Phil Loraine

Raised/reared in Merseyside (UK) on a diet of mixtapes and late-night radio, House Trained label manager Phil Loraine’s fixation with electronic music began during the early years of acid house. After loaning a mate’s Technics 12010s, he perfected the art of beat mixing and never looked back. His first break came when he played ‘Bowlers’, a 10k capacity venue in Manchester, before becoming a resident at ‘The Void’ in Stoke, which played host to the best DJs of the era such as Graeme Park, Judge Jules, Tall Paul & Smokin’ Jo. Moving to London in 2001 to pursue a music industry career, he DJ’d in many of the top clubs including Ministry Of Sound, The Cross, The Key & AKA/The End, before launching ‘House Trained’ with Neil & Ben Terry. The night became a mainstay on the underground