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Trisector
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At the tender age of 12, Otto Hassinen aka Trisector was creating music way beyond his years. Influenced by the sounds of The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and LTJ Bukem he was already experimenting with all styles of electronic music using samples and tracker software. After a voyage of musical discovery taking him through the realms of punk rock, indie, dub techno and IDM, Otto quickly found himself primarily listening to and creating d&b. However, still fascinated by a wide variety of music, he unleashed his first release in 2004 as one half of Finnish breakbeat/dubstep duo Takomo. Aided by DJ support from breakbeat heavyweights Annie Nightingale and Tayo, nine Takomo vinyl releases followed on labels such as Botchit.
It wasn’t until the back end of 2007 that Otto rekindled his relationship with drum & bass and began redeveloping his sound under the name Trisector. His production is now as calculated and complex as the mathematical theorem from which he gets his d&b alias. He quickly caught the attention of Blu Mar Ten, Muffler, Resound, Fanu, Asc and Physics before his music reached the ears of Chris Goss from Hospital Records.
Moving into 2009 and Med School are proud to announce Trisector’s drum & bass debut release. “Morning Rain” is a deep, oldschool Good Looking dancefloor roll-out while “Structured Light” with its neuro persuasions and bleepy lead provides the perfect accompaniment on the flipside. Trisector enrols the help of fellow countryman Naraka for the bass-heavy download-only track “Blindspot”, adding an ingenious third dimension to Med School’s 13th release.
MEDIC13 : "Morning Rain" b/w "Structured Light"
Buy it now... Promos coming soon!!
Trisector MySpace / Naraka MySpace
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Randomer
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If you met someone influenced by abandoned warehouses, decaying industrial buildings, jazz, metal, flamenco, electronic and psychedelic music you might say it's a bit random. That's certainly the case with north Londoner Rohan 'Randomer' Walder for whom music has always been massively significant. Born in 1986, he grew up listening to the likes of John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix and dedicated most of his time to playing the guitar and learning music theory. Eager to dip into as many musical styles as possible, he has since explored everything from American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane to the electronic anarchy of Aphex Twin.
As a teenager Rohan discovered drum & bass by listening to London radio stations Rude FM and Origin FM. Using Cubase, he combined his eclectic guitar skills with a love for technology and started writing music with an electronic twist. In 2004, Leeds University was the destination where the quest for musical knowledge was facilitated by achieving a first in Popular & World Music.
On returning to London, Randomer stepped up his production by transforming his diverse musical influences into something truly original. He turned his hand to dubstep and d&b, resulting in two releases on dubstep imprint Audio Freaks and an arsenal of fresh drum & bass. Ably assisted by the REDS collective (specifically DJ DL), Med School unleashed this exciting young talent on the d&b community in March 2008 with the face melting stomper "Autonomy". A solo 12" followed about six months later which blurred the boundaries between dubstep and d&b and shook bassbins all over the globe owing to huge across-the-board support from DJs such as Fabio, Danny Byrd, Warm Communications, Unknown Error, State of Mind, Nerm and Blu Mar Ten. There is plenty more to come from this man, so keep it locked!
MEDIC11 : "Blind" b/w "Jobless"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
MEDIC7 : New Blood EP : "Autonomy" (ft. REDS)
Buy it now... 2x12" vinyl / MP3
Randomer MySpace / Randomer on Facebook
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Infiltrata
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Born in Los Angeles in 1982, John Dadzie aka Infiltrata prescribes a transatlantic flavour to Med School. Growing up in the south of the city, John's musical apprenticeship began in his high school days by playing in bands and regularly attending raves and jungle parties. The turning point came when he formed Imperial Recordings with DJ Lith, a stepping stone for John to excel in a field of production and management.
The Infiltrata profile skyrocketed thanks to support from Boxed Agency UK and John hot-footed it across the Atlantic stepping into the European dance circuit. He was able to catch the attention of big players in the d&b community with releases on Cartel, Renegade Hardware, Tech Itch, Barcode, Cymbalism, and Uprising. Infiltrata has forged successful collaborations with heavy hitting d&b artists such as Spor, Limewax, Concord Dawn, Evol Intent and Mayhem. He also joined forces with Dave 'Hochi' Weston, producing a telling remix of the massive Photek single "Sidewinder". On the back this he later helped establish the TEKDBZ label, a subsidiary of Photek Productions.
Infiltrata expresses himself as an artist in multiple genres including dubstep, electro and hip-hop; a fitting backdrop for any Med School beat surgeon. The frantically heavy beats and hooks on display in "Psalm 24" are available as part of the "New Blood" EP.
MEDIC7 : New Blood EP : "Psalm 24"
Buy it now... 2x12" vinyl / MP3
Infiltrata MySpace
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CLS
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In 2006, Polish maestro CLS became the second addition to the Med School imprint, catching the attention with tough, dark, future sounds. However, his early excursions in music production go way back and were full of ambient sounds, far from the d&b styles he's making today.
Hospital fans are no strangers to CLS having made an appearance on Med School’s big sister with his production partner Wax, contributing uplifting feelgood anthems to the Weapons Of Mass Creation series. He has also boosted his reputation and success with a host of other d&b imprints including Liquid V, Spearhead and Critical among others.
"Black And White" and "Tell Me What You Want" represented some of CLS's most daring work to date and, like all the artists on Med School, he gets the scalpel out and cuts deep. Dancefloors and patients beware!
MEDIC2 : "Black+White" b/w "Tell Me What You Want"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
CLS MySpace
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Martsman
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German-born Martin 'Martsman' Heinze is yet another fine addition to growing list of worldwide Med School graduates. Early musical exploits came through co-running net-label Plainaudio which aims to provide a platform for electronic music with a focus on leftfield and experimental d&b.
Martsman's first vinyl excursion "Ago" arrived on an Offshore Recordings/Commercial Suicide split 12 inch in 2005, perforating just about any discerning eardrum with its off-centre and deviantly calibrated construction. "That track was my attempt to integrate my own vocabulary of sounds into drum & bass music" recalls Martin, "a framework in which I consider anything goes." A philosophy echoed in his DJ sets and very much shared by Med School.
Several releases later including outings on Counter Intelligence and Alphacut Recordings, Martsman has honed his skills and demonstrates some damaging efficiency on Med School. Donning his white overalls, he has his scalpels sharpened and is ready to operate. The bludgeoning monster track "Worst Case Scenario" formed one quarter of the successful "New Blood" EP in 2008 and the debut Med School single "8-Bit Bouncer" followed not long after. But it was b-side "Halow" that stole the show, a massive favourite for Mary Anne Hobbs, Nerm, Hype and plenty more besides. Martsman's continuing success confirms him as one of the scene’s true innovators, exemplified by yet more support from the likes of Fabio and his latest glitch-step offering, the "Trueschool Drumkit Wonder" EP, which is out now on Med School. Do not miss!
MEDIC12 : "Trueschool Drumkit Wonder" EP
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
MEDIC8 : "8-Bit Bouncer" b/w "Halow"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
MEDIC7 : New Blood EP : "Worst Case Scenario"
Buy it now... 2x12" vinyl / MP3
Martsman MySpace / Martsman on Facebook
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Minotaur
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The Minotaur musical journey kicked into gear in the 1980s as a graff artist and hip-hop vinyl collector. Pause-button ghetto blaster mix tapes featuring everything from acid house to rave anthems to the sounds of Detroit were the order of the day. The likes of Blapps Posse, Break The Limits, Shut Up And Dance, Reinforced Records, Frankie Bones, Lenny D, Tommy Musto, not to mention all the emerging new jungle sounds were big favourites.
Several jobs and an Honours degree in Graphics preceded the first Minotaur jungle productions, which came together with the help of a friend and some old equipment held together with gaffer tape. Influences from film, music, art, literature, comedy and local geology have inspired Minotaur, but he specifically cites the legendary John Peel and Suburban Knight's 'The Art of Stalking' as hugely important.
After many years of trial-and-error music production and armed with a Windows 98 computer bearing a meagre 256Mb of RAM, Minotaur has been hard at work in his labyrinth evolving soundscapes and pushing the boundaries of his music. Proving that it's not all about having a supercomputer with the latest plug-ins, he is turning heads with his unique bullish sound. Minotaur's debut d&b track "Worlds Beyond" was released on Med School's "New Blood" double pack in March 2008. More stubborn beats and monolithic sub bass arrived that summer in the shape of "Don't Worry" and "Torn Between", receiving support from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio among others. This isn't music for the faint-hearted, you have been warned!
MEDIC10 : "Don't Worry" b/w "Torn Between"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
MEDIC7 : New Blood EP : "Worlds Beyond"
Buy it now... 2x12" vinyl / MP3
Minotaur MySpace
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S.P.Y
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With most fellow 12 year old Brazilians kicking footballs round bare feet, Carlos Lima aka S.P.Y was already behind the turntables. With his Dad on the mic taking latino requests at fun fairs, young Carlos selected the tunes! Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil's capital of d&b, S.P.Y comes from the same beats classroom as Marky, Patife and Drumagik.
Whilst studying and working in graphic design, Hospital's very own Zac Vibes booked him for his first night in London, at Camden's Lock 17 (Dingwalls). New to d&b and creating tunes influenced by techno's Dave Clarke and more recently Hospital's own Cambridge 4 anthem "When Pilots Eject", it only took Carlos six months as a producer before Goldie got on the phone and snapped up his first release for the Metalheadz imprint! "Black Flag" and "Double Dragon" followed soon after, helping launch Hospital's new Med School imprint and a year later S.P.Y double his Med School tally with dancefloor smasher "Ghost Ship" and dark half-stepper "Silent Sleeper".
Following the two Med School releases he rapidly carved out a reputation within d&b, S.P.Y was officially hot property! Refusing to sling his tunes all over the place, he stepped in to 2008 slamming out tunes on forward thinking labels such as Advanced, Product and Critical. Keep it locked, there’s plenty more to come from this Brazilian producer.
MEDIC5 : "Ghost Ship" b/w "Silent Sleeper"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
MEDIC1 : "Black Flag" b/w "Double Dragon"
Buy it now... 12" vinyl / MP3
S.P.Y MySpace
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