SoundLab began in the 1990s as a sound/visual artist collective in New York City. DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller), Beth Coleman, and Howard Goldkrand, its founding members, started weekly events at House of Ouch in Chinatown and grew the collective to include well-respected ambient/illbent artists like DJ Olive, Lloop, Dj Wally, A.K. Atoms, Kit Krash, Acoustyk aka MegMan, Lucy Walker and Tim Sweet. They also held parties at secret venues, including, at one point, Andy Warhol’s Factory space. Coleman and Goldkrand authored a chapter in the Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture, published by The MIT Press in 2008.