Phono Lake's First Night At The Lake

We're re-opening Phono Lake this summer for two clubnights. After a winter away and two amazing sold-out Phono Clubs keeping us going, we're finally heading back to our intimate lakeside cabin. This year we're keeping it cosy - two nights, two carefully selected lineups on June 20th and July 18th. And before summer closes, we’ll return to the island for our end-of-summer festival on September 12th. To celebrate the occasion, we're providing an upgraded soundsystem and extended opening times for some serious dancing pleasure. On our first night, we're keeping it all things house from New York to Amsterdam with Pal Joey joining us for a groovist masterclass and a special house set by Amsterdam's Sandrien. Cape St. Francis' Lil Lawaw brings his signature blend of house and R&B to conclude the line-up for our first night at the Lake. With a capacity of just 200, these nights will be intimate and tickets limited - grab a ticket while you can. Pal Joey (Joseph Longo) is a Queens-born DJ, producer, remixer and label owner whose raw, sample-heavy sound helped define the underground house music of late '80s and early '90s New York. Rooted in the city's club culture - orbiting the same world as Larry Levan and the legendary Vinylmania record shop - his music fused jazz-funk samples, chopped breaks and deep house energy in a way that was more hip-hop informed and rougher-edged than almost anything coming out of Chicago or Detroit at the time. Through labels including Loop d'Loop, Cabaret and Foot Stompin', and aliases such as Soho and Earth People, he built a catalogue that sits in the space between Larry Heard, Masters at Work and Todd Terry - but with a distinctly New York street sensibility all his own. His 1989 track Hot Music (as Soho) remains one of the defining records of the era, its loose swing and unfinished rawness influencing everything from UK acid jazz to lo-fi house decades later. Beyond the underground, Longo's reach extended to production and remix work for Deee-Lite, KRS-One and Sade - a testament to a versatility rarely matched by producers so deeply rooted in the underground. He remains a producer's producer: a cult figure whose influence quietly runs through generations of artists who value feel over polish.