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.

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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!

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ LEROY GOMEZ (SANTA ESMERALDA) # 127 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
Santa Esmeralda is a French-American disco group formed in the 1970s. The group had hits with its remake of the 1960s hits "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "House of the Rising Sun". Santa Esmeralda featured original lead singer Leroy Gómez in 1977-1978 and singer Jimmy Goings from late 1978 until 1983. Gómez rejoined the group in the 1990s.

The band was formed in 1977 by French producers Nicolas Skorsky and Jean Manuel de Scarano, singer-songwriters who launched a label with the aim of producing artists who would record their compositions. Upon meeting singer Leroy Gómez in Paris, the duo recruited him for the group's first record, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", which debuted on the independent French label, Fauves Puma. A sudden success in Europe, the record was picked up for worldwide distribution by Casablanca Records and the rest is history. Leroy will come on True House Stories and share it all. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ © 2020-2024 True House Stories ® is a registered tradmark by LCS Productions INC. – All rights reserved. 

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JENS LISSAT # 068 - PART 1
Jens Lissat explains his young life as a child in Hamburg Germany. His mom was a DJ who played at a afternoon tea dance with one Gramophone.
His older sister has a huge influence on him and since she was seven years older she was already up on the new sounds of disco.
She was bringing home new music that he was listening to and Jens personally was more into Glam Rock.
His sister takes him to a new club and he sees an American DJ for the first time from New York at the Trinity Club.
He has to find out what exactly the DJ was doing with the slip cueing and all.
This sets him on his journey to learn how to beat match and make his way into becoming a resident DJ. Listen to him explain it all in detail.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JENS LISSAT # 068 - PART 2
Jens Lissat in this part talks about his life in the music business. He picks it up from Disco and how he works his way into getting different residencies in other cities in Germany.
He also self learns editing with the cassette pause button. The next phase of his life will be “The Megamix”.
His first professional job comes from WEA and they ask him to work on Phil Collins with three of his songs to make a Jens Lissat Megamix.
This is when he meets his first studio partner and learns the principals of the music business. Here he now begins to work on productions of which a few go to the main charts.
He decides to take another turn in the early 1990s and start producing techno. His fame grows and grows.
Jens eventually meets his last production partner Voltax and until 2006 they work together on joint projects. There is so much inside this legendary DJ watch his whole story it is interesting and captivating.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ RON CARROLL # 067 - PART 1
Ron Carroll joins us on True House Stories for a special tell all no holds bar deep interview.
He is a true Chicago native and a huge contributor to the house music scene. His humble beginnings start with school dances and throwing house basement parties.
He even creates a house basement party that becomes huge in the South Side of Chicago where he was inviting guests DJ's such as Lil Louis and Gene Hunt. Ron was destined from day one for success and you will learn how he makes it become his destiny.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ RON CARROLL # 067 - PART 2
Ron Carroll’s DJ Career in the late 1980s is cut short and you can hear why in this part of the interview.
The Poster Wars Begin and Ron is blackballed from being able to promote or DJ at any parties in Chicago. Because he is shut out this now forces him to find another way to earn money in the music business. He discovers music production as his saving grace.
In the productions world he hooks up with Ed Matthews and they together start to write songs. In the early 1990’s he ventures out to take a trip to Miami to go to the Winter Music Conference and meets NYC DJ Louie Vega.
He asks Louie if he can write lyrics for any upcoming projects and Louie gives him the new demo music for the upcoming single with Barbara Tucker. In this part also Ron talks deeply about battling depression and trying to find himself in the years that follow after he has his first initial commercial success.
As with all great life stories there is a happy and sad moments and you can listen to him talk about one of his biggest records that he wrote and sang on back in 1999 with the group Funkstar from France. This interview is deep and real.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DARRYL PAYNE # 066 - PART 1
Darryl Payne with his six decades of music tells it all right from his start in 1976 and helps tell a story how he battled the beast of the music industry.
A true David and Goliath story in the real life.
He began his career working for the discos in New York as a promoter and with his experience as a drummer he started to go into the studio and create demos in the beginning of the disco era.
Come listen to him lift the hood and tell it all.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DARRYL PAYNE # 066 - PART 2
Darryl Payne pound for pound one of the best dance producers to come out of New York City.
He gives the inside scoop to what it takes to make it. He dealt with it all the biggest powers in the music business and dealing with the mafia and all.
The story is a life lesson.
He still doing it today making new songs and pushing his streaming service.
He is a true legend and that is why he is the staying power.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ PEDRO MONDESIR # 065 - PART 1
Pedro Mondesir the promoter behind the successful brands of Garage 416 and Break 4 Love shares with his life before being a club promoter.
His humble beginnings are influenced by his older brothers and his parents music selection.
In the late 1980s he is invited to a few parties and the life long career would begin because of the first moments of experience clubland and loving it.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ PEDRO MONDESIR # 065 - PART 2
In this episode Petro Mondesir explains the beginnings of creating the party.
Pedro is the head of Hot Stepper Productions with his brother and partner Carlos. Pedro also DJ’s under the pseudonym Moreno.
Hot Stepper Productions is one of Toronto's premier club event companies operating for over 20 years. Currently Hot Stepper organizes Toronto's top deep/soulful house event "Garage 416" which has been rockin' it for over 15 years.
He also organizes the soulful/funky "Bump N' Hustle" event for the last 18 years and continue to present soulful, jazzy, leftfield, electro, Afro and Brazilian vibes to the Canadian audience.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ ERIC MARTIN (TECHNOTRONIC) # 064 - PART 1
Eric Martin one of the co-founders of Technotronic (Pump Up The Jam) shares with us in this episode what life in the UK was like in the 1980’s and 90’s.
He speaks candid about surviving on the streets of London and his quest to make a better life for himself through music.
He would spend countless early mornings talking to bouncers, DJ’s and dancers coming out of the night clubs to learn about the music business and how to work in nightlife.
He hooked up with DJ Jaffa who gives him a helping hand to getting one of his first deals done that starts to get him in the musical production direction. He explains about the sampling issues and the problems that arose in the beginning and working with the early midi studio technology.
Eric explains the theory of how hip hop runs in parallel with early house music.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ ERIC MARTIN (TECHNOTRONIC) # 064 - PART 2
Eric Martin in this part talks about the deep underground sound that lived on the streets.
He shares what is work ethic was like with in the beginning of his career and the huge influences by DJ’s Femi Fem, Ion Irving, Matt White, Kenny Dope and Todd Terry. Technotronic changes pop music forever and from that fame Eric is then pigeon hold for being known for one kind of sound.
He talks about the business and how tough it can be and having to balance it all.
He talks about his experience of giving his mom his first royalty check. His first trip to USA and the world tour with the band and the craziness of being young and experiencing all of it. It’s a must watch.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ROLAND CLARK # 126 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
Roland Clark is an Artist, Vocalist, Producer and DJ. He has gone under the aliases Jesus Jackson, Digital Pimps, Dark Clark, South Street Player, and is also a founding member of the dance music project Urban Soul "Alright". One of the many projects he has been involved in is "Flowerz" by Armand van Helden, from the album 2 Future 4 U from 1998, as well as delivering his writing and vocal talents to the likes of Todd Terry, Duke Dumont and Katy Perry. He was featured on two of Fatboy Slim songs, "Star 69" and "Song for Shelter", both of which sample part of Clark's song "I Get Deep" and feature on Fatboy Slim's 2000 album Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. In 2017, "I Get Deep" was once again sampled in "Swish Swish" by Katy Perry.

His 2006 song "Running on Sunshine", which he performed using the Jesus Jackson alias and co-recorded with Fatboy Slim, has appeared in various ABC programming such as Grey's Anatomy and Men in Trees. Roland was part of one of the biggest Afro House Shows with Producer / DJ Black Coffee. His voice stands out and is a massive part to the dance music scene. Come check out New Jersey Houses Finest share his story with us on the show.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ FREDDY BASTONE # 063 - PART 1
Freddy Bastone in part 1 shares his beginning from playing a flying V Guitar and the true admiration of rock music and sharing the appreciation of all types music with his mom and dad.
His DJ career begins back in 1979 with his first vinyl purchase of Herb Albert’s “Rise” and he begins to play at parties and the move to clubs starts to takes off from there. He also shares how his job at Danceteria begins. This is a true NYC story.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ FREDDY BASTONE # 063 - PART 2
Danceteria legend DJ Freddy Bastone shares what the NYC Club life was like back in the 1980s.
His work in the studio remixing during the day earns him the gold and platinum awards for his special Bastone remixes.
Freddy also gets to work on one of the greatest bands of all time Queen and meets his hero Freddie Mercury.
He talks candid about his friendship with Larry Levan, Bob Caviano and Larry Yasgar and all the records he helped signed as an A&R for the labels he had personal relationships with.
The interview is a deep discussion and nothing is held back.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JAZZY M # 062 - PART 1
Jazzy M the DJ, Record Label Owner and Record Shop retailer shares his history from the beginning of hearing the neighborhood DJ at his local wine bar to making his way as a dancer on the floor.
His next steps are making his way to working at the shop and making his way to pirate radio. He gained a huge following due to pirate radio and breaking all the new house music that was just beginning.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JAZZY M # 062 - PART 2
Jazzy M talks about his record shop called OHZone Records and the beginning days of his record label. He also shares the background story of Richie Rich "Salsa House" and the signing of Orbital "Chimes" to his label OhZone.
Jazzy shares the background story of Ministry of Sound and him being a big part of the start of it all. He sets the record straight in so many ways.
Grooverider renamed Jazzy, "The Godfather Of UK House" The story is deep and full of so much rich dance music history.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ TIM LAWRENCE # 061 - PART 1
Tim Lawrence the writer, DJ, professor and journalist sits with True House Stories and explains when his path crossed with house music and how he found the soundtrack that would change his life forever during The Summer of Love in 1988.
The Hacienda was the first club he ventured too and loved the pulsating sounds coming from the speakers and from that point he was hooked.
His journey takes him to University in London and finds out about this party at The Gardening Club with DJ Chris Rhythm Doctor playing New York Style House Music all night.
As he is working towards his degree in journalism, he loses his mother and father within months apart but dancing to house would be the pseudo healer.
As he is finding his way through House Music and learning more and more about the players behind it.
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ TIM LAWRENCE # 061 - PART 2
Tim Lawrence lays out in this part how he begins to work towards writing his first official book “Love Saves The Day”.
Listen to Tim explain how he has no real interest in writing a Disco Book, and since he wanted to write about electronic music, he had to find out what came before. In time he becomes good friends with the men who owned the record shop Dance Tracks NYC.
They in turn get Tim to meet Owner of the famous The Loft - David Mancuso and the story begins from there.
Tim then meets DJ Steve D’ Aquisto and many other industry moguls from the Pre-Disco Era and is handed the blue print to figure out.
It takes a few years and many interviews and a lot of painstaking research to arrive to this masterpiece. He also shares the other books he has written in this episode.
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DANNY TENAGLIA SPECIAL SHOW 006
Danny Tenaglia starts his beginnings in Williamsburg Brooklyn listening to Motown, Rock and Philly International sounds that was being played on the radio during that era. Born in the 1960’s and one of the younger of his siblings he lived through the musical changes of the1970s and music to him was everything. With his aunt inspiring him with her piano playing he tries to learn different instruments but he finds it is not for him. So, he starts to work out on how to be a DJ. Through his older brother he is able to start playing at a neighborhood bar with a dance floor and this is around 1975-1976. His older cousin brings an 8-Track tape mixed by Queens DJ Paul Casella, this is where Danny Tenaglia decides to call the number on there to reach out to him and asks to meet him. Paul becomes an important mentor by showing Danny the ropes of what it is to be a DJ from mixing and hunting for the right music at certain record shops in Brooklyn. Listen to Danny share how his first jobs experience as a teen.

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ NICK HALKES # 059 - PART 1
Nick Halkes, if anyone has the luck of the Irish or just making the right decisions, this man made his way from listening to disco music as a teen to becoming such an important part of the music industry.
Listen to him explain how his phone call to WBLS changes it all.
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ NICK HALKES # 059 - PART 2
Nick Halkes in this part explains his beginnings from visiting the Paradise Garage in 1987 to his internship at WBLS in New York under the program director BJ Kirkland.
He learns the radio business as an intern and moves his way to his first job at Easy Street Records and all the way to Founding XL Recordings. His journey leads him to EMI’s Positiva Records and then to management and publishing.
Listen carefully he shares inside secrets that we can all use as a DJ, Manager, A&R and Producer.
He is one of the best in the dance music.
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MOUSSE T. # 058 - PART 1
Mousse T. the super German Dance Music producer, talks about his beginnings in music from learning to play the organ as well to being inspired by Donna Summer and Giorgio Morder's "I Feel Love" which was a totally new electronic sound in the late 1970's. Mousse T shares what family life was like growing up and his father dreams that he had planned for him.
Mousse T makes a huge decision to proceed forward with the music career and because of his choice he is rewarded with huge success.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ROBERT COLEMAN (RLA AUDIO) # 125 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Robert Coleman, a Sound Technician, Seamster, and a man of many talents worked for one of the greatest sound installation companies owned by the late sound designer Richard Long out of New York City. RLA & Associates helped change and create the soundscape of what was to become the new benchmark in New York City and the world. RLA became the leaders of "The Heavy Disco Sound" and set the mark with two main clubs as there testing ground and lab.

One being the Paradise Garage, who's DJ Larry Levan helped Richard as well with modifications and designs of the speakers and the other famous club Studio 54 which both opened in the year of 1977. Richard Long's sound company known as RLA went on to do many big installations around the world, won many awards for its devastating mammoth look and of course Hi Fidelity sound that became synonymous with nightclub owners and its patrons.

People would say when you experience an RLA sound system, its "Bass in your Face", "Highs in your Eyes" with the use of Bertha Bass Boxes with The Levan Extensions and JBL Bullets Tweeters Flying in the Chrome Z-Array's. Robert will give us the inside history of all the day to day from that momentous time through this interview.

We are so humbled to be able to bring someone of his caliber here on True House Stories that can share the Richard Long Story.

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MOUSSE T. # 058 - PART 2
Mousse T forms a band with long time business partner from the UK Erroll Rennalls.
As they have moderate success with Pop House Music, this is the beginning of them forming the label Peppermint Jam.
As the label unfolds and Mousse T sound grows in popularity, he is summoned more and more to remix many A List Pop Stars such as Quincy Jones, Jovanotti and one being Michael Jackson.
As he will explain from Michael Jackson's Remix that this is the blueprint that becomes the song "Horny".
He also shares how he meets Tom Jones and how "Sex Bomb" was created and written.
Make sure to listen to how Mousse works on his productions and the DAW he is using.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BOB BLANK # 057 - PART 1
Bob Blank, known as the producer, musician, engineer and owner of Blank Tapes Studios NYC, talks about his humble beginnings working his way up from being a full-fledged engineer working for other studio owners around New York City and as well-being a session guitarist.
He is pushed into a situation where he needed to fill a void and decided to open up his own studio at 22 years old and called it Blank Tapes Studios purchasing a Fairchild Console which he had to build and repair.
His first initial work is with New York City Charanga Bands recording Salsa and as he starts to get his experience working with all these bands as he gets a chance to start to work on Disco Music.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BOB BLANK # 057 - PART 2
Bob Blank is growing with the Salsa Community and now is being sort out as a hot engineer producer.
As the disco explosion begins Dan Rather from 60 Minutes recorded a video clip at Bobs Studio Blank Tapes which becomes an important segment for CBS Television based around the excitement of Studio 54 and the Saturday Night Fever Explosion.
At the time Bob was also mixing records for DeLite Records, Prelude Records, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess and so many others.
He explains how Patrick Adams would write on the fly scores of music at the sessions for the string and horn sections.
One of the top albums he worked on was the group Musique on Prelude which was a game changer for the disco sound.
Bob also talks about how he was instructed by the labels to push the records to sound crazier. He did this alongside the DJs in the sessions by pushing more heavy bass and bringing out the rhythm section in the mix and as well editing new parts giving the listener a whole new version that was perfect for the dancefloor.
Listen to Bob talk about his transition into the Ballroom Dancing world. He has such a dynamite story.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ KYM MAZELLE # 056 - PART 1
Kym Mazelle shares with the viewers on True House Stories her humble beginnings that start as a young girl from Gary, Indiana.
The same place as Michael Jackson and the The Jackson 5 lived and started their careers as well.
We find out that she grew up on the same street where Steeltown Records had the recording studio and rehearsal space.
So, she witnessed The Jackson 5 going from a band she saw thru the window of the studio and watch them transform to a hit sensation on The Ed Sullivan Show. As she grows up, she pursues all avenues of the music industry taking on internships and working for very prominent people in the music business.
She also did tour management in the beginning for Loleatta Holloway and DJ International Records.
Kym shares with us how her recording career began. Listen to her as she has a wealth of knowledge that is priceless.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ KYM MAZELLE # 056 - PART 2
Kym Mazelle thru all the internships at all different record labels and working in press and being an intern for Music Attorneys decides to set up her own label called Police Records. In 1987, she worked with record producer Marshall Jefferson on the single "Taste My Love” which she funded and released on her label. The single takes off in the UK and she talks to her good friend recording artist Adonis from Traxs Records, as he just came back off touring in the UK and gets him to introduce her to his booking agent David Levy.
David helps manage her a tour and even gets EMI Records to attend her show, they love what they heard and A&R Rob Sawyer signs her on the spot.
EMI signed Kym to a 5-album deal and they help create the "First Female House Artist" and brings her to the commercial stardom.
The rest is music history, come and listen to Kim tell her giant story.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ FELIPE ROSE [FORMER ORIGINAL NATIVE OF VILLAGE PEOPLE] # 055 - PART 1
Felipe Rose the native from the original Village People sits with us and shares his humble beginnings on how the music found him.
His father is from the original Indian tribes of South Dakota and his mother is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.
With that mix caused fire and Felipe was born.
His mother grew up in New York City and was involved in modeling, dancing and singing in the New York City Scene. Her background as a musician was influenced by Salsa and Jazz.
His mother would host party’s week to her at her home and musicians such as Mongo Santermaria and other Salsa greats would be there as well.
Growing up in Brooklyn, Felipe would soon as he became old enough start to dance and sing in night clubs.
He is discovered by producer Jacques Morali from Can’t Stop Productions who also managed to help create The Ritchie Family.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ FELIPE ROSE [FORMER ORIGINAL NATIVE OF VILLAGE PEOPLE] # 055 - PART 2
Felipe Rose comes to a real audition all in his full Native Gear and Jacques Morali at the moment decides that he will get other men to fit the roles to create the new group called The Village People.
Well to the say the least the first group was a disaster and everyone was fired except Felipe and new members were brought in to create the disco band that was etched in our minds from the moment we saw all of them on the hit TV Show American Bandstand.
Felipe also played the sleigh bells and additional percussion on Macho Man and a few of the other big songs from the album.
They are the first boy band before boy bands are even created.
The auditions to be in the group were listed in Variety Papers and some performers were dared to show up with the craziest outfits out there of the time. The 1st album was signed to Casablanca Records and went on to achieve double platinum status in the USA and all of them in the group were rolling with so much money right after.
Listen to Felipe share his conversation with Disco Artist Sylvester on his rooftop home.
Saturday Night Fever broke out and YMCA blew up. Hear the story of Disco sucks and the burning of all the Disco vinyl in Chicago as Felipe was witness to this absolute devastation of the disco genre. As with every great story there is also the part of dealing with Felipe losing the rights in a court case settlement over the Village People.
He also speaks about his new single “Dance Again” and the importance of the next steps he is taking in his professional life.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ PAULETTE # 054 - PART 1
Dj Paulette story begins with her mom being a singer and club owner.
While she was pregnant carrying Paulette she went into labour on stage and finished her whole set with the band and delivered Paulette and her Identical twin sister Paula.
Born into a family of eight siblings and parents who were music lovers which played a huge influence on Paulette’s career in music.
She learned to play violin, piano and saxophone. Paulette wound up playing violin in orchestra until age of 15.
She started clubbing at the tender age of 15, her music collection is very eclectic but a true representative of her personality.
Melody, vocals and bass lines were key to her sound - music to make you dance!!

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ DJ PAULETTE # 054 - PART 2
Dj Paulette begins to work at Piccadilly Radio, and became Record librarian.
While at Piccadilly she studied and work towards a degree in English. Paulette hung out at the Hacienda and funded her education through DJing.
She wound up becoming a presenter on a 2 series of Juice between the Years of 1992-94, which helped paid for her decks. Paulette played at Flesh - once a month and held a residency at Hacienda for 4 years.
Dj Paulette went on to play super clubs such as Ministry of Sound, Heaven, and worked her way to becoming a press officer for Mercury records and other labels. Whilst studying for her degree, Paulette decided not to go on to do her Masters, she chose music as her profession.
She would watch and study how DJs such as Danny Krivit, Paul Trouble Anderson, Carl Cox and CJ Macintosh would work there sets and from what she heard she developed her own techniques and created her own
Being a successful presenter helped kickstart Paulette’s DJ career playing at all the venues in the UK and abroad. She went on to producing music in addition to DJing and TV presenting and radio personality DJ.
Paulette is now preparing to write a book. Learn how Paulette worked to stay in the business for over 30 years, riding the waves and trying to maintain a steady career.
Listen to Paulette’s perception of social media and streaming and the uncertainty of locking down work and how the times and goal posts changed which makes it such a difficult environment to be working in right now.
With lots of DJ bookings incoming, keep supporting this incredible lady who has continued to succeed in a very tough male dominant industry since the 90s.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ALISON LIMERICK # 053 - PART 1
Alison Limerick known for being very honest, totally open and with her extremely dry sense of humor makes this show so incredible.
Hear about how Covid has affected Alison and the potential effects this pandemic could have on Alison’s vocal talent.
Alison Limerick was born into a live music family and jazz was the mainstay!
The love of contemporary music all begins with the purchase of the first 7 inch of The Jacksons with the song “ABC” Alison, as a young child, attended dance class that she used that opportunity to sing while dancing for London Contemporary Ballet.
Alison learned by herself how to train her voice by watching others around her to reach her full musical potential.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/DJ SUPA D # 124 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
Coming from a musical background DJ Supa D started djing at the age of 13.

He has evolved from genres such as Jungle, Garage and House music where he has been engrossed since 2003 to present day. At 16, DJ Supa D started a weekend job in his local record shop, Wired 4 sound in Hackney, which kept him up to date with the latest sounds. By 2004/5 DJ Supa D started making a name for himself in the underground scene and began djing in clubs nationally.

In 2006 Supa D was approached to compile his first major CD for Jet Star Records called, ‘Timeless Anthems, (The Soulful House Experience)’. He then went on to bring out compilations with Rinse FM in 2007 and 2010, then with Ministry of Sound in 2009.

DJ Supa D has captivated a wide range of followers throughout his career and continues to do so as he travels the world DJing in places such as Miami, Jamaica, Amsterdam, Denmark, Paris, Ibiza, Cyprus, Malia, Crete, Antigua and Dubai with many more locations scheduled.

DJ Supa D is also joint owner of a record label called ‘SOTU’, (Sounds of The Underground), which was set up by a close friend, DJ Pioneer in 2012.

The future is looking bright for the label with a few releases circulating the underground House scene and forthcoming releases which are set to cause a storm. DJ Supa D has rebuilt his studio and is currently focusing on his production skills with future releases scheduled to hit the scene very soon, so watch this space because DJ Supa D is back with a vengeance.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ALISON LIMERICK # 053 - PART 2
Alison Limerick appeared at ICA for a vocal live where music producer from the band Brooklyn Funk Essentials Lati Kronland witnesses her musical abilities and made it his business to find out her personal details, makes contact and asks to work with her.
They go into the studio and work together on a few tracks and because of his of understanding of Alison’s vocal range and abilities, Lati asked Alison to sing ‘Where Love Lives’ - a track that Lati wrote and produced and has been the mainstay of Alison Limerick's life as well as all of the lives she touched in clubs worldwide, “Where Love Lives!!!!! Listen to how this tracks changes her life forever and the music industry.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MARK RILEY # 052 - PART 1
Mark Riley is an American journalist, come watch and listen on how he shares with us his humble beginnings finding a whole new life in the New York City night club scene from the very early days as a young man. He explains in this episode his day-to-day responsibilities as a radio journalist at WLIB.
Mark is introduced to David Mancuso’s The Loft from fellow close friends and from there his whole musical life changed.
The way he heard music and experienced it would never be the same. He became lifelong friends with many that frequented the same clubs he did.
At The Loft he meets another young DJ that changes the scene forever Larry Levan.
Listening and watching Mark explain everything is like a who’s who, and history lesson all wrapped up in one.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MARK RILEY # 052 - PART 2
Mark Riley in this episode explains the formation of David Mancuso’s New York Record Pool and his duties working with David and The Loft.
From there he becomes good friends with Judy Weinstein and together they help form For the Record Pool in February 1978.
During his tenure in New York as a journalist he shares different stories, and one the most important highlights of his career was interviewing Nelson Mandela right after he was released from prison in South Africa.
He also explains the code of dealing with and frequenting clubs such as The Loft and Paradise Garage.
Even today he is currently running a podcast interviewing different celebrities and bringing awareness forward.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MAURICE JOSHUA # 051 - PART 1
Maurice Joshua Grammy Award Winner for best remixer sits down about his life in the music industry.
Starting from learning how to play Woodwind Instruments during his school days to becoming a Club DJ and forming a partnership with Hula Mahone.
He takes us on his journey from the start of producing records for Trax Records Chicago, to writing his first huge hit called "This Is Acid" under the artist name Maurice.
Touring the USA as a successful recording artist and the world for three solid years. He comes back to Chicago and begins his remix career under ID Records and Steve Silk Hurley. Listen to him share the success of what it took to become that sought out Remixer / Producer.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ MAURICE JOSHUA # 051 - PART 2
Maurice Joshua shares how he decided to leave ID Records and starts his new venture called Vibe Records with recording artist and partner Georgie Porgie. From there he moves on and creates other sub labels. His remix career flourishes and he sets up his new management company with his manager Connie V, and from there Beyonce and Destiny's Child working relationship begins.
Listen to Maurice tell you how this partnership with him as the remixer and bringing in all the R&B artists developed into this huge success, to the point of winning the Grammy Award for Best Remixer Of The Year.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BILLIE RAY MARTIN [ELECTRIBE 101] # 050 - PART 1
Billie Ray Martin born in Hamburg from a working-class family, from the young age of two Billie had already started to begin singing. Growing up in an area of Berlin, Billie’s mother worked as a bartender and met The Beatles at the bar she was working and was living the red-light district music lifestyle.
At age 5 she knew she would be famous.
Billie was destined for London, listen to her interview on how the night club scene grew whilst she was in the UK with the new sound of House Music.
Billie Ray Martins vocals can be hard on releases from Mark Moore’s S- Express and also, she was the lead vocalist for Electribe 101.
Electribe 101 toured around Europe supporting Depeche Mode after the album was released. She will share her experience on the hostility they faced as an opening band for Depeche Mode.
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BILLIE RAY MARTIN [ELECTRIBE 101] # 050 - PART 2
Billie Ray Martin shares her experience working with Electribe 101 and because of her success with both S-Express and Electribe 101 with scoring chart hits she appeared numerous times on the UK Show Top of The Pops.
Hear about how Manager Tom Watkins tried to break up Electribe 101 and then the group was dropped from there recording contract. After leaving Electribe 101, Billie was unemployed but made various demo vocals including her super hit „In Your Loving Arms" which was then signed 2 years later because of a live gig in London she performed at and the record executives from Magnet Records were in attendance.
That signing landed a huge successful record in the USA with Junior Vasquez’s Remix and WKTU FM 103.5 FM playing “In Your Loving Arms” which then became a huge him in the USA.
Billie was catapulted into the limelight for her vocal abilities and wound-up living in New York for a moment.  Hear Billie’s very honest outlook about the new digital world of music and how corrupt it is.
Watch  out for Billie’s brand new single released on Friday An unreleased Frankie Knuckles - ‘'Hiding For the Night’' by Electribe 101, and 3 other albums due for release later this year.  

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ULTRA NATÉ # 049 - PART 1
Ultra Naté - ultra savvy. Hear Ultra’s take on the covid pandemic from a medical perspective- probably the best outlook on such a troublesome time which has severely impacted the music industry and arts.
Ultra Naté lays out how she has evolved to keep in tune with how the future land lies. Hear about the pitfalls of signing contracts in the music industry and how Ultra has ‘fallen up’ from those times.
She shares with us her beginnings from a club kid to singer and locking her first contract down to becoming a superstar in dance music from the late 80’s into the 1990’s.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ ULTRA NATÉ # 049 - PART 2
Ultra Naté explains of how one of her biggest singles called “Free" on Strictly Rhythm was made and her signing her deal with the hottest dance music record label of that time.
She shares with us how hard it can be when a major label basically says to you are on the wrong side of 25, making out that you are too old to be in the game. Well, she took the advice and turned it around quick and in turn built her own empire which ensured her rightful place in the business.
The entire part of the process was handled with love and as she is blessed to have a fantastic management.
Ultra speaks about making the transition into becoming a international DJ and creating her party called Deep Sugar and the success it is. She closes what her music life will be in the next few months to two years.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ CERRONE # 048 - PART 1
On this episode of True House Stories we are joined by legendary  French Drummer, Producer, DJ Marc Cerrone. Cerrone shares with us his humble beginnings with the start of receiving his first drum set from his mother to working with his first group in the early part of the 1970's called The Kongas.
He also gives us the inside story of how he made his drums be the most important part of the recording and working on the songs such as "Love In C Minor", "Give Me Love" and "Supernature" and how they became a big part of the American Dance Music culture.
Cerrone explains how important the role of the arranger was especially with his songs and the role Don Ray played in the Cerrone sound.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ BURRELL BROTHERS # 123 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
The development of deep house into a global force during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s also owes much to a pair of near-identical twins from New Jersey, Reginald (AKA Rheji) and Ronald (aka Rhano) Burrell.

Talented musicians who had been playing in bands since they were 12 years old, the Burrell twins released an unbelievable amount of music between 1988 andv 1993. While their output was varied (they had strong links to New York’s new jack swing, R&B and hip-hop communities, and were often employed as producers or beat-makers), Rheji and Rhano became best known for a trademark style of polished, musically rich deep house that drew just as much inspiration from New Jersey garage, soul and jazz-funk as it did from the work of Larry Heard and his Chicago contemporaries. In this episode they explain the working environment and the upstart of NuGroove Records.

Its one of the very few interviews where the brothers spoke speak about there rise to fame in the R&B and Hip Hop World with many huge hits to back them up. The brothers are extremely talented and are trailblazers in many ways.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ CERRONE # 048 - PART 2
Cerrone wraps up the interview by sharing his memory of being introduced to Dick Clark on American Bandstand and how that changed his life in such a huge way. He also talks about when he stepped into producing theatre shows and writing for many superstar artists.
He truly is in essence a huge success and he talks about his role as now the DJ more than the drummer.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ LINDA CLIFFORD # 047 - PART 1
Linda Clifford is an American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress, who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".
In this segment she shares with us growing up in Park Slope Brooklyn New York, and all her beginnings with finding music and making her way through grade school and then onto the stage.
Listen to how she begins her life on the road gigging starting in the Catskills New York and crossing the county finally ending up in Chicago meeting the man of her dreams at the famous Playboy Club in town.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ LINDA CLIFFORD # 047 - PART 2
Linda Clifford shares with us how she was able to achieve her recording contract with Curtom Records based out of Chicago and the start of her recording career.
She goes into detail what it was truly like working alongside singer / songwriter Curtis Mayfield and his staff. The first album release is of cover tunes of the era and this was truly the beginning but the second album is where things really take off.
Listen to her tell you how she began her touring life playing all the successful clubs like Studio 54, Red Parrot, Paradise Garage and traveling abroad. Linda decides to take a break from the club and stage life and leaves the industry to take on a more important role, motherly duties.
She is blessed to have a wonderful marriage with her husband of over 43 years and raises two beautiful kids into fine adults. She returned to the stage during the children's teen years for different track dates at clubs around the USA.
Finally she is called by Martha Wash to join the new group "First Ladies of Disco" and she has been performing ever since along with Norma Jean Wright.
Come watch the full story.

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