inigo Kennedy - Obsidian
Surgeon - Sleep (Ultra Violet)
RSD - Over It
Love Joys - All I Can Say

*****
I've been sent a DMCA copyright notice demanding I remove the link to this set from my blog, I assume it was the Alice Coltrane track which flagged it up.

You can easily find the set elsewhere using any internet search engine. It's also up on Soundcloud.
If that's beyond you then here's a [link] to help.
*****

DTRCD2

2011-05-26T14:00:00.001+01:00

"Smell The Glove is here!"

CD version of "Breaking The Frame" with full length versions of all tracks now available on the dj-surgeon.com online store (at bottom of Dynamic Tension section)

Kreuzberg, Berlin

2011-05-25T19:13:00.000+01:00

DTRLP2

2011-05-20T14:47:00.002+01:00

"Smell The Glove is here!"

Vinyl version of "Breaking The Frame" now available on the dj-surgeon.com online store (at bottom of Dynamic Tension section)
CD with full length versions of all tracks will be available in about 1 week along with digital release of the album.

Studio SIX

2011-05-14T17:20:00.000+01:00

Impromptu gig at Studio SIX

Cutestep

2011-05-14T17:12:00.000+01:00

It's the new style in Japan.

Ryugoku Kokugikan

2011-05-09T10:50:00.000+01:00

Takamisakari and Gagamaru prepare to fight.

tsuma

2011-05-08T16:11:00.000+01:00

ありがとうございました。

2011-05-04T20:03:00.000+01:00

たんじょうび 2

2011-05-01T17:05:00.002+01:00

Sudo and Tomohiko Sagae.

Doris, Tony & our new friend in Hakodate.

たんじょうび

2011-05-01T09:39:00.000+01:00

CHYAIRUDO ANSONII

2011-04-30T07:28:00.000+01:00

Flightpath

2011-04-27T12:14:00.000+01:00

Krakow

2011-04-16T16:14:00.000+01:00

Breaking The Frame 3

2011-04-14T18:17:00.003+01:00

Currently working on the packaging for the vinyl and CD release of Breaking The Frame.
Both will come in high quality full colour glossy gatefold sleeves.

Here's a brief mix with samples of all the tracks from the album.
Surgeon - Breaking The Frame promo mix

OPN

2011-04-07T21:51:00.000+01:00

Oneohtrix Point Never at Arnolfini, Bristol.

Breaking The Frame 2

2011-03-29T15:30:00.002+01:00

Trudy Creen-
"It's made up from a few little pieces of old work that I did in the early 90's of a poppy husk, bits of a leopard from a magazine, old drawings of plants and cherry trees I did in the early 90's, tiny part of a Chinese restaurant menu, and tiny bits out of a Birmingham Irish newspaper that I picked up last time I was there. The rest is just my reaction to listening to your album. I have quite a photographic memory and I've been doing a lot of online revision of art styles and listening to a lot of interesting music which always helps :-)
I just tried to stay true to what you requested. Obviously recent news events and so on have been on my mind too...."

Deep Space

2011-03-11T15:46:00.002Z

Tony performing at Deep Space in New York on 7th March.

François K jamming dub effects over the top of Tony's set.

Dream House

2011-03-04T22:55:00.002Z

Entrance to La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela's Dream House sound and light environment.
Highly recommended if you're ever in New York.

Breaking The Frame

2011-03-02T14:42:00.000Z

Surgeon - Breaking The Frame - Dynamic Tension Records

dark matter
Transparent Radiation
Remover Of Darkness
the power of doubt
RADIANCE
Presence
We Are All Already Here
those who do not
Not-Two

Release date TBC.

Memories of Maui

2011-02-24T15:58:00.001Z

Left to right- Jon, Tony, Nancy, Chris, Louise, Doris.

U-Club, Bratislava, Slovakia

2011-02-12T03:01:00.000Z

Brano backstage.

C&C

2011-02-04T21:49:00.000Z

Chris & Cosey at ICA, London

Aeonium

2011-01-22T23:56:00.000Z

Road to Hana

2011-01-20T03:45:00.000Z

Haleakala

2011-01-16T05:54:00.000Z

680 of 682

2011-01-13T02:58:00.000Z

Light Aircraft

2011-01-10T07:28:00.000Z

Doutor

2011-01-09T00:24:00.000Z

Mauka Meadows, Kona, Hawaii

Kāne

2011-01-08T00:12:00.000Z

Maui 2011

2011-01-05T17:21:00.000Z

15 Years Kozzmozz

2010-12-19T03:05:00.000Z

Fabric, London

2010-12-12T06:15:00.000Z

Peter Christopherson tribute mix

2010-12-07T22:39:00.043Z

The first hour of my DJ set at Bleep43 on December 3rd was a tribute to Peter Christopherson, who died on November 25th.
I chose tracks that either featured his voice, or that I especially connected with him.

Many people have asked me about the set and if it was recorded, so I've decided to make it available.

Recorded at Corsica Studios, London, between 11pm and Midnight on December 3rd, 2010.

Coil Vs. ELpH - pHILM #1
CoH & Coil - My Angel (Director's Cut)
Coil - Moon's Milk Or Under An Unquiet Skull (Part 2)
Coil - Various Hands
Coil - Red Weather
Coil - Cardinal Points
Coil - At The Heart Of It All
COH - Silence Is Golden (voice Peter Christopherson)
Coil - Are You Shivering?
Coil - Going Up
Coil - The Hills Are Alive

Download (if you re-post this link, please reference this blog post)

Rob & Ben

2010-12-06T14:43:00.000Z

Rob Hall & Ben Sims delayed at Madrid airport.

Awakenings, Amsterdam

2010-11-28T04:25:00.000Z

Ben in the Gasholder.

Peter Christopherson

2010-11-25T23:40:00.000Z

May your journey through the stars be peaceful.

Backstage

2010-11-20T23:30:00.000Z

City Of Sound, Toledo, Spain

2010-11-20T23:22:00.000Z

BHX

2010-11-19T18:48:00.000Z

Birmingham airport closed.

Dommune, Tokyo

2010-11-09T19:21:00.000Z

Wada, Tony, Maayu

(oh dear!) Tony & Adam X

Nasu-dake

2010-11-07T03:33:00.000Z

中田

2010-11-05T17:32:00.003Z

At Ageha meeting Yasutaka Nakata, songwriter and producer of Japanese pop groups capsule & Perfume.

ちらし at Sushizanmai

2010-11-05T06:42:00.002Z

東京ドーム

2010-11-03T13:11:00.000Z

Edge of the sky

2010-11-02T10:45:00.000Z

Napoli 2

2010-11-01T10:53:00.000Z

Napoli

2010-10-31T12:17:00.000Z

Back in the CDG Grinder

2010-10-30T14:04:00.000+01:00

Surgeon at The Forum, Sydney, Australia. 23rd October 2010

2010-10-27T18:10:00.001+01:00

Here's the recording of my 3-hour set at the final date on my recent Australian tour.

It turned out to be a much heavier set than I've played for a long time; I just went with the intensity of emotions that I felt in the room that evening.

I've decided to post this set for the people who were there and made it such a great night.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People
Surgeon - Klonk Part3
Robert Armani - Basement Rats
KiNK - Soda Caustic
AFX - Men 1 (loop)
Squarepusher - Planetarium (loop)
Phuture - We Are Phuture
2AMFM - Desolate Cities
OVR - Post Traumatic Son
Xhin - Key
Distance - Feel Me
Raime - Blackest Ever Black 2 (Regis version)
Corridor - Two Days 1
Whitehouse - Neronia
Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant (Surgeon remake)
Bas Mooy - Warsaw (Walker FSG mix)
Vex'd - Angels
KiNK - The Roots Of Techno
Cursor Minor - Everybody Want Power 111
British Murder Boys - Don't Give Way To Fear 1
Bjorn Svin - Eat Like Hawks
Skudge - Melodrama (Aubrey remix)
Jeff Mills - i9
Orphx - Possession
Surgeon - Atol
Robert Hood - Range
Regis - Guiltless
Frank Martiniq - Blast Corps
Chasing Voices - Acidbathory
Whitehouse - Dumping The Fucking Rubbish
KiNK - Daddy Acid
Death Abyss - The Hermetic Antagonist (Mix two)
Vainqueur - Lyot (Maurizio mix)
Reeko - The Day After
Surgeon - The Crawling Frog Is Torn And Smiles
DJ Hell - Hot On The Heels Of Love (Dave Clarke remix)
Sinistra - Kakax (Gunjack Peak Time mix)
Surgeon - Bad Hands Break Part II
Breach - Fatherless
Surgeon - Exhibit
Traversable Wormhole - Exiting The Milky Way (Surgeon remix)
Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf (Surgeon remake)
Egyptian Empire - The Horn Track
Aphex Twin - 54 Cymru Beats
Kritical Audio - Krup
Paul Mac - DVD Crash
Surgeon - Screw The Roses (Live in Norway)
Traversable Wormhole - Closed Timeline (Marcel Dettmann remix)
Surgeon - Argon
x-313 - Interferon (Dave Clarke remix)
Jeff Mills - Real Life
Morganistic - Marbles
Reeko - 6 Sievert
Function - Montage
Scorn - The Palomar
Huren - Tinseltown
Whitehouse - A Cunt Like You
Edge Of Motion - Set Up 707
Ed Rush, Optical and Fierce - Alien Girl

Nebula II - Atheama
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion (Confusion Mix)
Millsart - Step To Enchantment (Stringent)
AFX - PWSteal.Ldpinch.D

Link

Melbourne + Sydney

2010-10-24T19:36:00.000+01:00

Melbourne and Sydney gigs lost in a haze of jet lag, so unfortunately no pictures from there.
Instead, here's the Instant Destroyer And Killer.

Step Inn, Brisbane

2010-10-21T18:08:00.001+01:00

4ZZZ Radio Brisbane

2010-10-21T06:15:00.000+01:00

Brisbane, Australia

2010-10-20T08:53:00.000+01:00

Take Rest

2010-10-12T18:22:00.001+01:00

Space, Ibiza

2010-09-25T06:15:00.000+01:00

Shed live at Cable, London

2010-09-12T05:39:00.000+01:00

Introducing - Franklynne & Tibbs (Mrs)

2010-09-05T20:25:00.000+01:00

2 Pets, SFX

2010-08-28T13:10:00.000+01:00

Berghain, Berlin

2010-08-28T06:50:00.000+01:00

Stiff Kitten, Belfast

2010-08-22T03:39:00.001+01:00

Rockit Openair, Utrecht

2010-07-31T20:51:00.000+01:00

Grey Sky AMS

2010-07-31T14:55:00.001+01:00

Back in the Grinder.

Relics 3

2010-07-25T02:59:00.000+01:00

Drawn by John Lennon.

Maui 7

2010-07-24T06:19:00.000+01:00

Cat & Dog Cafe

2010-07-20T04:44:00.000+01:00

Maui 6

2010-07-16T05:12:00.003+01:00

Nancy, Amore and Bobby.

Ho'okipa beach.

Religious ecstasy after eating at Mama's Fish House.

View from Ricky & Lynne's house.

2010-07-14T07:29:00.001+01:00

Hunters

2010-07-12T03:09:00.001+01:00

Maui 5

2010-07-11T08:02:00.001+01:00

Relics 2

2010-07-08T00:16:00.001+01:00