This is the big one guys – the launch night for our huge “Blood Pressure” album is about to drop, and we can’t think of a place we’d rather be celebrating its release than at Fabric. We were last at Fabric back in January and once again we’re taking over room 3 on Friday 9th March.

What to expect: Lung B2B Joe Syntax, Fracture & Neptune, a set from Sydney’s own Royalston, Eleven8, Mutated Forms and Anile, and the whole affair will be hosted by MC Ruthless and Linguistics.

We’ll be sharing Fabric with Marky & Friends in Room One who’ll be playing host to DJ Die as well as The Nextmen and more, and Metalheadz in Room Two with some b2b sets from Goldie and dBridge, Ed Rush and Calyx.

A huge line-up for what we’re expecting to be an even larger night. You do not want to miss this!

Tickets:
£16 Advance
£17 OTD
£7 after 3am

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Another massive Med School night is on the cards for 7th April, as the crew fasten their seatbelts and head down the M4 to take over room three at Hospitality Bristol.

Expect to hear only the finest and freshest beats from Joe Syntax, Lung, Royalston – who’s coming all the way from Australia and New Blood 011′s Clarity, plus label manager Ash Med School supporting.

Hosted by Ruthless and Linguistics, this is a night you do not want to miss. Remember the last one?

Tickets: £17.50 + BF adv

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Med School lynchpins Joe Syntax and Lung will be heading up the room, with super special guest Royalston over from the depths of Australia, plus NB011′s Eleven8 and label manager Ash Med School supporting.  MC Juma Phist will be hosting.

Tickets: £14.00 + BF adv.

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We’ve no doubt at all that 2012 will be even bigger + better, but before we leave the office and tuck into some mince pies and mulled wine we thought it was time to look back on the highlights from 2011 and see what YOU think.

What’s been the best Med School track of 2011?

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To celebrate the release of his “Cerulean Blue” EP, Royalston did a 30 min mix for PandaDNB. Check it out.

Tracklisting:

Hide Your Tears Because We are In Heaven – Unquote
Bonesinger – Royalston
Heisenberg – Royalston
Hexagon-Blokhe4d
All my Life feat. Mark Berry – Royalston
Late Nights – Royalston
Iceman – Royalston
Untold Future -S.P.Y
Chemicals – MRSA
Everyday – Rusko (Netsky Remix VIP)
Magic Fountain -Art vs Science (Royalston Remix)
Cerulean Blue- Royalston
Basic Memory – Phace
Mantequa – Royalston
Future Unknown – TKR (Royalston Remix)
Japanese Bones – MA (Royalston Remix)

Australian D+B producer Royalston a.k.a Dylan Martin talks to us about his new release on Med School, the “Cerulean Blue” EP, life in Sydney, his favourite but elusive studio snack and plenty more…

Hi. Can you briefly explain who you are and what you do?
I’m Dylan (Royalston) from Sydney, Australia and I spend most of my waking hours making electronic music at 170+  beats per minute.

You’re from Sydney Australia. So, what’s better….

Home & Away or Neighbours?
Home & Away
Fosters or Castlemaine?
Neither! Coopers Pale Ale
Koalas or Kangaroos?
Wombats
Hugh Jackman or Heath Ledger?
Heath as The Joker
Beach or BBQ?
Beach
Cricket or Aussie Rules?
Football (with a round ball). I’m hopeless at cricket and Aussie Rules is much bigger in Melbourne

Now you’re no stranger to Med School. We’ve had a couple of releases from you before – “The Test” and “Glitchbitch” – which we love! Tell us what you’ve been up to since “More Blood 010” last year?
Its been a busy year! I’ve been working on and released plenty of  tunes, released a mix CD with Nu:Tone, remixed London Elektricity, Art vs Science and played plenty of great shows around town. I’ve also been honoured to work with local producers like Dizz1, Mark Bionic and Linken.

How would you describe the key characteristics of your “sound”?
Clean drums, dirty bass.

What would you say are your top 5 studio essentials and why? (can be either hardware or software)
Despite being a total gear slut, I wholeheartedly believe that less is more. For my top five:

1) Ableton Live – I’d be happy with nothing else.
2) A fast computer – I had a slow one until recently and it changed my life!
3) Room treatment – I spent a lot of time researching some good effective cheap acoustic treatment. It looks ugly but it helps a lot.
4) Mackie Big knob – really useful in so many ways. Makes things quicker and easier and when using different monitors its very helpful. Great when recording vocalists.
5) Decent monitors –They don’t have to be too big either.

NB: If you want to find out more about Royalston’s studio set up, head over to Music Radar to have a look at his “Me In My Studio” feature!

You’ve got a new release on the cards. What can we expect from “Cerulean Blue”, which came out on 21st November?
It’s a fairly dark EP and one I am very proud of!. Tribal drums and steppy, percussive elements. “Cerulean Blue” was inspired by a reality dancing show. Bonesinger is a distant nod to Doc Scott’s  epic “Shadowboxing” which is one of my all time favourites. “Japanese Bones” is one to make you cry and “Mantequa” is a South American rhythm gone evil.

And how did the MA remix of Japanese Bones, which appears on the digital package, (which has been getting a lot of love, by the way!) come about?
MA are an Australian pop duo (just releasing their second album). One of them, Drew Crawford, was my teacher at music school and I asked if I could do the remix. He put a lot of love into the song writing & recording process and I wanted my remix to enhance and work with this. We’re trying to collaborate on some more stuff at the moment.

Talking of remixes, we’ve all been loving your remix of Art vs Science – “Magic Fountain”. Do you enjoy doing remixes? Any more in the pipeline?
I really enjoy remixing and I’ve done quite a bit of it over the last year. With ‘Magic Fountain’ it started off as a bootleg but the lovely guys from Art vs Science liked it and made it official – which I was very happy about. There are some amazing crazy rhythms in the original, which I had to simplify at 170 bpm. I was shuffling hi hats until the last hour of the release deadline to get it right.I’ve recently done a remix of one of MA’s new tracks which I believe Tony has played on his podcast and I have a new remix of Ou est la Swimming Pool’s ‘Jackson’s Last Stand’.

Now you’re a proficient DJ as well. What’s your DJ schedule like as well. Have you been anywhere exciting?
I play around Sydney quite a bit but I haven’t travelled much for DJ-ing. Next year I’m hoping to do some gigs in Europe and North America.

One last thing that’s been on our minds – in your “New Blood 010” interview last year, we asked you about your favourite studio snack? Can you explain what it is? We’ve been puzzled ever since!
From memory, I did that interview from Indonesia. They had these strange, versions of Kit Kats called ‘Take it’s”…they taste so good. I can’t get them here, and I ate the box I brought home, so studio snacks are back to biscuits and tea.

Make sure you grab a copy of Royalston – “Cerulean Blue” EP which is out now on Med School Music HERE!

Hospital label boss London Elektricity recently caught up with Royalston in Sydney during a recent visit to Australia to talk about the “Cerulean Blue” EP, his inspirations, track titles, building a modular synth, and plenty more!

Head over to the Med School YouTube channel to check it out or view it below:

Royalston takes us on a visual tour of his studio in this latest “Me In My Studio” piece on Music Radar, taking us on a whistlestop tour of his favourite bits of kit and secret weapons for his music production!  Budding producer and tech geeks take note!

Head HERE to check it out.

Sydney-based, classically-trained electronic music producer Royalston returns to Med School with his unique brand of glitchy tech drum+bass.

Title track “Cerulean Blue” sets the tone for the EP with tense, trembling synth tones and stern, smacking drums. “Bonesinger”’s beautifully enunciated beats, hissing SFX and thunderous bassline continue to weave the musical magic. “Mantequa” is a tougher incarnation whilst Royalston’s remix of “Japanese Bones” by experimental Australian pop duo MA, is a bold testament to his abilities as a remixer.

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