Soundlab was a collective of artists, both
sound
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
and
visual
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, that started in the
East Village, New York City around the mid 1990s. The founding members were Howard Goldkrand,
Beth Coleman and Paul D. Miller aka
DJ Spooky
Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntabli ...
. The collective included many musicians and artists from the
Illbient
Illbient is a genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced artists from Williamsburg, New York City around 1994. DJ Olive, and DJ Spooky, pioneers of the genre, have both claimed to have coined the term ...
scene including
DJ Olive
DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American disc jockey and turntablist. He is known for producing music generally in the electronic genre, with strong influences of dub, and free improvisation styles. He is wide ...
, Lloop, Dj Wally, A.K. Atoms, Kit Krash, Acoustyk aka
MegMan
Byzar is an American experimental electronic music ensemble, considered one of the founders of the Illbient genre, along with DJ Spooky, Sub Dub, We, and the Soundlab collective, active in the New York experimental dance/electronic music scene dur ...
, Lucy Walker and Tim Sweet.
The initial ''Soundlab'' events took place at David Linton's ''House of Ouch'' in Chinatown
and then moving around to secret venues around the city including participation in The RV's Substation massive at
Andy Warhol
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's old
Factory
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space (being the last event ever held there).
Bands such as
We,
Byzar
Byzar is an American experimental electronic music ensemble, considered one of the founders of the Illbient genre, along with DJ Spooky, Sub Dub, We, and the Soundlab collective, active in the New York experimental dance/electronic music scene dur ...
and Subdub were regular performers as well as
Arto Lindsay,
Vernon Reid, DJ Soulslinger, the
Freight Elevator Quartet and
Elliott Sharp.
Beth Coleman and Howard Goldkrand contributed a chapter to ''Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture'' (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller a.k.a.
DJ Spooky
Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntabli ...
.
References
Ambient music groups
American artist groups and collectives
Music venues in Manhattan
Musical collectives
American sound artists
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