True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

Bruno From Ibiza is a highly celebrated DJ, music producer, and curator who has been a pillar of Ibiza's legendary Balearic and electronic music heritage for roughly 30 years. He is best known for orchestrating standard-setting sunset sessions and deep beach club vibes, he is widely recognized for his long-standing affiliation with some of the island's most iconic chill-out institutions. Bruno solidified his global reputation during an illustrious 8-year residency at Café del Mar. During this era, he compiled and mixed more than 20 compilations for the brand, selling millions of copies worldwide and shaping the global soundtrack of downtempo chill-out m...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ COLLEEN COSMO MURPHY # 163 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy is an American DJ originally from Massachusetts, who became a radio host and curator as well as an audiophile,[and founder of the album listening event and content hub Classic Album Sundays.  She is often called on to speak about vinyl tracks and special songs for her professional and personal opinion. Colleen Murphy was mentored by New York City DJ and owner of The Loft, David Mancuso, at his seminal Loft parties in New York City in the 1990s; she became one of hi...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JAMES HASKELL # 162 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

True House Stories interviews James HASKELL who is a UK-based DJ and producer whose recent output has seen him release across labels including Toolroom, Nervous Records, Myth Of NYX, IN/Rotation and Strangelove. With a growing catalogue of club-focused records and regular appearances across the UK and Europe, he has established himself as a dependable presence within contemporary house music, recognized for consistency, focus and a clear sense of direction. Alongside studio work, HASKELL has continued to build momentum as a DJ. His schedule has taken him a...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ MARK PICCHIOTTI # 161 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

True House Stories Interviews Mark Picchiotti who happens to be an American DJ, producer, remixer, label owner and songwriter based out of Chicago, Illinois. As a remixer and producer, Picchiotti has amassed 24 number one singles on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, and he has remixed such artists as Beyonce, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Daft Punk, The Killers, AC/DC, Florence And The Machine, Amy Grant, Foster The People, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Sia, Sybil, Enrique Igleasas, and Mary J. Blige. In 2002, he produced and co-wrote the K...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ DJ DJAIMIN # 160 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Djaimin's career spans more than 40 years, and has been in the industry from The 80’s. He is known as a pioneer in the evolution of dance music in Switzerland. From his legendary parties at the Casino of Montreux. Being the first person tointroduce the American house sound to Switzerland by inviting NYC radio DJ Tony Humphries. Performing His Mix on The radio shows on The Swiss national station Couleur 3 with collaborator Mr.Mike.

Both are well known under the name "Black and White Brothers" In the...

True House Stories founder Lenny Fontana welcomes Chicago house legend DJ Stacy Kidd for an in-depth and inspiring new episode.

In this candid conversation, Stacy Kidd reflects on his early roots in Chicago’s vibrant house music scene and his journey to becoming a recognized voice on major platforms like Clear Channel Communications and iHeartRadio. He shares pivotal moments from his career, including traveling the world andcollaborating with the late house icon Paul Johnson.

The episode dives into Stacy Kidd’s evolution as an artist, exploring his work across multiple genres including House, Afro House, Tech...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ SCOTT BLACKWELL # 158 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

The Pioneer Who Brought Dance Music Into the Church.

Legendary Host Lenny Fontana Sits Down with the Groundbreaking Producer WhoRevolutionized Christian Electronic Dance Music.

True House Stories®, the acclaimed video podcast series hosted by dance music icon Lenny Fontana, announces an exclusive interview with DJ Scott Blackwell, the pioneering Christian dance music artist widely credited as the first to introduce electronic dance music to the Christian marketplace.

In this candid conversation, Blackwell joins Fontana to share his remarkable journey from disc jo...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ALANRUSSELL # 157 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Black Vinyl Records Celebrates 30th Anniversary: Founder Alan Russell Shares Three Decades of House Music History on True House Stories

Black Vinyl Records, the seminal UK underground house music label founded in London in 1996, proudly announces its 30th anniversary milestone with founder Alan Russell appearing as a distinguished guest on the acclaimed True House Stories podcast, hosted by legendary New York DJ and producer Lenny Fontana.

The landmark interview, now available on all major podcast platforms, offers an unprecedented deep dive into the remarkable j...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ CHARLES DIXON # 156 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

The acclaimed True House Stories® podcast, hosted by legendary DJ Lenny Fontana, presents a landmark new episode featuring Sir Charles Mixin Dixon, one of the music industry's most celebrated pioneers and innovators. In this comprehensive conversation, Dixon shares his remarkablethree-decade journey through the music business, from his early days as a college DJ to revolutionizing radio programming and discovering international recording artists.

The episode offers listeners unprecedented insight into Dixon's transformative career, which began in 1983 at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was in...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JOHN CEGLIA # 155 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Lenny Fontana, acclaimed DJ, producer, and host of the popular True House Stories® podcast, welcomes first generation disco pioneer DJ John Ceglia for an exclusive interview that delves deep into the golden age of dance music and reveals never-before-told stories from the nightclub revolution. In this compelling episode of True House Stories®, John Ceglia spens up about his remarkable journey as one of the youngest major DJs of the entire disco era. Starting his career at just 17 years old in Buffalo, New York, Ceglia quickly rose to pro...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ RON PULLMAN # 154 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

NEW YORK – The acclaimed True House Stories® podcast, hosted by legendary DJ Lenny Fontana, presents an enlightening new episode featuring DJ Ron Pullman, widely revered as "Atlanta's Godfather of House." In this intimate and revealing conversation, Pullman shares his remarkable journey through the music industry, from his gospel-inspired Midwest roots to becoming a transformative force in Southern House Music over more than three decades.The episode offers listeners an unprecedented look into Pullman's evolution as an artist, beginning with his musical foundation laid by his musician father and...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ RISK ASSESSMENT # 153 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

In a standout episode of True House Stories, we spotlight the extraordinary journey of UK producer and DJ icon Risk Assessment (Glyne Brathwaite) a commanding presence in global dance music since the early 1990s. From the legendary halls of Ministry of Sound and Pacha to the electrifying energy of Fabric and the Miami Winter Music Conference (WMC), his career has been etched across some of the most influential stages in club culture.

In the early 2000s, Brathwaite spearheaded Rude Awakening Promotions, curating cutting-edge music through h...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ DR. GLENN SWEETY G TOBY # 152 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Dr. Glenn Toby, also known as Mr. Sweety G, is a hip-hop pioneer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist with a successful career that spans decades and industries. He has been involved in music, sports management, and charitable work. The Hip-hop legend:Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, Toby was known as" Dr. Glenn Toby, also known as Mr. Sweety G, is a hip-hop pioneer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist with a successful career that spans decades and industries. He has been involved in music, sports management. Beginning in t...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ABBIE ADAMS # 151 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Abbie Adams started with a roller skating store, which was called (Movin), deep within a very urban area of (East Orange, NJ). They would make custom-built roller skates when roller skating was very popular. Abbie happened to open up a second store at The Roxy in New York City, but then, around 1983/84, roller skating started falling back a bit, so the owners of The Roxy started having a Hip Hop night there. That’s when Afrika Bambaataa, Jazzy Jay and Hip Hop were just starting to explode in...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JIMI POLO # 150 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

James Perri A.K.A. Jimi Polo is a Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Producer, Actor, and DJ. James started his career in Chicago as one of the pioneers of Chicago House Music scene. His breakout involvement in the song “Shake Your Body” by Jeanette Thomas became a cult classic in Chicago and New York.

His life completely changed back in the late 1980s when he took a bold step to move to the UK and pursue writing and producing dance music. Listen to his story as he...

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'. A...

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...

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...

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 C...

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 l...

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...

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 w...

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 i...

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...

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 a...

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 Bi...

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 h...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 c...

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...

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 F...

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, F...

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...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ MC CREED # 129 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Lenny Fontana interviews One of the Godfathers of Garage, MC Creed on True House Stories. MC Creed story began watching the famous program Yo MTV Raps while living in Canada. This show gave him the idea and push to become a rapper. When he returned back to UK, Creed discovered the new sounds of acid house in the late 1980s and was totally hooked. The lifestyle for him from that moment clubbing day and night from house to house, nightclub to Club. As the U.S. House M...

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ WHO # 128 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Lenny Fontana & True House Stories interview UK duo The Wh0, originally masked in mystery from 2018, the deiced to unveil their faces in 2023 on the MistaJam Capital Radio Show and soared to global music success. With a Grammy nomination, and 70M+ streams, they've firmly established themselves in electronic music's forefront. In this podcast the two members talk about they're upbringing and their entry in the music business. In the studio, Wh0's prowess shines through, producing tracks for Ten City, Anton Powers of Ministry of Sound, Example, Idris Elba, K...

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 art...

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 s...

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 P...