During his years at The Lodge, Joe LaPorta has had the unique opportunity to work in tandem with Emily Lazar, fusing her renowned mastering expertise with a lifetime of his own audio production work. Joe's mastering work includes a vast array of stylistically diverse projects for acclaimed artists incuding Garbage, Against Me!, Vanessa Carlton, Say Anything, Jeff Buckley, The Shins, The Stills, Vampire Weekend, Anti-Flag, Ween, Gogol Bordello, Shiny Toy Guns, The Subways, The Raveonettes, The Walkmen and Tïësto.


Having earned a degree in music technology from NYU, Joe's comprehensive education and insight into audio have been called upon to consult for one of the world's leading forensic musicologists on cases for Prince, Michael Jackson, Jay Z, Mary J. Blige, Phil Collins, Sting, Alicia Keys and Diddy.


In addition to Joe's extensive mastering and consulting experience, he has produced for 50 Cent, GZA (of Wu Tang Clan), Talib Kweli, J-Live, MF Grimm, Cunninlynguists and Pharoahe Monch. He has released hip-hop tracks through his own Freshchest Records imprint distributed worldwide by Caroline/EMI, as well as licensed tracks to major TV & film clients including MTV, Showtime and FOX. As an artist, his Drum-n-Bass tracks, released through Breakbeat Science and Rawkus, have received an overwhelming response by some of D-n-B's top DJ's, including DJ Hype, Dieselboy, AK1200, Dara, DB, Bailey and John Peel, as well as receiving remix treatments from the likes of UK's Dom 'n' Roland and Total Science.


Joe's experience in music production and analysis has given him a unique perspective from which he carves his mastering abilities. Combining an acute attention to detail with an intuitive understanding of audio; Joe has become a formidable force in the next generation of mastering engineers.


For Joe's extended discography click HERE