http://www.laboratorynoise.co.ukReviews en-us Copyright 2008 Laboratory Noise http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/images/labnoise_smaller_new_disc.jpg 110 100 Laboratory Noise Logo http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=62http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=62Cath Aubergine from Manchester Music has reviewed the Saki gig in Manchester. Read the full review on http://www.music-dash.co.uk/live/live.asp?item=2003 or read the the Laboratory Noise bit  below: He's still there for Laboratory Noise, despite the seven-headed Yorkshire outfit being really not the sort of thing that lends itself to dancing. More... well, sort of defocusing your eyes and swaying, given that the floor's not really in a state to be sat on. They deal - as indeed they always have done - in big, fluid dreamwaves reminiscent of Slowdive; not just in the massive great tracts of effects-wash that come from having three guitarists and a full deck of pedals, but in the way Paul McNulty and Kerry Ramsay's voices can blend into something quite ethereal. A good Laboratory Noise set - which this most definitely is - feels like a single entity, the songs inside it movements or chapters: a long swathe of Spiritualized space-ambience gives way to an indiepop flavoured tune, and both singers take the lead (of sorts) separately at times. It all makes for a rather lovely half hour - especially the final spiral into a full-on, pulsating space-out - it just seems very wrong that it's all over so quickly, especially as their live outings are so few and far between. Hopefully it won't be another full year before they return.http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=59http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=59See the full article online at whisperin and hollerin. Laboratory Noise - When Sound Generates Light The name might suggest an experimental electro act, but Laboratory Noise are in fact a seven-piece psychedelia-tinged post-rock shoegaze act, and 'When Sound Generates Light' begins with a spaced out guitar drone of an intro. This paves the way for 'She Dies Screaming,' a swirling hypnotic mantric dream of soaring psychedelic guitars. 'Lost in Battles' carries an altogether more brittle guitar sound and is propelled by urgent gunfire percussion and a bassline lifted straight from the Peter Hook Book of Brooding Basslines. Building to a gargantuan crescendo, the only disappointment is that at six and a half minutes, it's not nearly long enough. The pace is slowed with 'Tesla.' 'It's just like waking from a dream,' sing Paul and Kerry in harmony, their dual vocals reminiscent of Slowdive, and it sounds like the dream is still ongoing... then the gentle drifting melody is cut through with a searing wave of FX-drenched guitar. It's down to a crawl for 'When Everything Burns Down,' which begins as a shoegaze dirge before evolving into a magnificent wave of chiming guitars and more chiming guitars. Around this point, there's something of amid-album lull, and the obvious centrepiece - the untitled track seven with a duration of over fifteen minutes is a rather forgettable semi-ambient drone and twinkle of subtle vapour trails and barely-a-whisper vocals for the first eight minutes or so, until a chatter of distant voices and shards of treble snake in and penetrate the gentle atmosphere. Alas, this doesn't amount to anything and eventually tapers off into nothingness. 'Here, She Is Evergreen' promises more attack, and does have some more exciting moments, but for the most part is content with being casual and, well, content. 'She's there for me,' McNulty croons lazily. Finally, 'Earthrise' explodes from the speakers and comes on like My Bloody Valentine with half-buried ethereal vocals and blasts of yawning, rolling surges of blurred guitar. At once dreamy and exhilarating, this is shoegaze at its best, and sees Laboratory Noise fulfil the potential hinted at in the first few tracks of the album. 'Things That Fall From the Sky' is a highlight of the latter portion of the album, shifting as it does from dark and fragile to soaring and searing, before 'I Can Only Give You Everything' delivers all of the things one expects from a post-rock epic, and concludes the album with a majestically realised crescendo. In all, a cracking release and a debut of exceptional quality. Author: Christopher Nosniborhttp://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=61http://www.laboratorynoise.co.uk/site/reviews_item.php?item=61See the full artice at Music Dash. Laboratory Noise are from Bradford, the reported home of heavy metal heathen and former land of The Goths, but let’s not hold that against them. MM first discovered this lot about three years ago, gushed various nice words and then heard little else. In the meantime it looks like they’ve studied the c86 movement a little harder and emerged from what I would expect to be a “laboratory” of some sort. The results are conjured into this epic orchestration of progressive, mind enhancing soundtracks . Inside you’ll find dreamy vocals, e-bows, driving bass lines and swooning chord changes. Laboratory do big noises well and this album settles right on the quality threshold, ensuring it weighs heavy with substance. Matters are fairly uncomplicated, wrestling with the indie end of whatever gazing scene anecdotes you’d wish to insert – I loved every minute of it, from the exciting detail to the understated boy/girl dual vocal work. Enjoy. Author: JA