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True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

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

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Man Parrish interview podcast hosted by Lenny...

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2022/06/15

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ MAN PARRISH # 085 - PART 2 Man Parrish first release was "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)" issued in 1982, which has later been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto, which sold millions of copies. It was sampled in Sway & King Tech's 1991 song "Follow 4 Now", from their second album, Concrete Jungle. His biggest chart success in the UK was his recording of "Male Stripper” under the artist name Man 2 Man, which peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. He eventually

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00:26:27

DJ Meme interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/25

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DJ MEME # 084 - PART 1 Dj Meme who real name is Marcello Mansur born and raised in Rio de Janeiro Brazil began to DJ at age 11 and started remixing in 1986. He began his journey working at a Radio Station editing commercials and adding the music to the station. He somehow was able to persuade the Brazilian Record labels to try him out for a remix. Well, the rest was history his remix was added on every station in Brazil and from there overnight DJ Meme was household name in the

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01:21:02

DJ Meme interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/25

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DJ MEME # 084 - PART 2 Dj Meme talks about his global international appeal in the house world. How he was able to persuade Defected Records to let him remix the single Fish Go Deep feat Tracy K. This is now how he creates the DJ Meme Orchestra Sound. The Remix for Defected does the business with the Dj’s around the globe and his name is heard and spoken everywhere. His first international DJ gig was in Hamburg at the Famous Betty Ford Clinic. Once he gets a taste of traveling

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00:31:09

Joe Causi interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/18

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JOE CAUSI # 083 - PART 1 “Brooklyn's Own” Joe Causi is among New York's legendary disc jockeys. He has been a staple in New York radio since the late 1970’s. Raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Causi can truly claim to be one of 'Brooklyn's Own. ' He takes what his hometown has given him from the street and shares it with his radio audience. Come listen to how it all began for him on Disco 92 WKTU FM and the birth of disco. He is currently on the air on New York Radio in WCBS Fm

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00:28:38

Joe Causi interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/18

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JOE CAUSI # 083 - PART 2 Joe Causi talks about his time on the number one radio station in the number one market in the country. Disco 92 WKTU-FM with its big disco sound and stellar array of air personalities. As the momentum changes and the backlash to disco and the change to the format the station starts to slide down with its ratings forcing it to close. Joe take us on the inside trek of the stations short life and what happened after it all ended. Even the best artists and

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00:31:45

Joe Smooth interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/05/11

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JOE SMOOTH # 082 - PART 1 Joe Smooth was a self-taught musician and started creating original music at the age of 12. During his teenage years, he began to make a name for himself as a DJ in the underground Chicago House Music scene. He is credited as essential to the creation of house music as a genre and the revival of the culture surrounding it. During his 20s he became an essential DJ for any viable club in Chicago. Smooth gained international acclaim with the release of

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01:23:38

Joe Smooth interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/05/11

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JOE SMOOTH # 082 - PART 2 Joe Smooth helped influence a decade of house and dance music elements in mainstream pop throughout the 1990s. By the new millennium he was approached to work with many pop, R&B, and other genre icons such as Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston, and Sisqo. In October 2004, "Promised Land" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Within the game, the song could be heard playing on the fictional House Music radio station SF-UR. He later

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00:29:53

Dave Beer interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/04

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DAVE BEER # 081 - PART 1 The man behind the iconic brand Back 2 Basics speaks about his life from quitting high school and becoming a roadie. Come listen to one of the greatest promoters from the 1990s golden era of house music lay it all out on his rise to fame and being part of the New York City Club scene. His vision was to take a part of the New York Club scene and import into the UK and he did it and very well at that. Dave Beer's obsession with the punk-music scene saw

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Dave Beer interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/05/04

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DAVE BEER # 081 - PART 2 In this episode you will hear Dave Beer explain the faced post-warehouse party world with the DIY ethos of a punk direction helping to create Back To Basics in 1991 which it was named literally to represent what the club was set out to do. Partners Beer and Alistair grew tired of the acid house scene and wanted to put on parties, where alternative music to the rave scene was played. Through Back To Basics, they made club nights fashionable, and

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00:32:06

Mike Dunn interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/04/07

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ MIKE DUNN # 080 - PART 1 Chicago house music legend Mike Dunn, has been DJing and producing music for over twenty years. Hailing from Englewood, Chicago, Mike started out DJing at the local block parties that took place playing disco, funk, soul and prototype Chicago house tracks. I was one of the first cats bringing two reel-to-reels and spinning with them at the parties. I was bringing out two Pioneer 707s, doing the Hummingbird, Jacks, The Courtyard, etc. I’d bring a drum

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01:53:02

Mike Dunn interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana #...

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2022/04/07

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ MIKE DUNN # 080 - PART 2 Word soon spread about his talents and Mike Dunn was booked for various clubs in and around Chicago, DJ’ing with house music innovators such as Ron Hardy, Larry Heard and good friend Armando Gallop. It wasn’t long before Mike got the production bug, resulting in his first release in 1987, “Dance You Mutha” on Westbrook Records, he also started to produce and engineer for other Chicago artists, such as Armando, Fast Eddie and K-Alexi Shelby. More house

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00:31:36

Ken Walker aka Ken@Work interview podcast hosted by...

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2022/03/23

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ KEN WALKER AKA KEN@WORK # 079 - PART 1 Ken@Work is the alias of Melbourne DJ & Producer Ken Walker. Ken shares with us his beginnings from starting in grade school as a disco DJ. His first chance of playing music for a crowd was when his school had a dance and he was put to the task to spin the music. He finds a nitch with a South African DJ living in Melbourne that had all the new promos from USA. This is how he figures out what direction of music he is going to play and

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00:46:09

Ken Walker aka Ken@Work interview podcast hosted by...

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2022/03/23

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ KEN WALKER AKA KEN@WORK # 079 - PART 2 Ken@Work develops a strong following playing six to seven days a week. He starts to work in the music industry with Central Station Records and begin his first start putting together the compilations. He earns awards for his edits and productions. His achievements are many including ARIA certified platinum & gold albums (over 20 major compilations and mixed CD releases via Sony, Universal, Warner Music, Vicious Vinyl &

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00:32:48

Nicky Siano interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/03/09

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ NICKY SIANO # 078 - PART 1 In 1971, at the tender age of 16, Nicky Siano getst his first DJing gig at The Roundtable in New York City. In February 1973, he opened The Gallery in Downtown Manhattan with his older brother Joe Siano. New Yorker Magazine called it "one of the five most visually breathtaking nightspots of its time”. The Gallery was, alongside Macuso's Loft and The Paradise Garage, one of the three most important clubs in New York’s 1970’s underground disco

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Nicky Siano interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/03/09

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ NICKY SIANO # 078 - PART 2 When Steve Rubell opened Studio 54, he asked Nicky Siano to be one of its Resident Jocks, which he agreed, while remaining at The Gallery during the weekends. Nicky was DJing during Bianca Jagger's infamous Studio 54 birthday party, and was playing live while Bianca Jagger entered on a white horse which made all the newspapers the following day around the world. He was known for playing underground alternative music as opposed to the disco hits that

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00:32:48

Steve Raine interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/02/23

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ STEVE RAINE # 077 - PART 1 True House Stories sits with Steve Raine the sheep farmer, who turned into one of the greatest club promoters of the 1990s. He created a brand known worldwide called “Hard Times” Steve will walk you through his journey on how he found house music and what it did it to him. It was so life changing that he wanted to recreate the first night experience over and over, launching a club night in the North of the UK. 👕OUR NEW MERCHANDISE SHOP:

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Steve Raine interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/02/23

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ STEVE RAINE # 077 - PART 2 Steve Raine vowed from day one that Hard Times would bring the USA’s underground House elite over to the UK at a time when they were still honing their skills in their homeland. He came up with the plan around the pool in Miami at WMC in 1992. It was this introduction of what we all now recognize as ‘House Music’s legends’ that lit the Hard Times fire that still burns. Steve is back again with new plans, new parties, new music releases. Watch out

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00:29:29

Jon Mancini interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/02/02

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JON MANCINI # 076 - PART 1 Jon Mancini is Scotland’s most well-known house DJ. He was the key to the successful Street rave parties at the Ayr Pavilion back in the early 90’s. He then moved on to the short lived but legendary Kitsch club nights. He now resides at the Arches for all the Colours events. He has played alongside every name DJ that the UK has to offer & has featured on Pete Tong´s Essential Selection with a few guest mixes. Jon hosted the Colours Mix on Friday

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Jon Mancini interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/02/02

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JON MANCINI # 076 - PART 2 Jon Mancini wraps up his story with all the guest DJ’s he has played with over the 30 plus years and all the follies that went on with the Street Rave, Colours and Colours Orchestral Series. He shared his moment traveling to New York and playing at The Limelight and the experience he gained. He also currently has a video production company and during lockdown set up one of the biggest streaming events that circulated worldwide. Check out this episode

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00:30:48

Mark Farina interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana...

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2022/01/26

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ MARK FARINA # 075 - PART 1 Mark Farina born in Chicago, Illinois, USA is an American disc jockey and musician, known for Chicago House Music, Acid Jazz and Downtempo works. His notable releases include "Mood" (KMS Records, 1989) and the Mushroom Jazz series (OM Records, 1996–2011), and is also known from the house compilations EL Divino. He is primarily identified with the House Music scene based in San Francisco, California. He starts out in High School learning the craft of

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