Original sentence: And their sound was also influenced by the classical training of Mac and the operatically trained alto singer  Podolski.Live performances made use of multiple film and/or video projectors, displaying surreal footage and stills synchronised with each part of each song they were playing.The Lab's live performances, mostly at Sydney inner-city venues, were noteworthy for their use of multimedia,  beyond any other small live bands of the time.While The Lab enjoyed good airplay rotation on the youth radio station Triple J, they never achieved high-level commercial success
Edited sentence: Arguably it was an impossible task to capture more than a small portion of the essence of The Lab's multimedia performances within the limited medium of stereo audio-only recording.At its best, the complex rhythmic and harmonic interplays within the songs' well-crafted builds and breakdowns, together with Yolanda's soaring ethereal vocals and the compositional detail of the lightshow and projected video would talk directly to the soul and lift one way beyond everyday mundane reality.At its worst, The Lab's music was innovative and musically satisfying fringe.Despite the influences mentioned above, The Lab occupied a unique position in the musical spectrum, owing largely to the classical training of songwriter/producer/keyboardist Paul Mac and the operatically trained alto singer Yolanda Podolski.Invariably their gigs would make heavy use of multiple film and/or video projectors, displaying surreal footage and stills carefully synchronised with each part of each song they were playing, which in combination with the music would deliver a highly mind-altering visual and musical experience.The Lab's live performances, mostly at Sydney inner-city venues, were noteworthy for their use of multimedia, way beyond any other small live bands of the time.Their live audiences would often include a contingent of hallucinogenic drug enthusiasts.While The Lab enjoyed good airplay rotation on the indie radio station Triple J, they were too far outside of musical norms to achieve high-level commercial success - at least, within Australia.While fitting into electronica/darkwave/industrial/dance genres at a superficial level, these expressions were underpinned by a much deeper and more intricate musical foundation