True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ VOCAL BOOTH WEEKENDER EDITION # 092 - PART 2 After a long weekend of Dj Gigs at Vocal Booth Weekender in Villajoysa Spain, the artists that were invited all sat together to partake in live discussion for True House Stories brought to you by DJ Andy Ward . Listen to Victor Simonelli , Maurice Joshua , Eric Kupper and Sunlight Square share part of their life story coming up in...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DJ BORIS # 091 - PART 1 DJ Boris NYC.. It’s all about the music. New York stalwart and beloved DJ, Boris, lives by that statement each and every day. He is a man wearing many hats; one as a touring DJ, another as a producer dynamo and lastly as a label boss of Transmit Recordings. A career forged over decades of long nights in the Big Apple’s most revered rooms. From the infa...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DJ BORIS # 091 - PART 2 DJ Boris ability behind the decks and in the studio has not only made him a New York favorite, but his music has taken him places all around the world ranging from the shores of Playa Del Carmen to the magical White Isle known as Ibiza. Known to many as the ‘DJ’s DJ’, Boris has had the career most DJs can only wish to have. The trends, they may change...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ CRAZY P # 090 - PART 1 Todd and Baron formed the band Crazy P after meeting at the Nottingham University. The band's sound incorporates soul music, disco and house music. By 2002 the band expanded to include bassist Tim Davies, percussionist Mav Kendricks, and vocalist Danielle Moore. Todd explained the origin of the band name: "A flat mate of mine had a record called 'loco p...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ CRAZY P # 090 - PART 2 Crazy P (formerly known as Crazy Penis ) is an English electronic group, formed around 1995 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron. Their track "There's a Better Place" samples the song “Pure Imagination" from the movie Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. Their track " Stop Space Return " was released as iTunes UK's single of the week on 28 October 2008. The ba...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ COLIN HUDD # 089 - PART 1 Colin Hudd began his DJ career in the early 1970s, playing soul music, with residencies at the likes of The Monica, Wings, Goldmine & Flicks. It was at Flicks where he started playing house music. He then became resident DJ at Spectrum, and it was his success there alongside Paul Oakenfold that led to him becoming one of the tour DJs for U2 . Lis...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ COLIN HUDD # 089 - PART 2 Ever since dance music first swelled up in the UK, Colin Hudd has been riding the crest of the waves. Beginning his monumental journey, with humble beginnings working as a mobile DJ from 1971 to 1976, This laid the foundations of his DJ career today. Colin began a residency in 1976 at ‘The Monica’ on Canvey Island, a year later gaining another reside...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ BENNY SOTO # 088 - PART 1 For Benny Soto, it began, as it has for many New York club land veterans, with a visit to 84 King Street in downtown Manhattan. He says, “I had already been going out, but the first clubbing experience that really mattered was the Paradise Garage…just walking in there, it looked different, it sounded different, it felt different. As soon as I walked...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ BENNY SOTO # 088 - PART 2 Benny Soto quickly learned, and learned from one of the best; the late, great super promoter Rob Fernandez. “The first big thing we did together was Roger Sanchez at Vinyl. I can even remember the date: 2/2/02. I was learning so much - contracts, dealing with managers, hospitality riders, everything.” Soto continued working with Fernandez until his s...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DR PACKER # 087 - PART 1 Dr Packer interviewed by Lenny Fontana for True House Stories # 087 (Part 1) Dr Packer is an alias of West Australian DJ/Producer 'Greg Packer' set up for Remixes & Edits of mainly retro music such as 70's , 80's , 90's Soul , Disco , Funk , Hip Hop & Reggae , Greg although known more for 'Liquid Drum & Bass' re...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DR PACKER # 087 - PART 2 By The year 2013 Greg began mixing entire sets from CD therefore searching for music online , he started picking up re-edits, a certain artist stood out to him known as the 'Late Nite Tuff Guy' he loved the way the original songs were beefed up and sounded fat on a club system but the original vibe was still there , also these edits were quant...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ HARRY ROMERO # 086 - PART 1 Harry Romero , better known as Harry "Choo Choo” Romero of Columbian decent, is a true American DJ, Record Producer and label owner of Bambossa Recordings . Harry Romero is linked with the label Subliminal with the late Erick Morillo and Jose Nuñez , with whom he also produced and remixed several tracks, as 'Constipated Monkeys', 'The Dronez' or 'M...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ HARRY ROMERO # 086 - PART 2 Harry Romero , aka Harry “Choo Choo” Romero is nicknamed from his mom as he use to always wear a baseball cap with a train on it. In this part Harry dives in and explains his work habits and how is his career took off early from just being a neighborhood DJ to a successful international DJ/Producer. He has now three decades of experience and succes...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ MAN PARRISHDJ MEME # 085 - PART 1 Man Parrish talks about his early beginnings from being an adopted kid living in Brooklyn to beginning to find his way into music. Parrish is a native New Yorker] of Italian descent. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts and the Academy for Dramatic Arts (NYC) as a teenager. He moonlighted as a non singing, onstage "extra" role...

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 " M...

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 h...

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...

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 h...

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 th...

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...

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....

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...

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 mus...

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...

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 pro...