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(Founder of Drop DJ Joel Lai is a legend in Hong Kong, where he is widely regarded as the territory’s number one DJ and premier house music pioneer.) 
Hong Kong born Joel Lai started to learning mixing with 2 cassette decks, 1 pencil & a mixer in 1985, began DJing in the territories night-clubs and dance events since 1987. he was the first to bring the Dance Events Culture & The underground sounds of the UK & US to Hong Kong. Since then he has continued to embrace all that the international arena has to offer and continue to mold the Hong Kong market, turning this former colony into one of the most progressive and exciting dance scene in Asia.
As Paul Oakenfold said at the time of the Unity party to mark Hong Kong’s handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, “Joel Lai can hold his own with the European DJ’s”*. He has played alongside the biggest names in the industry and continues to tour though-out Asia and Europe in major venues such as the Ministry of Sound (UK), Heaven (UK), Lulu in Germany, Singapore’s Zouk and Tokyo’s Loop – to name a few.
In Hong Kong Clubbing history Joel is the only HK DJ repeatedly voted Hong Kong’s No. 1 DJ by the local music press (Absolute Magazine)& (HK Magazine), Joel Lai is well known for drawing large crowds based on his name alone. Hong Kong clubbers have often walked away from some of the bigger club night’s wondering if Joel’s seamless and inspired set has out-shone the intended guest DJ’s. On more than a few occasions sweating faces have beamed through flashing light’s and peered over to the DJ booth surprised to discover Joel Lai commanding the decks rather than the featured DJ. Name almost any top U.S or European DJ who has toured globally in the past few years and chances are Joel has played along side them as the supporting local DJ. The list is long and illustrious – Simon Dunmore,  Norman Jay, Carl Cox, Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Lee Burridge, Little Louie Vega, Danny Krivit, Franscoi K, and Dimitri from Paris to name a few.
1999 saw the release of Joel’s first mixed CD. “Club 1997 The Definitive Music” was named after the famed Hong Kong night-club for which Joel was resident DJ and released under the Polygram label. It paved the way as Hong Kong’s first locally produced dance music compilation and won applause from the local media. “One cannot help wondering… why someone who never ventures into this oft-cited exclusive night-club would buy a Club 1997 CD? For Hong Kong underground dance hounds, the answer would be: because Joel Lai did it” said a feature in the South China Morning Post.
In recent years Joel has continued to exert his influence on the local dance and club scene. In his quest to provide Hong Kong clubbers with a new experience, in 2000 Joel opened the famous club Drop, helping to re-define Hong Kong nightlife. As drop’s resident DJ, Joel continues to stay abreast of everything new and fresh opting  from a “Backroom Set of Soul, Funk, Latin, 70’s Disco Classic House Anthem to a “Mainroom Set of Organic House, Afro House, Deep Melodic House and Techno, ” As further testament to Joel’s un-paralleled sound and vision, Drop was voted HK Magazine Readers Choice Awards “Best Club” in 2002.

DJ JOEL LAI DJ BOOKING: djjoellai@gmail.com

IMPORTANT

Due to the huge number of demos we are receiving we have updated our submission process.

Please send any tracks via A PRIVATE SOUNDCLOUD LINK SET TO DOWNLOAD (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) that you would like to submit to either Perfecto Records or Perfecto Fluoro to: 


demos [at] perfectorecords [dot] com. 


We accept demos accross all genres from Progressive and Big Room House to Breaks and Psy/Goa Trance.

Please only send music that you would like to and are able to release. DO NOT send bootlegs, remixes or promos. These will be deleted from this address. We receive a huge number of demos so are unable to reply to everyone. If we like what we hear we will be in touch, but please be patient, it could take a couple of weeks!!

宀 is a music venue in the very heart of Hong Kong focused on bringing people together through carefully selected electronic music acts and cultural activities. The 100-capacity venue will bring a roster of leading international performers while nurturing local and regional talent.

宀 (pronounced "mihn" is the Chinese Radical 40 with a different pronunciation according countries. It has no literal meaning but can be likened to a roof or shelter. This is a place where you can express yourself freely. This place is for dancing. This is a place to learn. This is safe space where you will not be harassed, discriminated, criticised or harmed emotionally or physically. This is a place where all Races, Genders and Sexual identities are welcome. To safeguard this vision, there will be a no-photo policy applied inside the club.

宀 has been imagined by a group of music and audiophile enthusiasts who have chosen a Funktion One soundsystem in a room carefully engineered by one of the region's leading experts in acoustics.

「宀」是一個位於香港中心地帶的全新音樂場地，宗旨在於希望能夠透過精心挑選的電子音樂以及其他文化藝術活動，將人們聚集起來。這個能夠容納100人左右的場地，不只將帶來國際型的表演者，也將會成為亞太區、本地菁英的培育地。

「宀」這個中文字的部首在不同國家有不同的發音，在字形上像是一個屋頂、一個藏身處。這是一個你/妳可以自在表現自己的地方。這是一個你/妳可以盡情跳舞的地方。這是一個你/妳可以找尋人生的地方。這是一個歡迎所有種族、性別、性傾向認同的地方。為了保護這樣的宗旨，在這裡禁止所有拍照攝影的行為。

「宀」的靈感啟發是來自於一群熱愛音樂及音響系統的同好，也因此他們選擇了Funktion One音響，並精準的由香港一位傳音效果專家特別為這個場地量身訂製調整而成。

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