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Logic say farewell to Lab4
Reported by Steve Milton
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Submitted 28-11-06 00:21
I’m sure it came as quite a shock to many in the hard dance world both clubbers, djs and promoters alike when Lab4 announced their partnership was to come to an end. Anyone with half a brain will have an opinion on Lab4 and usually voice it given the chance, irrespective of actual knowledge, but if you take a step back and look objectively at the achievements over the last 12 years then it really is difficult to criticise. From the obscurity of their industrial metal background with the band MAD to playing the largest events possible in the hard dance industry in front of thousands, both Adam and Lez have made it to the top and chose to bow out in style with farewell performances around the globe.
One of their final London performance sees them take centre stage on the 2nd December for Logic’s Christmas Tale. For one last time in the guise of Lab4 I spoke to Adam and Lez in an effort to bring you all the reasons why they’re quitting and what’s going to be the next chapter for both of them.
Hi guys, once again and for the last time with me you’re under the spotlight. I guess the first question has to be, why now?
Adam: I feel very lucky to have been part of Lab4 but it has been an all consuming part of my life for the last 12 years (which carried on from three years as M.A.D before that) and at the beginning of this year I felt like I really wanted to make some space in my life for all the things that have taken a back seat. Everything from being able to book holidays and know that I won’t have to cancel them for demands from our Japanese label, to getting fully stuck into a project in the studio without it getting disrupted and then left behind, unfinished, which is often what happens.
Lez: Hi. We’ve been Lab4 for 12 years now and we feel it’s time to make some changes. Personally mine is still music and production. If one of us isn’t happy with the situation then it’s not right to go on.
Was it a conscious decision to go out at the top or was it just the way the timing worked out?
Adam: I think that would have happened whenever we decided to go out! (ha ha …)
Lez: It was kind of a decision we made at the start of this year. The last two years or so have been quite hard.
Did you ever think you were making a mistake with the decision considering some of the support you received from various quarters?
Adam: No. I have fully enjoyed this year, but am very excited about whatever maybe ahead of me as a musician (playing drums again), in the studio or in my life in general.
Lez: The support we have received from everybody over the years has been absolutely fantastic, and yes of course that thought is always going to be there — have we or haven’t we made the right move? Personally speaking I believe Lab4 hasn’t reached its full potential yet.
Was there any pivotal point in your decision making process that you thought “Yeah, this is the reason why now’s the time”?
Adam: Every year we start the new year thinking about where we want to go with Lab4 and what we could change or add and aside from the plans for the final Lab4 extreme shows, most of what I personally wanted to do didn’t really fit in with anything that is ‘Lab4’ so rather than trying to force Lab4 to be something that it isn’t, it was obviously time to move on.
Lez: As I said earlier, the last couple of years have been difficult. All kinds of drama have been going on with the album and I think it all came to ahead at the start of this year.
Have you at any time in the past considered call it a day and if so what made you carry on?
Adam: We did consider it in 1999 after being ripped off for all our royalties from our first album and we were feeling pretty disillusioned by the business side of the scene and decided to focus on the music production company that we had just started (called Laboratory). Then we got booked to play in Tokyo for Yoji Biomehanika and figured that we would see how that went and then make the final decision. It was all such an amazing experience in so many ways that we felt re-inspired and came home and wrote ‘Evilution’.
Lez: Yeah! It was after we had finished ‘Neurocide’. We got ripped off for every single f*cking penny. A few weeks after that we got invited by Yoji Biomehanika to play for him at the Liquid Rooms in Japan. That trip inspired us to carry on. After that first visit we got offered a major record deal with one of Japan’s biggest record labels Avex.
I’m sure you’re aware of some of the criticism thrown your way in the form of comments on the web forums. Did any of that really bother you or was it something you just had to put up with considering your popularity?
Adam: I don’t read chat rooms and people close to me know not to tell me what’s going on. My whole career has been based on what the over all reaction is on the dance floor — nothing else matters.
Lez: To tell you the absolute truth I never get onto forums or chat rooms so I wouldn’t really know. Constructive criticism is fine, bitching is pointless.
If that’s the negative side, what about the positive, a tough one now. If you had to pick one gig from your whole career that you could say defined Lab4, which would you choose?
Adam: I think it would have to be 04.04.04 for me.
Lez: Oooohhh nooooo!!!!! Please don’t do this... There are so, so,many. Maybe it’s yet to come?
OK, moving on. The last few months must have been pretty special considering the goodbye tour currently under way around the world. How is that all working out?
Adam: It has been very emotional, lots of drinking, hugs, tears , laughter…. The atmospheres at the gigs have been amazing and maybe for the first time I am feeling able to actually really appreciate what we have achieved with Lab4.
Lez: Really good. We had a great time in Aus. We played at Home in Sydney which had a thunderous new sound system. Then Pharmacy at The Metro in Melbourne. That was insane — we smashed keyboards and crowd surfed, very metal.
London and The Fridge in particular must hold a warm and fuzzy place in your heart, do you think the Logic farewell will get the old emotions on the proverbial roller coaster?
Adam: I think so. I hope so…. It has also been great that so much of our farewell tour has been with Proteus who will also be there with us. He is one of my best friends and in my opinion the most exciting hard dance dj on the scene at the moment. It’s been a while since we have played at the Fridge and I am really looking forward to it, but at the moment I can’t imagine how it will feel playing there for the last time, or if it even will be the last time…
Lez: We have had so many great nights at that venue. At one point we almost had to move in we were playing there so much. Almost every week. I’m sure it will be a pretty emotional time for us.
Do the current goodbye shows differ in any way from what we’d normally expect?
Adam: We have been pulling some older tunes back out of the bag which has been fun and they have been going down a storm.
Lez: We’ve been including some older tracks in the set just of recent — ‘C.E 3’, ‘Concept of Love’ etc. That’s been a bit of a trip down memory lane.
Come the end of the year you’ll both be on your own artistically. Is this prospect a little scary considering the time you’ve been together as an act, or is it just another challenge to face?
Adam: There is no doubt that we have both helped each other massively over the years to develop as musicians and at times it has been a bit creepy how ‘in tune’ we have been musically over the years, but there are so many different styles that we each want to explore that it is definitely time for us both to take that next step. It’s very exciting.
Lez: Both.... When you move out of your comfort zone and onto new ground it is scary. It will be good to take a bit of time off and get re-inspired.
So, have you got any projects lined up for the future as individuals that you can tell us about?
Adam: I have lots of things on the go but as I said before, it is very difficult to get fully into a project and finish it while the Lab4 beast exists. I am looking forward to having the time next year to see in which direction my creativity leads me, but at the moment I think it’s unlikely it will be dance music. I will however be out dj’ing next year.
Lez: A lot of collaborations. I want to start playing out as well dj’ing. I should have my own website up and running around April/May at www.dj-x.co.uk
How about telling us something about each other that no-one’s heard before — let loose those closet skeletons!
Adam: Lez hate the words ‘monkey’ and ‘trousers’, he doesn’t like curtains and thinks that there is an entity called ‘Pandy Eyeballs’ that looks at him through holes in the floor boards.
Lez: I could but it would cause World War 3... ha ha ha!!! Don’t you just want to know.....
And finally I guess I’ll turn the pages of HarderFaster over to you for the closing words and thank you both personally and on behalf of all the people you’ve made an impact on over the years, both from within the industry and the clubbers alike.
Adam: I would like to thank all the people who have supported and encouraged us over the years and for being part of my dreams coming true and for having the faith in us to allow us to push the boundaries here and there in the interest of just having a good time and enjoying friends and music. Spend your time searching for the things that you love rather than wasting your time bitching about what you hate.
Love and Respect Adam Lab4.
Lez: Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you . . . I could go on writing this forever. You have meant everything to us over the years and I hope that our future projects and endeavours will have everybody jumping and smiling. We love you all forever, this has been an incredible journey for us. A trillion thanks to everybody.
Ultimate respect to you all Lez Lab4. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
And that . . . is the end.
See you on the dance floor!
Photos courtesy of Lab4. Not to be reproduced without permission.
LOGIC Present: A Christmas Tale
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Saturday 2nd December 2006
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£8 NUS Before 11PM, £10 early purchase then £12. MOTD
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Logic returns to the Fridge once again for the first time in 5 months to celebrate the legendary Logic Christmas Party. A party that is only second to Christmas itself with production and vibe that make you feel like your dancing the night away in the center of Lapland itself.This will be the 6th Christmas party held at The Fridge and also marks Logic's sad farewell to arguably the scene's most prolific, well known and well respected live act - LAB4 (Adam & Lez). Logic feel very honoured to facilitate such an historic event and although not officially their last gig in the UK this will certainly be the LAST EVER performance for Logic, The Fridge and possibly London !!
- So for those that have supported LAB4 over the years - this is an event NOT to be missed !
- For those that have never seen LAB4 Live - this is an event NOT to be missed !
- For those that mised out on any of the previous 10 LAB4 performances at Logic since 1999 - you guessed it !
- Have you never been to a Logic Christmas Party? - Where have you been ?
PRODUCTION
Computer Generated FX and Audio visuals
Light and Lasershow
Decor and visual enhancements by KARMA
Extra Sound Especially for this event.
Stage performers and dancers - LAKUK
Stalls, Performers, Drummers and other acts
Ambient Chillout Area !!!
More importantly, the very best people on earth !!!!!
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This is going to be mental! See you all there!
Will be @ Logic to bid Farwell to Lab4!
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so I wont even get to hear their farewell set....*Sob sob sob*
