Watching it now.
Surgeon has been a massive influence on me and my music recently, especially in terms of performance and workflow.
Legend
nice questions, nice interview
Interesting interview, I like his answers.
great, even if you’re not interested the final summary is a must watch.
Already watching
Surgeon is great for my gas. He always makes me remember that less is more. Really, I only need to feed my octatrack with samples and that’s enough.
Several months waiting for this interview!
Digging into this right now. Thanks for sharing.
“Don’t just focus on dark techno, because your music will turn out really… dull”
That’s the second time I’ve heard something like this with respect to music production. The other way I heard it was something like “If someone who makes electronic music only listens to electronic music, then their music will be really boring.”
Either way, the idea of taking in all that is out there is the key takeaway.
suddenly caught myself understanding british english by ear
Odd. He only records a stereo mix of a composition which is created quickly, but said he spends ages making sure the levels are right and eqing every element. Doesn’t make sense.
Not a fan anyway.
I believe he means that the recording/tracking goes quickly, like live jams. And more time is spent on mixing/EQing. He also said that he records the drums separately, and perhaps one or two other tracks to mix.
He performs it quickly, after he’s spent ages getting the levels and eq just how he wants them.
That’s how it works when you make your tracks live, you have to do all the mixing and tedious stuff first, then the rest is pretty quick and simple.
Yeah that’s how I understood it too, I have pretty much always worked this way myself and I’m guessing most techno bods who started in the late 80’s early 90’s started like this, and many still do I’d guess.
The summary at the end.
Top bloke.
Happy to finally know what sound the color blue makes.
As in, the actual musical content is created quickly. Writing music and mixing (et al) isnt the same thing. So not odd at all really.
His way of doing thing is his way. Each one has their own way. Which is at it should be.
Haha yeah, is it just me or did the chosen music for the following question sound kinda Surgeon-blue?
I understand it as him creating a groove quickly, then taking his time with mixing levels and eq-ing inside the instrument and/or with a mixer before he records the stereo take. I like this way of working, multi-tracking then arranging in a DAW completely kills the vibe for me, it’s al about capturing the performance.