The end of Lab 4...

**Si the Sigh** · 13-09-2006, 09:32 AM

Check out http://www.lab4.com for more info...

Well, it is definitely long over due that we put finger to keyboard and say Hi! It is unbelievable that we are already at this end of the year and discussing Christmas and New Years Eve gigs again.

The main reason for our contact though is to put pay to a bunch of rumors that seem to be spreading and growing, internet-wide about the future of Lab4……

At the beginning of this year we discussed our intensions of taking 2007 off to be able to recuperate physically and mentally, as well as to take stock of the past 15 years of our lives. We also felt that if we were to continue onwards with our music, that we need to be able to focus for longer without every studio session being disrupted by our gig schedule.

2006 has been a really hard year for us what with the endless delays with the None Of Us Are Saints album followed by being threatened with Legal action over a certain cover version, the Live Extreme productions in Japan and at Brixton Academy and all the extra planning, rehearsing and production work needed to pull off such big shows. After lots of soul searching and reflecting we have decided that it is time to call it a day with Lab4.

We have had an amazing trip with you all over the last 12 years, that has been a constant roller coaster ride of unbelievable highs and lows (mostly highs) that has taken us all round the world and put us in front of crowds of upwards of 15,000 in a single room, but we both know that the time has come to step off and let Lab4 be, and to move on to what ever maybe ahead for us both.

We will be playing live up until NYE which is being discussed with possible promoters at the moment and from there on anyone who is on our mailing list will be informed of what we will be up to into 2007. We would like to thank everyone who has helped out in the Lab4 camp over the years, particularly Kym for keeping our website running and our calendar full, Ali and Lewy for all their help and support with the record store and for helping out as crew at gigs and Ian Shoesmith for all his help with our artwork. Also, thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years at gigs and via email, it has made all the difference.

Love + Respect

Lab4

A shame, although to be honest although their older work was awesome the stuff they've done in the last couple of years has been seriously poor IMO.

I've got good memorys of seeing Lab 4 rock it at the Country Club on a regular basis. :)

**Aratron** · 13-09-2006, 09:37 AM

yeah i seen lab 4 play at camden palace and at the arches.
nothing to write home about

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 10:11 AM

I loved their stuff in the late nineties...saw them live a lot and they absolutely rocked it then.

Did lose it a bit for me over the last few years though.

All the best to them nonetheless

**SICKNOTE** · 13-09-2006, 10:17 AM

the reformation tune they did is still one of the best tunes imo

reformation 2?

cant remember, still want it though

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 10:25 AM

That reformation tune was brilliant.

The one with the Oberon remix on the back.

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 10:26 AM

Sold mine for forty quid on Banging Tunes a while back though, couldnt resist...

**SICKNOTE** · 13-09-2006, 10:58 AM

is that the piccy disc one? the one with the skull on the front

actually i think that one was reformation 2 on fragile with the c.e2 tune on the other side (after a feverish web search to make myself sound knowledgable)

turned mine into a clock :lol:

lookin for the other version still

**Si the Sigh** · 13-09-2006, 11:53 AM

"Machine" on Havok was the dancefloor destroyer! :cheese:

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by SICKNOTE

is that the piccy disc one? the one with the skull on the front

actually i think that one was reformation 2 on fragile with the c.e2 tune on the other side (after a feverish web search to make myself sound knowledgable)

turned mine into a clock :lol:

lookin for the other version still

Si, it was the Alien Trax original...not a bad deal huh.

Brought it for £3.99 in HMV when it first came out, if I remember right. (Probably not! :lol: )

Top record though.

http://www.discogs.com/release/128368

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 12:03 PM

^^^ Whoops, meant sicknote

**SICKNOTE** · 13-09-2006, 12:36 PM

seems to be quite hard to find these days

i was listening and into the scene when alot of the tunes i mix came out

but i wasnt mixing at the time so didnt buy any of them, to find hem now is a right bastard

wouldnt mind paying 3.99 for it meself :lol:

**kev** · 13-09-2006, 12:39 PM

loved eveything b4 they jumped on the tidy wagon(waited so long for virus to come out but wish it hadnt coz it soiled my memory of them) saw them live loads allways great was tempted to go see them this year but changed my mind when i heard a recent single. made some great tunes in the 90s tho.

Sold mine for forty quid on Banging Tunes a while back though, couldnt resist...

think its worth alot more than that could be wrong but i think i have seen that tune go for stupid money

**theledge** · 13-09-2006, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by kev

Sold mine for forty quid on Banging Tunes a while back though, couldnt resist...

think its worth alot more than that could be wrong but i think i have seen that tune go for stupid money

:lol:

I won't quibble too much on a 1000% mark up though.

**Athar** · 14-09-2006, 08:26 PM

They are part of hard dance history in UK,
"wax" tune on choci chewns 35 and nasty and very fast tune named "stun gun" are my fav.
im not big fan of they productions but big respect for everything what they did in last 15 years,
i saw lab 4 live time ago and i have aslo good memorys.

**SICKNOTE** · 14-09-2006, 08:53 PM

i didnt understand all of that but damnit man i like the cut of your jib

to lab 4

**Athar** · 14-09-2006, 09:58 PM

i didnt understand what ive typed too :lol:

**SICKNOTE** · 14-09-2006, 10:05 PM

the idea was there and thats all that matters :lol: :thumbsup:

**Si the Sigh** · 15-09-2006, 09:14 AM

To Lab 4...

**kev** · 15-09-2006, 01:06 PM

**Dirtyacid** · 18-09-2006, 08:09 PM

Its a damn shame they have been in my eyes the best hard dance live act for years they are just pure energy i,ve seen them alot at various places pure class their best tune is THE BITCH never part with that tune its great

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