(last updated 25.01.07 @ 19.00 this page only)

For all visitors: our interface page is the place to register for our regular mailing list which keeps interested parties up to date on LAB4 life after Live, plus all other Queen of Clubs Artists including Dj Proteus, The *Ting*, Grady G, Charlotte Birch and Madam Zu.

Many people are still wanting to personally write to LAB4 - if you are one of these people, you can contact them via the Official LAB4 MySpace - www.myspace.com/lab4.

Please note that there are two LAB4 MySpace pages - however www.myspace.com/lab4music is run by a lovely little LAB4 fan called Bee (with our permission), and so any private coresspondence should come to the Official MySpace Page to ensure that we get it as you send it...

Over the coming weeks, we will be making changes to this site, turning it into a fanbase site with lots of new additional info and pics that has never been added, or viewed by the fanbase.

(25.01.07) LAB4 STUDIO CLEARANCE - EBAY AUCTION ON NOW!!!

A quick mention to let anyone who is interested know that LAB4 have had a large studio clear out - and that a load of LAB4 equipment and items are currently up for bidding on E-Bay.

Full details for those interested are below, but some of the items include the legendary LAB4 Deathstar, an Access Virus and a Novation Nova Synth complete with sounds from The Witch, Resurrection, Candyman, Daisycutter to name but a few...

There are also 2 x Yamaha Digital Mixing Desks and 3 Zoom Effects Units from one of the LAB4 studios.

There was also 1 x pair of Adam LAB4's Jed Phoenix Trousers (the red tartan ones complete with LAB4 symbol) up for acution, but these sold in less than 24 hours, before we had the chance to tell anyone about it!!

Browsing Details - everything is listed in various places - but if you type in Lab4; Lab 4; Lab-4 you should be able to find all items...

Some items have a starting bid of £1.00 and anything can be signed upon request. The auction finishes on 2nd and 3rd of February. Happy Bidding!!

1 x Yamaha 03D Digital mixing desk - 26-input/18-output fully-automated digital mixing console with 2 x onboard fx processors + dynamics on each channel.
1 x Yamaha 01V Digital mixing desk - 24 channel fully automated mixing desk with 2 x onboard fx processors + dynamics on each channel.
1 x Akai s5000 digital sampler - 8x outputs, onboard fx, 2 x Midi in, out and thru
1 x Akai s2800 digital sampler - 4 x outputs , on board fx
1 x TC electronics Finalizer Express - powerful mastering processor / compressor /limiter
1 x Novation Nova desktop synth - with LAB4 sounds from Candyman, The Witch and all of the more recent LAB4 303 sounds
1 x Access Virus desktop synth - with LAB4 sounds from Daisycutter, Efini, Pump It, Resurrection, The Bitch
1 x Red Sound Darkstar desktop analogue modelling synth
1 x Red Submarine - Pentium 4 1.7ghz Mobile, 512mb ram, 60GB 7200rpm HD with 8mb cache, dvd/cd-RW, Indigo Echo Soundcard
1 x emagic AMT 8 midi interface
1 x emagic unitor 8 midi interface
1 x SKB 8 unit shock mount flight case
2 x SKB 6 unit flight cases
2 x 70 dual colour lasers - mw red 40 + mw green
1 x NJD Spectre complete lighting system - with two multicolour lights and colour mixer
1 x LAB4 'Deathstar' - stage rack in flight case
1 x Fostex VF80 hard disk recorder
1 x Akai DPS12 Hard disk multitrack recorder
1 x Akai DPS12i Hard disk multitrcack recorder
1 x Pair Adam LAB4 Tartan stage trousers - SOLD

(14.01.07) PERSONAL THANKYOU LETTERS FROM LEZ AND ADAM LAB4....

It's that time of year when usually the LAB4 Camp would take some time off their hectic schedule to account to the taxman and catch their breath. Thankfully, accounts are out of the way and our legendary LAB4 lads have finally had time to write their own personal thank you letters to their fan base...

Dear Friends,

I would like to take this opportunity in thanking you all for the last twelve years. Without your love and support it would never have been possible.

From LAB4's early beginnings at Club UK to our shows at Samsara to our monster LAB4 Live Extreme shows its been an honour playing for such fantastic and supportive people. Thank you a billion times over.

We hope our future projects and endeavors will live up to the LAB4 name. We're not disappearing off into the murky ether thats for sure.

I personally will have my own website www.dj-x.co.uk and a MySpace page up and running in March with some very surprising stuff on there. To be kept informed of what I'm up to, please email dj_x_info@yahoo.co.uk to be added to the mailing list.

I will continue to be writing tunes in the insane LAB4 style and sound which you've all come to know and love. In addition to this I'll be pounding the decks late 2007... I so can't wait...

Anyway... Onward And Upward - Love you all and see you very soon.

Love & Respect,
Lezlab4 ; ) X X X X

Well I have to say that Storm at the Emporium in Coalville on the 31st Dec. 2006 was a perfect end to the amazing chapter of my life known as LAB4 (Big thanks to Garbo from Storm, Jamie the sound guy and all the staff at the Emporium). I couldn't imagine how it was going to feel during the weeks and days and even the hours leading up to the gig, to be leaving behind me something that has been my whole life for the last 12 years. While it is still actually just sinking in, there was a moment as I drove away from Coalville on the 1st of Jan 2007 of contented peace, calm, relief and perspective, of being outside of the bubble and looking in on it and also of excitement of all things new that are now ahead of me.

Over the last few months, the question I have been asked the most is 'Why are you splitting up?'. When I have explained that 12 years of 15 to 20 hours of driving, drinking, gigging then driving again, twice per weekend is exhausting enough but that also it got to the stage at least 6 years ago that we had such little time left after all the work at the weekends and the preparation that is involved, to spend writing music in our studios that we were just becoming consumed by the LAB4 monster. The reply is usually "OK, that's fair enough, can't you just take a break?" We have tried that before but either a gig comes up that you just can't turn down and then before you know it there's another and another, or if we manage to keep the calendar shut just knowing that you only have a month or even 2 months makes the time go so quickly and the pressure to come back after a couple of months with a new bigger, more exciting set means that you still never really get a break. Again the reply is usually understanding but the only times I felt a little bad was the times that people said to me "OH No! I only discovered you guys two years ago... I can't believe there's no more LAB4' or even "OH No! This is the first time I've seen you play..." - Sorry guys!!

For me, having experienced how a really quick and shallow decision such as "OK, lets write dance music instead of metal if it means some one will release it" can take you on a journey of such magnitude as 12 years of LAB4 is enough of a reason to put myself in a position where such opportunities are open to me again. It would be safe and relatively easy to just keep rolling on with LAB4 for as long as we wanted, the club scene has a relatively fast turn around with regards to who's on the dance floor so while we have our die hard LAB4 fans, at most gigs there are also at least a handful of new fans that we pick up at each gig. The fact is though that LAB4 wasn't created during a safe and stable part of my life or career and I am sure that is what created the energy and spirit that made LAB4 so exciting from the start. At the end of the day I am a musician and not just half of LAB4 and for me 2007 is an exciting start to all of the musical projects that LAB4 didn't leave me time for.

Anyway, I started of to write a quick thanks and goodbye but having spoken to so many saddened LAB4 fans over the last few months, I felt maybe I should just give a little insight into some of the reasoning behind our farewell. The influx of 'goodbye' emails that we have had has been very moving, it is an unbelievable thing to be a musician and to be able to make a living as a musician, but to know that the music that you have written has affected people in such deep ways that has also affected their lives is even more unbelievable.

My thanks really need to go way back before LAB4 and I would have to start by thanking my parents for never discouraging my dreams, in fact all that I ever received from my parents as I strutted around with air guitars and destroyed saucepans until they where replaced with real drums was encouragement to follow those dreams. I would also have to thank many of my school teachers for telling me that I was a loser and that I would never make anything of my life, I am still surfing that big 'FUCK YOU' wave at the moment and it will continue to fuel me for a good while longer.

Jonathan Nash is a close friend of mine whom I met when I was working as a studio programmer prior to meeting Lez, we worked together on a couple of sessions and then later on Jonathan stepped in to help me and Lez deal with the horror of filling in our PRS forms and then keeping track of our royalties for us. Jonathan has regularly gone way beyond the call of duty for us and aided us with contract negotiations and sample clearances etc. amongst other things.

Towards the middle of 2000, Kym started helping out, first of all taking over the mail order from me in an effort to free up some time for me to spend in the studio. By the end of that year I had handed over the bookings to Kym and she had also taken over the running of the new www.lab4.com. As if that wasn't enough, after deciding that we were not being 'looked after' to the extent that we could have been whilst on tour in Australia she set up her Queen of Clubs Agency and set about introducing LAB4 to Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra (previously left out during our first tours). Without a doubt, without Kym's help over the last 5/6 years the LAB4 workload would have become way too much and either the gig calendar, the website, the online record store or all of them would have severely suffered or fallen by the wayside.

Ian Shoesmith is a good friend who I met first at our Neurocide album launch party at the fridge in 1999. From there on we chatted at most of our London gigs and when it came time to start putting the art work together for our Fragile label, Ian, being a graphic designer was there to help. He went on to work with us on all of the Devilution album covers, the Virus album cover and also the latest None Of Us Are Saints album. He has also gone beyond the call of duty and helped us out with extra artwork for website pages, drapes for gigs, flyer designs etc. etc.

Ali and Lewy are just two of many friends that we have met along the way but over the last three years in particular they have been part of the back bone support crew that have enabled us to pull off such big events as the Laboratory events, as well as helped us through the smallest of gigs just by being there to help out loading gear into venues, helping us pack up at the end of a gig (four pairs of hands makes an unbelievable difference) and also selling many cd's for us at gigs.

I would also like to thank all of the promoters who have supported us over the years and who have had the faith to allow us the freedom to do exactly what we want to do the way we want to.

I could go on thanking endlessly and still miss some one out, so I would also just like to thank ever single person who has supported us by buying our music, coming to our gigs and sending us such supportive heartfelt emails - we do get to read them and it makes all the difference THANK YOU!!

So, actually no 'Goodbyes' other than from the entity known as 'LAB4'. I will be out Djing regularly through 2007 and whilst the LAB4 website will remain maintained, for up to date info you can check out www.myspace.com/adamlab4 or www.myspace.com/queen_of_clubs_uk. Alternatively the Lab4 mailing list will still be used for info and news about what me and Lez will be up to from here on.

For Dj set bookings call Kym on (+44) 07970021939 or email through either of the myspace pages or to queen-of-clubs@hotmail.co.uk

Take Care,
Love + Respect
Adam Lab4 xx

(07.01.07) ADAM LAB4 STATEMENT REGARDING THE HARD DANCE AWARDS....

Incensed by the way that the Hard Dance Awards has been organised this year as well as the way some artists have been treated by the organisers, Adam LAB4 has asked for this statement to be uploaded onto this site in response. Just because LAB4 has finished up now, does not mean that we have seen the end of either Adam or Lez, and certainly doesn't mean that their opinions are not taken seriously by many thousands of fans all over the Globe. As usual, we at the LAB4 and Queen of Clubs camp are some of the very few people on the scene who are not scared to make our opinion known, simply because we feel that you, the clubbing public should be made aware of what goes on behind the scenes at times.

We make no apologies to anyone who may find this letter offensive.

ANOTHER COMMERCIALISED INDUSTRY BACK PATTING EXCERCISE?

Three years ago the Hard Dance Awards was started to give recognition to part of the clubs scene that is often ignored by the mainstream press and radio even though for over a decade it has remained, in many ways possibly the healthiest part of the club scene.

In it's first year, the collective 'Lab4 nose' was a little put out of joint due to the supposed 'oversight' of a best live act category in recognition of ALL the excellent live PA's that have become an important and expected part of any large event. This was added the following year, and while we (LAB4) have won it two years in a row I have personally felt both flattered and embarrassed because to us anyone prepared to get off their arse, lug all their studio gear around and get up on stage to play an entire set of their own compositions deserves equal recognition.

Our good friend Dj Proteus has worked up through the ranks by working himself as hard as any one possibly could, often having not slept for up to 24 hours before his first gig of the weekend when he is in the UK (due to travelling from Finland). He puts 110% into every set, has never compromised his beliefs or his integrity and always has time to talk to fans and even spend a little time on the dance floor. For this, two years in a row the Hard Dance scene has voted him their favourite Hard Dance Dj.

This year the Hard Dance Awards have moved to Brixton Academy and are being supported by MTV and Radio 1. At face value this would seem to be a good thing; the Hard Dance scene finally getting the respect that it deserves…… So why then, has the winning 'Best Hard Dance' DJ of the last two years (that's 2 out of the 3 years it has run for), as voted for by the people on the dance floors across the country, been put 11th down the line up and not only that but 2nd down the line up in the Foyer or Secondary arena? In my opinion that is just rude and disrespectful not only to Dj Proteus, but to everyone who voted for him over the last two years.

Also, the addition of a lifetime achievement award…… OK fine if you are dead or are 80 years old and retired - just my opinion, however why in this category do the organisers of the Hard Dance Awards feel that they need to decide on a short list? Are the people who vote not capable of making an adequately informed enough decision or suggestion for themselves? How different would the results be if such an award were open to true opinion rather than the Hard Dance Awards committee (one of whom, or at least someone with very close involvement, it would seem, has been added to this short list). For example, if a short list has to be made, where are the likes of Tony DeVit? Whilst all included in the short list have without a doubt achieved a phenomenal amount and had a massive and positive effect on the Hard Dance scene, whether it's a life times worth of achievement or not is questionable, and the fact that this vote should be open to free opinion is not.

I have two reasons for kicking up a little over this:

The first being that as LAB4 we were asked to complete the email interview that all of the DJ's that are on the HDA website were also sent. We were happy do the interview until it asked us for our top 10 tunes of the year - which is difficult enough being mainly a Live act rather than a DJ but actually impossible for me personally when we were told that it HAD to be from 'Trackitdown.net' otherwise our interviews would not be used! While I am aware that there are now interviews from DJ's who have not supplied top tens (Yoji Biomehanika being one of them) I would wager a bet that they are all DJ's who are signed to 'Most Wanted' - who have supplied 98% of the talent for the entire night. (For anyone not aware 'Trackitdown.net' is run by Ed Real and BK amongst others). I did not supply them with my top 10 because I couldn't find 10 tunes I liked - although I did answer the interview questions and low and behold there are no LAB4 interviews or features on the HDA website, despite us winning our catagory two years in a row.

Secondly, although we have finished up as LAB4, we will both continue to be involved as producers and DJ's and I personally feel that having been part of this scene for 12 years now, I am not prepared to sit by and not comment on a situation that in my opinion is just offensively ridiculing the whole scene.

In my 'humble' opinion, Dj Proteus, as the reigning king of Hard Dance should headline this event - regardless of who wins this year. Also the lifetime achievement awards should be re-opened as a totally open vote. It would seem that the only reasoning behind these idiot rulings could be that this year MTV and Radio 1 are involved and certain outcomes or billings could turn out to be less suitable for such commercial partnerships…..

Who Knows? But I urge you to think about it. By all means continue to vote for who you wish but if you are considering attending the Hard Dance Awards, be sure that you understand what you are attending before you hand them your money.

Finally, I am sure this statement will not be making me any friends within the Hard Dance Awards committee but I have not got this far in my career by not speaking out when I disagree. I do not care about winning or getting disqualified whether that be publicly or not and I know that Proteus isn't driven by such things either (we all receive enough praise from the dance floors we play to).

I would also like to make it clear that the views stated herein are my views only, not those of Lab4 collectively.

Adam LAB4.

(13.09.06) OFFICIAL STATEMENT - LAB4 ARE TO CALL IT A DAY....

The following official statement has come personally from LAB4 and was sent out to those of you on the LAB4 Mailing List before it was uploaded onto this site. We are already being inundated with some really heartfelt emails from all over the world which are much appreciated, and which we are going to do our best to answer all emails eventually. As this is also a topic that seems quite hot on many clubbing websites at present, and so because of this we will be available for comment and interviews over the coming weeks on Harder Faster, Don't Stay In and www.MYSPACE.com/LAB4.

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