True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ALEX LOWES # 042 - PART 1 One of the most sought out promoters in soul and dance music steps into the hot seat. Alex Lowes who used to be in his former life a crisis events planner for the council in the town he lived found soul music as his savior. Coming from the Northern Soul Scene and a huge supporter of The Wiggan and Blackpool Events found playing music as a DJ his sav...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ALEX LOWES # 042 - PART 2 Alex Lowes shares with us back in the old days how he would travel to the USA to search for the top A list talent and offer to them to the original Southport Weekenders. He also touches on his new venture coming up called Beautiful People and his successful Suncebeat parties in Croatia and all the fun times they had at those events. Alex is hopeful...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ DISCIPLE # 041 - PART 1 David Banks professionally known as DJ Disciple shares with us his family life and the success his brothers had in the music industry and in the church. Listen to Disciple explain his beginnings from being bussed to school in a different area of Brooklyn to becoming a drummer and then off to becoming a DJ and his start on College radio. 👕OUR NEW M...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ DISCIPLE # 041 - PART 2 DJ Disciple in this episode explains how his dad wanted him to become an accountant. Well to say the least he had other plans. The journey goes further and he begins to DJ at the NYC Underground Club called The Choice. His popularity at the same time is growing on radio which translates to many offers to DJ around the New York and New Jersey. As he...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ NICKY HOLLOWAY # 040 - PART 1 Nicky Holloway’s connection with music began as soon as he was born. Growing up on a boat and witnessing bands such as Pink Floyd playing live, Nicky got into DJing and started his own events in 1985 at The Royal Oak with Giles Peterson and Pete Tong as his residents before they became super DJs. Nicky was renowned for his events in quirky venue...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ NICKY HOLLOWAY # 040 - PART 2 Nicky Holloway talks about the beginnings of house music in London. How he helped transitioned the sound of London from Hip hop to house music. As in the beginning of the dance scene there was no other “Dews” that played this style of music. A whole new movement was born from it and what came was "The Summer of Love” He is the first promoter to...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BRANDON BLOCK & ALEX P # 039 - PART 1 True House Stories with Lenny Fontana and the super fun duo Brandon Block and Alex P is an absolute must see. Check out this show to hear all of the crazy stories these world renowned DJ pair were involved in during their years of DJing and partying in clubs around the world. Hear all about the mayhem they created during their time p...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BRANDON BLOCK & ALEX P # 039 - PART 2 Alex P and Brandon Block talk about their famous Kiss Fm London show. The guys explain how they first met each other and how they became one of the greatest DJ teams from the beginning of house music in Ibiza. They share how it all began at Space and all the escapades that followed. The most important part for this team was that they...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ RALPHIE DEE # 038 - PART 1 Ralphie D'Agostino aka DJ Ralphie Dee opens up the interview from his humble beginnings of learning about music through watching the famous Television program called The Ed Sullivan show. He shares his life growing up as a young kid in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. The drums were his instrument of choice and rock music was the sound of the times. Ralphie d...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ RALPHIE DEE # 038 - PART 2 Dj Ralphie Dee is preparing to start playing in Discos in this segment. He is talking about the early part of the 1970s. Ralphie is hired to play at a bar on Coney Island Avenue called the Drift Inn and shares his first experience of visiting Odyssey 2001. In this segment he gives you the backstory of the club and how he is offered the job to DJ at...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ RALPHIE DEE # 038 - PART 3 Ralphie Dee speaks about meeting actor John Travolta at the set of filming Saturday Night Fever . The installation of the famous dancefloor at Odyssey 2001 that would make its debut for the first time on the big screen. He also has a small part as an extra in the movie and here he explains how the premier of the movie is announced and how Ralphie's...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ASHLEY BEEDLE # 037 - PART 1 The story starts with Ashley Beedle sharing his humble beginnings. He takes us down memory lane on how he visited his first Discotheque back in the 1970s. His first drum machine and listening to artist Gil Scott Heron as a teacher and his beginning of his DJ career in dance music with the Reggae influence. ✭ VIDEO TIMELINE ✭ 0:00 Welcome to True...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ASHLEY BEEDLE # 037 - PART 2 In this second part Ashley Beedle takes us behind the scenes of meeting Norman Jay at The Notting Hill Carnival and starting to be booked at his first solo DJ gigs. He explains how “New Jersey Deep” was created and the feeling of hearing his records played at Sound Factory in New York City with DJ Frankie Knuckles thanking him for making such a g...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ TEDDY DOUGLAS (BASEMENT BOYS) # 036 - PART 1 This story begins with Teddy Douglas sharing his humble beginnings at the record shop. How he arrived with the production name Basement Boys and meeting Thommy and Jay. How important The Tony Humphries Mastermix radio show on New York Radio 98.7 WRKS FM and having your record played. His first record deal on Jump Street Records an...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ TEDDY DOUGLAS (BASEMENT BOYS) # 036 - PART 2 In this Segment Teddy Douglas discovers songwriter and diva vocalist Ultra Nate'. The Basement Boys begin to work with Major Labels such as Warner Brothers, Eternal, MCA and Mercury Records. The first trip to London when he signs “Its Over Now” and meets Norman Jay . A music conference and a cassette is handed to the guys and Crys...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ A DANCER IN PARADISE GARAGE # 035 - PART 1 In this first segment you get an history lesson of how the Paradise Garage was erected. Oscar Reyes, Archie Burnett and Mikey Jones talk about life in the beginning with the construction parties, the club politics and the demographic and styling of what made the club what is was and the beginning of DJ Larry Levan inside the New Yor...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ A DANCER IN PARADISE # 035 - PART 2 Listen to Oscar Reyes, Archie Burnett & Mikey Jones explain about the membership process and what was like to become a core member of the club. Listen to how DJ Larry Levan controlled everything in the room and turned up the heat in every way with his message in the music. As the club grows the needs of the people are met and the mysti...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ A DANCER IN PARADISE # 035 - PART 3 Summing up on the landscape changes and the coming of the end of an era. Sharing a moment at the Red Bull Music Block Party and the Famous BBC Radio 6 Legends Of The Dancefloor Documentary about the Second Anniversary at the club that aired in 1979. The guys share highlights from different nights at the club, with fantastic performances by...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ TYREE COOPER # 034 - PART 1 Tyree Cooper the awesome super dupa producer, grew up in Chicago, starting out as a top Basketball Player but left to focus on music producing and Djing. Tyree began working with Mike Dunn but after a disagreement they initially parted ways but reunited at an event called Earthquake for freestyle battles which attracted over 500 people to the show...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ TYREE COOPER # 034 - PART 2 Listen to Tyree Copper in part 2 explain how he worked with DJ / Producer Fast Eddie and how his drum beats were on every Dj International Record coming out, yet he was never credited for his superb drum programming. It was actually Joe Smith from Movin Records who told Tyree that his music was blowing up.  Later on in his career, Tyree playe...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ TYREE COOPER # 034 - PART 3 So many of Tyree Cooper ’s original productions were being used on huge smash tracks such as Crystal Waters , Tyree decided to walk away from the music industry and earned more money delivering pizza's than he did producing some of the most incredible, world famous tracks ever to be made in the Hip House scene. Hear about the time Tyree met t...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ CARL COX SPECIAL SHOW 2021 # 004 - PART 1 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA We welcome Carl Cox to the show and he begins to explain how he is managing with the pandemic. He also tells us about the show he created called “Cabin Fever” and shares with us his humble beginnings on his first steps from playing Classical Piano to purchasing a sound system and his rise in the music ind...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BIRDEE # 033 - PART 1 By no means a newcomer - but a fresh face on the disco scene, Birdee has been extremely active in the last few years - releasing and remixing on labels such as Glitterbox, Big Love and Hot Sunday, dj’ing around the globe, and even picking up an award for best break- through dj at London’s Fabric. His music is supported by a veritable who's who of dance...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BIRDEE # 033 - PART 2 By no means a newcomer - but a fresh face on the disco scene, Birdee has been extremely active in the last few years - releasing and remixing on labels such as Glitterbox, Big Love and Hot Sunday, dj’ing around the globe, and even picking up an award for best break- through dj at London’s Fabric. His music is supported by a veritable who's who of dance...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ VICTOR SIMONELLI # 032 - PART 1 Check out this amazing ’True House Stories’ show with special guest Victor Simonelli . Discover how Victor find his way into music?  From a very young age his father was where Victor became so passionate about music. In addition, Victor was classically trained and was able to experience the Brooklyn and NYC club scene in the early 80s. Vi...