Born Anthony Child, in 1971 in the Midlands, Tony´s early ear for electronic sounds brought Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Steve Reich, Coil and Faust to his attention while Dub and 80´s Electronic funk kept his palate varied, favoring primary sonic qualities over typical melody structures. Engaging sound on whatever equipment made itself available, basic home studio setups let experimentation reign until he relocated to Birmingham for study in 1989.

Tony´s sounds changed with his landscape: chaos-born sounds from his rural environment evolved into disciplined, structural work affected by architecture, geometry, time. The influence spread deeper when in 1993 he was involved in setting up the House of God Techno club in Birmingham (which is still running today). Meeting fellow Birmingham producer Regis of Downwards records in 1994 spawned Tony´s first releases as Surgeon ("Magneze" and "Electronically Tested") to immediate worldwide acclaim. The rather explosive reaction brought immediate focus back into British Techno and the electronic Underground took immediate note of his flagship talent.

Expressing the feelings, stresses and reactions to urban living today, the recordings come from a very real, autobiographical base: reactions to and within his environment. Speaking for himself about his sound; "inspiration comes from my life experience and most importantly, my surroundings. People all over the world living in other cities in decay should be able to identify with these feelings regardless of their culture, sex or language The traditional cultural, lingual and sexual references have been reduced to a more fundamental and thus powerful level. Hence the album titles `Communications´ (Downwards) and `Basic Tonal Vocabulary´ (Tresor). Combined with the power of dance, it´s pretty strong stuff. It´s not a new idea but I´m trying to refine it".

Variations of his own productions mysteriously appeared in 1996 as 'THX': an experimental series of white labels of which only 50 copies were circulated and subsequently turned the world on its ear. Launching his own label in 1997, Dynamic Tension built a platform for Tony´s own club experiments, exercised to effect in Berlin throughout his three-year Tresor Club residency. His close connection to Berlin followed-up "Basic Tonal Vocabulary" in 1998 with "Balance" (Tresor) and a wider set of ideas. Where the early work was almost solely concerned with his theories on communication, the idea of "Balance" existed at two levels, one referring to the tension that operates in Techno´s power on both physical and cerebral levels, and the other based around balance as essential to life as we know it. Both aims pushed experimental borders of the sound without losing the physical relevance on the dancefloor.

Long-held friendship with former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris (Scorn) introduced Harris´ name to Techno fans with a heavy dark hand in three notorious remixes of Tony´s Tresor material. Recording and performing in their band Certain Beyond All Reasonable Doubt marked a sway towards Tony´s non-dancefloor work, releasing the Anthony Child / Dr. Andrew Read and Certain Beyond All Reasonable Doubt (live in Berlin) albums, raising ears and eyebrows across 1998.

In January of 1999, recording his third Tresor album, Tony reinforced the theories gained in the previous year´s experiments drawing carefully on the parallel between loud music´s ability to cross cultural differences and the opposing swing toward experimentally contemplative music played quietly to produce a different perception.

Sentimental with a high emotional content while sometimes simultaneously brutal, "Force and Form" brewed a powerful physical experience at club level decibels. Tony´s more than extensive touring and DJ dates throughout the rest of 1999 led him to start his second label (Counterbalance - for drawing on the essence of older influnces) and regroup with Downwards artists Regis and Female in their Diversion Group project, combining the three´s individual talents to a frightening degree.

During a relaxed January 2000 free of DJ appearances, Tony completed his Dynamic Tension double-pack debut ("Body Request") and is currently brainstorming new bodies of work for Counterbalance in addition to further work with Mick Harris on an album project for Tresor. To supplement the heavy production flow, a full DJ schedule has seen Tony play throughout Europe and tour Japan and North America extensively.

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