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True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

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True House Stories® is a interview podcast series hosted by dance music icon, Lenny Fontana. It features candid and often untold stories from influential figures within the realm of house music. The show delves into personal anecdotes, pivotal moments, and behind-the-scenes tales from various DJs, producers, and other individuals who have made an impact in the house music scene. The podcast offers listeners an insider’s perspective on the history, evolution, and culture of house music through firsthand experiences shared by its key players like Carl Cox, Simon Dunmore, Kathy Sledge...

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United States

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True House Stories® is a interview podcast series hosted by dance music icon, Lenny Fontana. It features candid and often untold stories from influential figures within the realm of house music. The show delves into personal anecdotes, pivotal moments, and behind-the-scenes tales from various DJs, producers, and other individuals who have made an impact in the house music scene. The podcast offers listeners an insider’s perspective on the history, evolution, and culture of house music through firsthand experiences shared by its key players like Carl Cox, Simon Dunmore, Kathy Sledge...

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English

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+1 516 442 0787


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Alex Savvides interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 149 - True House Stories®

9/17/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ALEX SAVVIDES # 148 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Mr Alex Savvides started his DJ career at the tender age of 16 years old back in 1988. He was helping one of the promoters of legendary Acid House club Zigis, in Streatham, South London, and was blessed to have witnessed a very young Trevor Fung and Carl Cox spinning almost every weekend, and because of that experience he was instantly hooked! Within months Alex became the warm up DJ for them both and in oncurrence he was promoting his own midweek events called 'Casablanca' and '303 Below Zero'. Alex then went on to become the resident DJ at 'The Stoned Crow' in Streatham on Thursday and Sunday nights from around 1989-1993. Not too soon after Alex decided to hang his headphone up for a brief moment. After taking many years out from the music, he decided to come back in 2015 with a strong party called 'We Are Balearic'. This club night now is in its tenth successful year. This year 2025 Alex will be focusing on playing out as a guest DJ, and looking to release his own music productions and edits that will be available to purchase on Bandcamp and Traxsource soon. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:00:54:43

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Hatiras interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 148 - True House Stories®

9/3/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ HATIRAS # 148 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Hatiras stops by to share his story on True House Stories. He has have had many successes in dance music and gives us an insight into his day-to-day life running a record label, being a dj and succeeding in today’s music business. Hatiras is a 2X Juno Award winner and owner of one of the planet’s hottest and most prolific house music labels - Spacedisco Records. He was also ranked the orld’s #1 Jackin House artist according to Traxsource in 2019 and 2020. Hisfirst UK top ten and global hit record was “Spaced Invader” released on Defected Records. It was named Pete Tong’s Essential new tune twice and launched Hatiras’ career as a globally touring artist. Prior to this, Hatiras played a major role in Toronto’s rave scene as the owner and mastermind of Liquid Adrenaline raves hosting parties to thousands of people throughout the 90s. As a producer, Hatiras has collaborated with artists including Low Steppa, Junior Sanchez, Kylie Minogue, Angelo Ferreri, DJ Dan, Sebb Junior, Gettoblaster, Bad Boy Bill + many more and has released music on labels including Defected, Toolroom, Dirtybird, Simma Black, Afro Acid, Farris Wheel,Milk & Sugar, Glasgow Underground, Universal Music, Sony etc. Through his record label and production efforts, Hatiras has also nurtured and developed the careers of over 100 artists on Spacedisco Records and has mastered hundreds of records behind the scenes. He has been on fire for over 2 decades having amassed a catalogue of over 500 releases and has performed across the world including shows in Tokyo, Wire Festival Yokohama, across Australia, every major city in the US, Mexico, Colombia, the UK, Germany, Belgium, 7x at Burning Man, Ultra Music Festival Miami, etc. He recently released his 5th full length artist album “Starlight” which includes 11 tracks ranging from House Music to Nu Disco to Techno. His creativity and versatility is on full display in this project. To say Hatiras is on a roll is an understatement. It is next to impossible to check the Houseand Jackin House sales charts these days without finding at least a few tunes in the charts that Hatiras has touched. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:23:41

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Joey Carvello interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 147 - True House Stories®

8/20/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JOEY CARVELLO # 147 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Author / DJ Joey Carvello unboxes his book, “The Boston Hustle: The Hairspray, the Cologne, the Disco & the Betrayal“ right here on True House Stories. In this first-hand account of disco history, learn how Joey Carvello rode the cultural explosion of disco, and how record labels conspired to destroy disco’s independent power. But over the past three decades, Joey helped to reshape themusic landscape in a number of ways. Carvello got his start as a DJ in Boston where, along with jocks like John Luongo, he put the city on the map as one of the most important disco centers outside of New York City. He then transformedthe sound of Boston's radio dial when he took over as program director of KISS 108 in 1980. It quickly became the city's highest-rated Top 40 station,introducing a dancer sensibility to the airwaves. In the late ’80s Carvello moved on to Atlantic Records, overseeing a dance department that had a string of hit records from the likes of Little Louie Vega, Marc Anthony and Robin S. Moving on to hip hop, Carvello then joined up with Priority and TVT in the ’90s and ’00s and played an instrumental role in the careers of Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon and Pitbull. Nowadays, Carvello is a resident DJ at New York City’s Mobile Mondays – a party where the selectors only play 45s from their collections. We’ll be teaming up with the crew there when we come to New York later this month with Bobbito Garcia, Amir Abdullah and our very own Chairman Mao also set to play. (More details here.) You will hear him promoting his book "The Boston Hustle" which is about his first part of this life in the music business. He describes it as a wild ride and I believe you will as well. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER:✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:08:29

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John Luongo interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 146 - True House Stories®

6/18/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JOHN LUONGO # 146 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA John Luongo is one of the true legendary DJ's andRemixers of the Disco eras. John has remixed tracks for just about everybody, from many of the gems of classic Disco acts like; The Jacksons, Dan Hartman, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Melba Moore and Jackie Moore to the real Synth POP bands like Visage, Ultravox, Peter Goodwin, The The, and Men Without Hats. He has also worked with some great POP/Rock stuff for Queen, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Huey Lewis & the News, Hall & Oates, Greg Kihn, and Cheap Trick… Hailing from Boston, John ‘TC’ Luongo is widely seen as one of the most influential DJs and mixers of the Disco era. For over a decade, until he stepped away from mixing, almost everything he touched was a bonified hit. John started with music career back during his time at university. He studied Civil Engineering and graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Ma. In 1973 with a degree of BS in Civil Engineering he knew he had a greater calling and this was music... While studying at university, John took on a part-time job as a DJ at a club in Boston called The Townhouse, which was, at that time, located above a bar called The Bull and Finch, upon which the TV show 'Cheers' is based. Sometime, while still at university he got his nickname - "TC", which some of his old-time friends still use to call him. The name refers to a cartoon character in the US who was very hip and cool. this cat was named "Top Cat". John's friends would tease him as "Top Cat” who was the leader of the gang, and John was the leader of the Disco scene in the New England area. Thus, the nickname, John "TC" Luongo! John later went on to be the DJ of a club called Rhinoceros, the largest business club in Boston, which eventually became the largest black disco in all of New England nd the East Coast and help him start his career in Radio, and as well help to start the record pools up in the Boston Area. The list goes on and on from this mastermind. Here is a mantra that John said at the 1978 National Disco Awards: The day Disco dies is the day people stop dancing. And people aren't about to do that. There will always be Disco in one form or another.” How right he was then and as he is now. He is active even today, running a publishing collection company, but let’s step back in time and have a chance to share a moment of him working on some of these amazing songs that are still in rotation today.

Duration:01:49:54

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Junior interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 145 - True House Stories®

4/2/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JUNIOR # 145 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Norman Washington "Junior" Giscombe an English singer-songwriter often known as Junior who was one of the first British R&B artists to be successful in the United States. He is best known for his 1982 hit single, "Mama Used to Say". Giscombe was born in Wandsworth, London, England, and was a backing vocalist with the funk band Linx between 1980 and 1982. "In the early to mid-70s, Junior collaborated with classmates to establish a record label in Balham, South London. They released a record titled Nice and Slow, which Junior later said it had reached number one in Australia. "In 1978 or 1979, Get Up and Dance / Hot as Heated was recorded and later released in 1980. According to Junior, it reached number one in France as well as number one on the Billboard Breakout Chart. "When turning towards a solo career, he was first billed simply as Junior. He scored a no 7 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1982, with "Mama Used to Say".Junior has claimed that the song was number one on US Cashbox." His follow-up single, "Too Late" also made the top 20 in the UK."Mama Used to Say" was also a Top 40 Pop and top 5 R&B hit in the United States, earning him a "Best Newcomer" award from Billboard magazine. "Junior's single Unison was released in 1983 and achieved some commercial success, particularly on the U.S. Dance Charts. While Junior has claimed that the song reached the number one position, official chart records indicate that it peaked at number 16. After a period outside the charts, Giscombe made a brief return to the top 10 in 1987 when he sang a duet with Kim Wilde on "Another Step Closer to You" which peaked at number 6 in the Uk Singles Chart and, according to Giscombe, number 3 in the French Charts, as well as an unspecified chart position in Germany. Junior became involved with the formation of Red Wedge in 1986 with Billy Bragg, Jimmy Sommerville and Paul Weller, and had been a part of the Council Collective with The Style Council, Jimmy Ruffin and others for the 1984 fundraising single, "Soul Deep". In 2008 Junior Giscombe sang "A Change Is Gonna Come" which was originally sung by Sam Cooke and Junior gave a performance with the Virtual Jazz Band which was later released presumably using the same vocals in 2011. On 15 April 2010, Giscombe performed his classic hit "Mama Used To Say" with the Virtual Jazz Band at London's Jazz Cafe. In 2014, Giscombe formed "The British Collective" In 2017, Giscombe appeared on Mike City's album The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1 on the song "Sang and Dance". Sweet Tender Love is a song by Junior Giscombe that peaked at #15 on the UK Heritage Chart. It was released in 2024. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:29:37

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Jo Mills interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 144 - True House Stories®

2/26/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JO MILLS # 144 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Jo Mills began to gain her extensive musical knowledge during the early 90’s at London’s Mecca for music enthusiasts, Flying Records. Working alongside DJs such as Clive Henry, Rocky and Ashley Beedle lead her to become a regular behind the decks at the infamous Full Circle parties on Sunday afternoons. Soon Jo was playing alongside some of the biggest names in house including Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Tony Humphries and DJ Sneak, to name a few. By the late 90’s it was the dawn of a new era, for DJs, and she began playing all over the world. Soon Jo was regularly playing at some of the greatest clubs of the time, especially in Ibiza, which these days is where she calls home. Having firmly stamped her mark on the island playing seminal clubs such as Pacha, Space and Amnesia she then began her residency for the now legendary Circo Loco. As one of the key players her Circo Loco residency spanned five amazing years and propelled her to the next level. Jo Mills mixed her first Ibiza compilation for Pacha alongside DJ Pippi in 2001 and followed it up the following year with a Circo Loco debut compilation alongside Cirillo. Jo continues to wow audiences across Europe, South Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, South America, Canada the US and even Russia. Annual global tours are regularity due to her ever-increasing popularity, fan base, talent and all-round presence in the house scene. Over the years Jo’s musical talents have continued to flourish, not only as a DJ but also as a producer. In the production realm she sights the likes of Jamie Jones, Bookashade and Sebo K as inspiration and is currently receiving great acclaim for her own releases. Her collaboration with Tomas Hedberg, on Phonetic Recordings caused a huge stir in 2009, 2010 saw “Lullaby’ released on Back to Basics, while other productions of note include‘Dancing In The Dark, Jo’s collaboration with Matti Schwartz under the 4tune500 moniker and ‘House Arrest’, which she co-produced with Steve Mac for Junior Boys Own Records. Jo’s productions regularly receive rave reviews from a diverse range of artists including the likes of Groove Armarda, Slam, Tedd Patterson, Brother’s Vibe and everyone in-between, beyond and basically all those who love quality house. More recently Jo has teamed up with Gareth Whitehead from Bullet Dodge records, with their first single, ‘Pipe Dreams’ being snapped up by Pacha Recordings with mixes from Denney. Jo decided t0 take a momentarily break for a few years and decided during the year of 2020 to come back and do it all over again. She is now travelling the world once again and has a residency on the White Isle Ibiza each and every week. She is in the studio producing and remixing and has a huge release set to come out on Defected. Watch out for her she is on a roll. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬♫ FOLLOW JO MILLS✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/djjomills ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/jomillsdj ✚ SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/djjomills ♫ FOLLOW LENNY FONTANA✚ WEBPAGE: http://lennyfontana.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/lennyfontana ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/lennyfontana ✚ X (TWITTER): https://twitter.com/LennyFontana✚ YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/LennyFontanaOfficial ♫ FOLLOW TRUE HOUSE STORIES®✚ WEBPAGE: https://truehousestories.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/TrueHouseStories ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/truehousestories ✚ YOUTUBEPODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZ9aMPdKkfgHjkYTrebboslHErUcCrdL ✚ SPOTIFYPODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/77yqcaawwWhnzQrGKeZtp6 #JoMills #interview #podcast #TrueHouseStories #LennyFontana #MusicDocumentary

Duration:00:42:06

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Shedrick Guy interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 143 - True House Stories®

1/29/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ SHEDRICK GUY # 143 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA We spotlight producer, songwriter and engineer Shedrick Guy, who is based in New Jersey. Shedrick started his music career in the 1980s working alongside producer/record executive Ric Wake. New Jersey Producer Ace Mungin from Ace Beat Records helped open the door for Shedrick to start his long career in dance music as they coventured one of there first projects that became very successful. Further projects followed with production partner Guy Vaughn as Fly Guy / Fly Guy Productions. In the early '90's Shedrick reconnected with Ric Wake and was made VP of urban music for DV8 Records where he signed Raw Stilo and remixed Ce Ce Peniston, Jennifer Lopez and Celine Dion. Shedrick decided to leave the business for a short time and now has made his return working ever so to bring the Jersey Dance Sound back to the forefront once again made famous in the early 1990s from the American and UK DJ's. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:39:11

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Colin Dale interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 142 - True House Stories®

1/15/2025
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ COLIN DALE # 142 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Colin Dale was a friend of DJ/producer Fabio from childhood, beginning his DJ-ing career whilst working in the banking industry in his native London. His DJ-ing career began as a warm-up DJ for hip hop DJ Tim Westwood at clubs Gossips and Heaven, as well as working in various record shops such as Mi Price alongside Jazzy M. He joined Kiss FM in 1986 and hosted the Abstrakt Dance show for many years, playing techno and related styles. He helped set up the Knowledge club in London and was resident there in its infancy, and was tour support DJ for band Jesus Jones. Dale also promoted the Noire night at the Soundshaft in London where he was also resident DJ alongside his brother Mark Dale and was also resident DJ at the Vapourspace night in London ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter ♫ FOLLOW TRUE HOUSE STORIES® ✚ WEBPAGE: https://truehousestories.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/TrueHouseStories ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/truehousestories ✚ YOUTUBE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZ9aMPdKkfgHjkYTrebboslHErUcCrdL ✚ SPOTIFY PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/77yqcaawwWhnzQrGKeZtp6

Duration:01:00:18

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Trevor Fung interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 141 - True House Stories®

12/11/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ TREVOR FUNG # 141 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA TREVOR FUNG began his DJing career at 16 and was quickly earning a reputation for his taste and knowledge of both UK and American Soul Funk and Jazz. In 1983 through his European tastes and connections, Trevor was invited to play at Amnesia in Ibiza to spin his now mixed style of dance music. On Trevor’s return and throughout the mid-eighties he teamed up with longtime friend Paul Oakenfold to set up a club called "The Funhouse" playing similar sounds from his Ibiza experience alongside the popular Hip Hop and Go-Go sounds of that time. This was followed by the formation of his infamous “The Project" club and was now joined by also resident DJ Carl Cox. The Project Club was strongly influenced by BALEARIC BEATS and also by the new sounds coming in from the Detroit and Chicago. HOUSE MUSIC!! In the summer of ‘87 Trevor took "The Project Club" concept to Ibiza where together with Ian St Paul he opened Bar in San Antonio, playing to a very mixed crowd that was attracted by the then unusual combination of New Beat, Indie, Acid and House music Trevor had incorporated into his unique style. This later became known within the music press as "Balearic Beat". In 1988 Trevor’s influence over fellow friends and DJ’s ignited a chain reaction in London. Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold, Johnny Walker and Danny Rampling were all early visitors to Trevor’s nights both at The Project Club in Streatham and Ibiza and were inspired to change the face of the London & World Club Scene by launching seminal nights such as ‘The Future’, ‘Spectrum’, ‘Shoom’, ‘The Land of Oz’, ’Rage’ “Enter the Dragon’ and ‘Trip’. Following this period Trevor could be seen playing at all over the UK and the spectacular one-off “M25 Orbital live events” such as “Sunrise”, “Energy”, “World Dance” and “Biology” which in turn led to long-term residencies at “Rage”, “Enter the Dragon”, “Spectrum” and “Love @ the Wag”. Also playing at all major festivals like Bestival, Glastonbury, Burning Man (USA), Farr Festival…. Trevor has been working recently on his own Club nights, monthly residencies in London “The Sound of Higher Ground”, and also host other major club nights with some of the worlds renowned DJ’s and club land’s most respected promoters: DJ’s Danny Krivit, Derrick May, Franck Roger, DJ Deep, Robert Owens, Matty Heilbronn, DJ Pierre, Phil Asher, Danny Rampling and Stuart Patterson. He has recently been playing at most of the legendary UK club nights like Shoom, Promised Land, Higher Ground, Clockwork Orange, also touring with fellow old friend and now world-renowned Producer/DJ Paul Oakenfold throughout the world and look out for them playing again very soon. He has also been very active and constant in raising awareness & money for charities An Ambassador of: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Foundation, Charity Macmillan, and Groove School. Trevor is a very important part to the DNA of the UK House Music Scene and here you will be able to listen to his contributions that he has made in his career. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:00:46:43

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Mark James interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 140 - True House Stories®

11/27/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ MARK JAMES # 140 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA With many decades of experience as a DJ and one of Australia’s most progressive promoters and dance music recording artists. MARK JAMES has been synonymous with dance music in Australia since the beginning. It all started in the 80’s where Mark’s frustration of trying to push dance music to a traditionally rock orientated Aussie market led him to setting up his own club nights and parties. As time went on around 1987 with the birth of acid house Mark finally began to see a light at the end of the tunnel and so did the punters, the turn around had begun. Mark hosted events which included the first of a string of international acts and DJ’s in Australia including INNER CITY, THE JUNGLE BROTHERS, the ID WORLD TOUR with GRAHAME PARK and MIKE PIKERING (M people). Into the 90’s Mark’s djing status had been pushed to the forefront of Australia’s finest with bookings all over the country. In 1990 it was time to get serious about making music which Mark had been dabbling in over the past couple of years with then long time girlfriend GINA G (of “Oh Ah just a little bit” fame). With Gina on vocals and good friend PEE WEE FERRIS helping on the production tip BASS CULTURE hit the charts with LOVE THE LIFE (used more recently 1998/99 Summer “Coke Cola” ad, and long running theme on Neighbours). Four singles followed featuring some of Australia’s finest vocalists including KATE CEBERANO, LISA MAXWELL AND SUZI AHERN along with an album all charting successfully in Australia and appearing on “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” no less than three times. I’VE LEARNED TO COPE stayed No.1 on JJJ for thirteen weeks running and featured in the Aussie movie “The Sum of Us” (Russel Crowe) and also broke into the UK dance charts with mixes from ERIC KUPPER. Mark’s own productions kicked off with a studio stint also in 1991 with CARL COX Eternal by Eternal reached No.1 on the Aussie dance charts, a top 40 UK DANCE HIT which even broke the national UK charts at No.73 in 1997 Mark remixed Eternal and hit the UK chart's again this track was one of the late great DJ TONY DE VITS most played records of 1997. Two more Eternal singles followed MIND ODYSSEY released on WARP records and made top 20 (UK dance) and in 1994 with a name change to ETERNAL RHYTHM, Deep Down which was licensed to several countries all with high chart positions (JOHN DIGWEED listed Deep Down in his top ten tracks of the year 1994).The 2000 remix of Deep Down released on Quad UK appears on loads of mix cd's including DANNY HOWLES. Mark also is the MD of Future Entertainment Australia's largest dance event and DJ touring company, touring the likes of Gatecrasher, Renaissance, Trade, Perfecto and every high profile dj. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:00:45:17

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Paul Scott interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 139 - True House Stories®

11/6/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ PAUL SCOTT # 139 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Paul Scott and Bryan "Shank" Thompson met in 1987 through a mutual close friend, DJ Punch Phillips. Paul invited P&S to Sensations Studios to mix HMJ’s “Hyped”, a Hip House track. The P&S mix stood out from the other mix collaborations and caused a frenzy on the House scene. From then on, Paul and Shank became known as Brothers of Peace aka B.O.P. and began to work on different projects together. The track “Come on Move with the Beat” was BOP’s breakout banger for Big Beat Records that put them on the map. BOP’s success continued with the Ace Beat Records release of “Call Him Up”, a churchified track with an all-star cast of New Jersey’s finest House music singers, including Kenny Bobien, Sandy B, Joey Washington and Cassio. “You are my Friend” by Kenny Bobien and “Feel like Singing” by Sandy B shot BOP into the ionosphere as acclaimed House music producers. Expanding their impressive portfolio, BOP then went on to produce House hits for Jellybean Records, Bass Hit/Soundmen on Wax, Strictly Rhythm, Nervous, Mercury, Warner Brothers, Columbia. Thirty plus years later they are still doing it the way they believed from the beginning with the big chorus hook and musical arrangements. Check out there music on https://bopmusic.net ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:14:23

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Tall Paul interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 138 - True House Stories®

10/23/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ TALL PAUL # 138 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Tall Paul began his DJing career in 1985 at Turnmills, a nightclub his father owned. From there, Tall Paul became the resident DJ at the Gardening nightclub, Zap Club in Brighton and Trade in London, before headlining at various events in countries including the US, Brazil, Japan, and Ibiza. Red Jerry from Hooj Choons bestowed the name onto DJ Paul Newman calling him Tall Paul. Tall Paul is a leader and is sought after for his sound that smashes the crowd each and every time he plays. Paul's hit single "Rock Da House" went into the mainstream charts cementing him not only as an world class dj but having him rise to his next level as an Award winning producer. Check out his story right here on True House Stories. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:01:10:42

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Mark Knight (Toolroom Records) interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 137 - True House Stories®

6/27/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ MARK KNIGHT (TOOLROOM) # 137 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Mark Knight from Toolroom Records sits and shares his story from the beginning of his musical career. The international DJ Producer Remixer worked his way up from the construction business into his present position with the help of other producers in the beginning. He shares some of his secrets on what drives him to the level of success he has achieved. He has two huge loves music andsoccer and it does not stop there. A true family man through and through. This is an episode not to be missed. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

Duration:00:50:26

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Andy Van & John Course (Vicious Music) interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 136 - True House Stories®

6/12/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ANDY VAN & JOHN COURSE (VICIOUS MUSIC) # 136 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA True House Stories brings you 30 Plus Years of Vicious Music and the direct impact the Vicious collective has made upon club music culture, not only in Australia, but all across the globe. Andy Van and Jon Coarse both being world class DJ’s have a huge passion for the music. The label with its impressive 30-year history and its artist’s releases having reached the peak of global music charts, and in the record boxes of legendary DJs and been played across radio stations globally, from Australia’s JJJ to the UK’s mighty Radio One. In the process, some artists have become house-hold names such as Avicii conquering the world with his EDM sound, but most of all, the label’s releases have proved how an Australian label has made the world dance for over 30 years!

Duration:01:07:30

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Gordon Mac interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 135 - True House Stories®

5/29/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ GORDON MAC # 135 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Kiss FM first broadcast 7 October 1985 as a pirate radio station, initially to South London then across the whole city, on 94FM. Kiss FM was founded by Gordon "Mac" McNamee, George Power (of London Greek Radio), and Tosca Jackson, with its engineer Pyers Easton. Transmitting seven-days from the start, it would be regularly taken off-air by the authorities and so became a weekend operation shortly afterwards. The station developed a cult and committed following across Greater London, with figures in the press at the time stating that the station commanded some 500,000 listeners while operating as an unlicensed pirate station, and an Evening Standard readers' poll in 1987 put Kiss second, behind Capital Radio. Gordon Mac approached a successful London club promoter, Guy Wingate, to discuss ways of improving the Kiss FM profile. As a result, Wingate launched the very successful Kiss nights at the Wag Club (which included the first ever UK Acid House party – an idea put forward by Colin Faver and Danny Rampling), both DJs on the station. Mac and ten of the DJs on the station including Norman Jay, Jonathan Moore, Colin Faver, Trevor Nelson, and Tim Westwood would become "shareholders" in a company called Goodfoot Promotions, with Mac heading up the station as its majority holder. By 1988, Kiss was at its strongest with a DJ line-up which had become the cream of London's clubland, and in that December, Mac and the other shareholders would announce that they would decide to close down in order to apply for a legal license. Listen to how Gordon Mac goes up the ladder and then leaves it all behind to come back eventually and create his next venture called Mi-Soul on Dab.

Duration:01:42:36

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Smokin Jo interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 134 - True House Stories®

5/22/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ SMOKIN JO # 134 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA True House Stories interviews Smokin Jo the Female UK DJ. Smokin Jo (born Joanne Joseph) is a British DJ and record producer from London, England. She is the only female DJ to win the number one DJ in the world award by DJ Magazine in 1992,. She began her career in 1990 when she got her first set of decks. In 1991, Jo was given an opportunity to play at London gay club Trade at Turnmills which led to a residency there that would continue until 1993, launching her career. In 1992 she played in Ibiza for the first time, on the terrace at Space in Playa En Bossa, in the same year she was named as DJ Magazines No1 DJ. She also presented the BBC Radio 1 (essential selection) weekly report from Ibiza, between 2002 and 2006. Jo has gigged all over the world, and in every big club night, playing as far and wide as Japan, Germany, Brazil, Greece, USA (including Space in Miami) China and Singapore. In the UK she has played Ministry of Sound, Fabric, XOYO,The Beams, Printworks in London. She still plays in Ibiza for Glitterbox and now she has just finished writing a bestseller called "You Don't Need A Dick To Be A DJ" The book is her personal life story and she has laid out the path for everyone to learn from it as you will find it is very well written.

Duration:00:42:01

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Paul Oakenfold [Perfecto] interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 133 - True House Stories®

5/8/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ PAUL OAKENFOLD [PERFECTO] # 133 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Lenny Fontana sit with the man himself DJ Paul Oakenfold on one of the most respected shows in the game True House Stories. He shares with us some of the things that helped start him in the business and how his life took off both here in the USA and back in the UK. When it comes to a career the magnitude of Paul Oakenfold it’s hard to encompass one of the true legends of electronic music into just words. For over 3 decades he has elevated and shaped an entire genre and remains one of the leading forces in the global music scene today. His most recent works have taken him from the DJ booth of the worlds hottest nightspots and festivals to the studio producing soundtracks for Hollywood blockbuster movies. His diversity in artistry and ability has earned him accolades from critics and fans alike. Garnering him not 1 but 2 Grammy Nominations for his works.

Duration:00:59:35

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LF System interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 132 - True House Stories®

4/10/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ LF SYSTEM # 132 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA LF System are a DJ / Production Team out of Scotland. The partnership consists of Conor Larkman AND Sean Finnigan. They sat with Lenny Fontana from True House Stories and shared their story starting from the beginning. Each one of them worked a full-time job and through it all pushed and pushed for success. Nothing comes easy as they both fought their way through it all and now, they are one of the biggest production teams in the dance music business. LF also shared how they found Lenny Fontana and Byron Stingily track "I'll Give You" and turned it around to create their new smash hit "All I've Got."

Duration:01:13:12

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Norris Da Boss Windross (Godfather of Garage) interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 131 - True House Stories®

3/20/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ NORRIS DA BOSS WINDROOS # 131 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA True House Stories interviews UKG Godfather Norris Da Boss Windross. Norris opens up about his humble beginnings as a avid club goer and supporter of the scene in the 1980’s. He eventually found the art of the DJ later in life and began to play at smaller events and bars working his way up the ladder. It took for him to create his own club night for his career to really bloom in London, UK. His first event called ‘Yum Yum’ hosted by Norris, Tony Trax, Frankie Bones, Richie Fingers, Smokin Jo and MC GQ was the first taste in the creating a new Vibe & sound in the UK, pitching up US House and Garage records for more energy, this was not the norm until now. Norris presence and dedication saw him reside in the infancy of the UK Garage scene at iconic events such as; The Spread love Project, Bagleys, Ministry Of Sound, Aquarium and Mambo in Ibiza which led Norris ‘Da Boss’ to become a leading headline act, performing at tours and events worldwide. In 1994, production entered Norris’s ambition, since which he has been involved in a string of successful tracks, ‘Go Slowly’ his first studio remix, ‘Funky Groove’ ‘Psuedo’s Heartbeat’ with much respected Gavin Face Mills now one half of Copyright & then Right Before My Eyes & Liferide Produced with Grant Nelson followed by the successful launch of his own label ‘W Records, featuring acts such as Rose Windross, MC Creed, Angel 21 and MC Kie. All of his tracks exploded on the UK Garage Scene with ‘Right Before My Eyes’ featuring Kallaghan and MC Neat charting in the nationals and performance’s included ‘Top Of The Pops’. Liferide ‘NNG’ featuring Rose Windross & MC Creed was the follow up & one of the most iconic UKG hits to date. Seeing the impact of the newly founded UK House & Garage scene and proud of its growth and nationwide acceptance, the first UK House & Garage awards was created to acknowledge the industry. Norris was voted Industry ‘Top DJ’ at the awards. Norris, knew what had been achieved and felt the UK scene needed its own identity, so the new brand ‘UKG’ was conceived & created along with his partners, MC Creed & Jason Kaye. ‘UKG’ was quickly acknowledged by the industry and the award ceremonies at Hammersmith Apollo and the Brixton Academy crowned the new UK brand with 30 date national tours preceding them. Come check out the full interview of The Godfather of UKG lay it all out step by set with Lenny Fontana on the most recognized show in the music industry True House Stories.

Duration:01:27:16

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Dj Spoony interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 130 - True House Stories®

3/6/2024
TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ DJ SPOONY # 130 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA True House Stories Lenny Fontana interviews Dj Spoony who is a Presenter for Global Premier League TV| International, a high profile DJ from the UKG Scene and BBC Radio presenter. Here in is this interview you will hear how his start began and how the Dreem Team where formed. The Dreem Team consisting of DJ Spoony, Mikee B, and Timmi Magic formed in 1996 through pirate radio, and were instrumental in developing the UKG sound. They presented radio shows on Kiss 100 (1997–2000) and BBC Radio1 (2000–2003). Here you will learn the inside story of what it takes to rise to the top as Spoony is involved in many different music projects, sports, and is very active in playing the UKG parties around the UK and the world.

Duration:01:04:21