THE LABRYNTH STORY BEGAN ON A COLD DARK NIGHT IN DEEPEST NORTH LONDON IN OCTOBER 1988 , LITTLE DID ANY OF US KNOW THEN THAT IT WAS JUST THE START OF AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT WOULD TAKE LABRYNTH AND ITS MERRY BAND OF FOLLOWERS ALL OVER LONDON ON A VIRTUALLY WEEKLY BASIS, FROM NORTH LONDON TO EAST LONDON , THEN FROM SOUTH LONDON TO WEST LONDON , THE ROUTE TOOK SO MANY TURNS IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH IT ALL OURSELVES , THOSE EARLY DAYS OF CAT AND MOUSE THAT HAD TO BE PLAYED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING ALL NIGHT LONG , AND THE AWFUL FEELING THAT EVERYBODY HAD AFTER A PARTY HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR WHATEVER REASON, ONE SAYING ALWAYS STAYED WITH ME THROUGH THE YEARS OF PROMOTING LABRYNTH , YOU GET THE HIGHEST HIGH,S AND THE LOWEST LOW,S. HOW TRUE THAT IS , I CAN REMEMBER STANDING WITH SUE ON THE STAGE AT FERRY LANE ,TOTTENHAM IN JULY 1989, AT 8 AM , THE HUGE DOORS WERE WIDE OPEN , OVER THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE INSIDE ,AND IT LOOKED LIKE AS MANY OUTSIDE ON THE RIVERBANK DANCING TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT , YOU CANT GET MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT I PROMISE YOU , AMAZING NIGHTS AND DAYS WERE TO BECOME PART OF OUR LIVES , LOOKING BACK I FEEL VERY LUCKY INDEED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE DO SOMETHING I LOVED SO MUCH FOR SO LONG , NOBODY CAN EVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME . IT WOULD BE WRONG TO SAY IT HAS BEEN ALL PLAIN SAILING , LABRYNTH HAS PROVIDED ME WITH MANY A HAIRY MOMENT OVER THE YEARS ,AND I WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON TO TRY AND SUGGEST EVERY PARTY HAD BEEN A STORMER , BUT HEY THATS LIFE, AND THEY CANT ALL BE GOOD NIGHTS, BUT SOME OF THE PARTIES WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD , TASCO WAREHOUSE , BAGLEYS FILM STUDIOS, THE ROCKET , LINFORD FILM STUDIOS, AND THE AMAZING SIX WEEKS AT DACE ROAD , BOW FROM MARCH 1989, AN AMAZING VENUE THAT WAS PACKED SOLID EVERY WEEK, AND WAS JUST PROPER EVERY WEEK ,I LUVED IT , AND WHAT ABOUT OUR OLD OFFICES , METROPOLITAN WHARF , ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER THAMES , THAT WAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR MANY AS THEY WATCHED ALL MANOR OF BOATS SAIL PAST ALONG THE RIVER THAMES IN THE MORNING ,CRAZY DAY,S LIKE THE LAST PARTY AT CLINK STREET STUDIOS WHEN WE BRIBED THE MANAGER ON AN HOURLY BASIS UNTIL 1PM ON THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ,ENDING WITH FIVE RENDITIONS OF TONY,S SONG , THEN WE END UP ON THE FRONT PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE NOBODY COULD GET A PAPER IN EAST LONDON DUE TO THE FACT THAT LABRYNTH HAD A FEW THOUSAND IN A WAREHOUSE OFF HOMERTON HIGH STREET ,THUS BLOCKING IN THE WH SMITH DEPOT , BIG SORRY TO EAST LONDON NEWSPAPER READERS FOR THAT ONE, NOT LONG AFTER THAT WE MARCHED ALONG EUSTON ROAD WITH THOUSANDS WHO HAD GONE TO OUR MEETING POINT AT KINGS CROSS, LED BY A COACH FULL OF RAVERS WHO HAD MADE THE JOURNEY TO LABRYNTH FROM PORTSMOUTH , SADLY WE WERE STOPPED AT 2AM WITH THOUSANDS ON ROUTE STILL ,AND THOUSANDS ALREADY INSIDE , PADDINGTON BOWL WAS AN AMAZING VENUE , AND HAD COST A FORTUNE TO PREPARE , DO YOU REMEMBER I MENTIONED THE LOWEST LOW,S ,WELL THAT WAS ONE OF THEM , THAT WAS AN AWFUL FEELING. ANOTHER HORROR STORY NIGHT WHEN WE WERE AT TRUNDLEYS ROAD RAILWAY ARCHES IN 1988, WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE GENERATOR PACKS UP ON US , SO ME AND ADRIAN AGE JUMP INTO THE SMELLY SMOKE FILLED VAN WE HAD PUT THE VERY NOISY JENNY INTO ,

THEN AS POOR ADRIAN WAS TURNING THE STARTING HANDLE IT KICKED BACK AND SMASHED INTO HIS FACE, LUCKILY IT DID NOT BREAK HIS NOSE, I LOOKED AT HIS BLOOD SPATTERED FACE THAT NIGHT AND WONDERED IF I SHOULD FIND A NEW CAREER ,HE TALKED ME OUT OF IT THANKFULLY ,AND IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE IT WAS FORGOTTEN , THEN MANY YEARS LATER WE END UP AT THE FOUR ACES CLUB,12 DALSTON LANE ,A VENUE THAT WAS TO BECOME OUR SRIRITUAL HOME ALMOST FROM THA DAY WE WALKED IN , A PLACE WHERE WE SPENT MANY HAPPY YEARS DOING WHAT WE LIKED MOST, PARTYING LIKE CRAZY. AND IF IM HONEST THEY WERE THE BEST YEARS OF LABRYNTH, EVERYTHING ABOUT DALSTON LANE WAS JUST WHAT WAS REQUIRED , WE DID IT OUR WAY EVERY FRIDAY AND EVERY SATURDAY YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, AND DURING THAT TIME WE BECAME MORE THAN JUST A CLUB , WE HAD MADE MANY MANY FRIENDS THERE , MANY OF WHICH ARE STILL AROUND TODAY ,AND WHEN YOU PARTY WITH THE SAME PEOPLE FOR SO LONG IT BECOMES A BIT LIKE FAMILY , YOU KNEW YOU WERE SAFE AT LABRYNTH BECAUSE EVERYBODY WATCHED OUT FOR EACH OTHER , PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER , WHICH WAS REMARKABLE AT A PARTY. AND NOW MANY YEARS LATER I HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES WHICH I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT MANY COUPLE,S WHO FIRST MET AT LABRYNTH AND THEN WENT ON HAVE FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN , SOMETHING ELSE I FEEL HONOURED TO HAVE PLAYED A SMALL PART IN HELPING ALONG. ALSO YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE MOVED FROM THE FOUR ACES INTO ROSEBERRYS , WHICH WAS SITUATED JUST BEHIND DALSTON LANE, ALTHOUGH NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE FOUR ACES STILL A VERY GOOD VENUE WITH TWO HUGE ROOMS ,AND MANY LITTLE ROOMS AND STAIRWELLS , ONCE AGAIN WE HAD SUPERB VENUE THAT WE REMAINED IN FOR A FURTHER TWO YEARS BEFORE WE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE , AS MANY OF YOU ARE WELL AWARE OUR OLD HOME AT ,12 DALSTON LANE IS NO LONGER , SOMETHING THAT STILL SADDENS ME TO THIS DAY , I CANT IMAGINE DALSTON LANE WITHOUT THE FOUR ACES , SO BEST I STAY AWAY . WE THEN HAD THE THREE YEAR REIGN AT THE PLEASURE ROOMS IN TOTTENHAM HIGH ROAD , BUT ONCE AGAIN IT WAS NOT THE SAME AS EITHER OF THE DALSTON VENUE,S AND SOON AFTER WE WERE LEAVING TOTTENHAM WITH OUT TAILS BETWEEN OUR LEGS , SUCH WAS OUR ANGUISH AFTER A TRAUMATIC END TO THE PLEASURE ROOMS THAT OUR NEXT PARTY WAS TO BE THE LAST LABRYNTH FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS , THE MAYFAIR ROOMS IN VAUXHALL , IT PROVED TO BE A PARTY TOO FAR, IT SEEMED A GOOD TIME TO SAY FAREWELL , OR SO IT SEEMED , THEN AFTER MANY YEARS HAD PASSED BY , A CHANCE MEETING BETWEEN MYSELF AND SOME OLD LABRYNTH STALLWARTS, IT CAME ABOUT THAT A REUNION COULD BE A REAL POSSIBILITY , AND AFTER A FALSE ALARM LAST NEW YEARS EVE THE DREAM BECAME A REALITY ON THE 8TH OF AUGUST 2009 , I DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE , BUT IM GOING TO ANYWAY , IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFE AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF IT ALL , NOT FORGETTING DAWN MY PARTNER IN ALL THESE NEW FOUND LABRYNTH SHENANIGANS , WHO HAS BEEN TIRELESS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS , AND BEING THERE IN PERSON TO SEE EVERYBODY HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME AT OUR PARTY WAS SOMETHING ELSE , HOW COULD I NOT WANT TO REPEAT A NIGHT AND MORNING LIKE THAT , WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE REASON WHY IM TELLING YOU ALL THIS , BECAUSE ON THE 21ST OF NOVEMBER 2009 , @HIDDEN ,

LABRYNTH ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING ANOTHER EVENT TO CELEBRATE OUR COMING OF AGE , 21 YEARS OF LABRYNTH PARTIES SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ENOUGH REASON AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED , AND I WOULD LIKE YOU all TO JOIN US .

JOE ,MOLLY, JC @ LABRYNTH