The True House Stories® Series brought to you from NYC DJ - Producer Lenny Fontana each and every week.  Each episode has a high powered fantastic artist where they are sharing personal life stories in the music business and dealing with day to day life situations. If you listen carefully you will pick up industry secrets and tips on how to deal with different situations that arise. We hope you enjoy each episode.
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1	Been A Long Time (Full Intention 2021 Remix)The Fog, Full Intention	
2	The Sweet (Extended Remix)	Todd Terry, Swan Lake	
3	Dance To The Underground (Original Mix)	Stuart Ormerod
4	Love at First Sight (Extended Mix)	Rodney Hunter
5	Can You Dig It? (Original Mix)	Paolo Di Natale	
6	Make Me Say (RC's Digital Disco Mix)	Cece Peniston, Ron Carroll	
7	I Was Tired Of Being Alone (Earnshaw & Giles Unreleased Main Mix)	Patrice Rushen	
8	Disco Degree (Original Mix)	Chemars	
9	Like It (Original Mix)	Paco Caniza	
10	Paradise	Le Bon Groove
11	4bidden Lover (2021 Refurb)	Markosa	
12	Feel (Original Mix)	Mark Lower, Alexandra Prince
13	Something Special (Original Mix)	T.Markakis	
14	Change Is Coming (Original Mix)	Col Lawton, Da Funk Junkies, Alyson Joyce
15	Do You Want It Right Now (Dr Packer's Back To The 90 s Extended Mix)

Do You Want to Club Right Now?

This was a radio clip of Ron Robin's tribute on the passing of DJ Jimmy Stuard of Boston's 1270 and NYC's 12 West.

Ron Robin's Disco Notes • Tribute to Jimmy Stuard

Felepe Rose - Dance Again (Lucien's extended edit @ 128bpm).mp3

Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today it’s a huge honor to be able to share yet another special moment in dancefloor history eternalized by this recording from Roy Thode’s archive, all made possible thanks to his dear friend, Marsha Stern.
Recorded at the Underground on February 14th, 1981, this mix has been stored for just over 4 decades, to think that a spool of microscopic magnetized metal particles will give us the opportunity to re-experience what Roy Thode brought to the floor that night years before many of us were even born is goosebump inducing for us to say the least. At this point there should be no introduction needed to explain the virtuosity of this dancefloor maestro. Roy was a true Disc Jockey in essence, this is what he did, and his unique love for the craft can be heard loud and clear. Undoubtedly one of our biggest inspirations to us as DJs today.
We hope this mix takes you to a very special place because it surely came from one as Roy had self-titled this night “Music From My Heart”.
Let us all be Roy’s Valentine today - Love ❤️

Music From My Heart - Broadcast file

DJ Roy Thode Valentine's Mix - Music From My Heart - The Underground, NYC, 14 Feb, 1981

Better Days (Original Mix)Dave Anthony, Dawn Souluvn Williams
Dance Symbol (Original Mix)Peter Brown	
Freaky Lights (Original Mix)Adam Nova
Happy Day (Original Mix)	Jonk & Spook
Just A Slice	Sam O.B.
Never Get Close Enough (Original Mix)Smudged Soul	
Please Don't Stop (Original Mix)	Jo Paciello
Pump up the Dancefloor (Original Mix)Block & Crown, Lissat, Paul Parsons
The Music (Original Mix)	Rick Marshall
Say My Name (Extended Mix) Zsak	
So Much Time (Opolopo Remix)Mannix, Lisa Shaw, Opolopo
The Clark Sisters_ You Brought the Sunshine_DJ SPEN RE EDIT	
Dig Deep (Extended Mix)	Low Steppa, Saison
Get Into The Groove (Original Mix)Patrick Wayne, Dj Threejay
The Way I Feel	Down Under Disco	The Way I Feel
Let It Hit'em (Original Mix)Dope Demeanor

Let's get Stronger Miss Chief 05/22

NYC DJ Lenny Fontana guest DJ'ed for a special 8 hour set at an Underground Club in Berlin Germany called Paloma in the Kotbusser Tor Area. Sweaty and packed from the first record till the end as the clubbers danced the night away to sunrise and beyond.

Lenny Fontana Special Eight Hour Set At Paloma Berlin

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 and 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.

Burrell Brothers interviewed by Lenny Fontana for True House Stories® # 123

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A remake of the Boys II Men track produced by Mary J Blige and interpreted for the dance floor.

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Please Don't Go (Zero Hour Music Interpretation) - WM

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ LF SYSTEM # 132 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
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 Fontana and Byron Stingily track "I'll Give You" and turned it around to create their new smash hit "All I've Got."

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LF System Interview Podcast Hosted By Lenny Fontana # 132 - True House Stories®

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ PAUL OAKENFOLD [PERFECTO] # 133 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA
Lenny Fontana sits 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 shaped an entire genre and remains one of the leading forces in the global music scene today. His most recent works have taken him from the DJ booth of the world’s hottest nightspots and festivals to the studio producing soundtracks for Hollywood blockbuster movies. His diversity in artistry and ability has earned him accolades from critics and fans alike. Garnering him not 1 but 2 Grammy Nominations for his works.
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Paul Oakenfold [Perfecto] Interview Podcast Hosted By Lenny Fontana # 133 - True House Stories®

Smokin Jo interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 134 - True House Stories®
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 career. In 1992 she played in Ibiza for the first time, on the terrace at Space in Playa En Bossa, in the same year she was named as DJ Magazines No1 DJ. She also presented the BBC Radio 1 (essential selection) weekly report from Ibiza, between 2002 and 2006. Jo has gigged all over the world, and in every big club night, playing as far and wide as Japan, Germany, Brazil, Greece, USA (including Space in Miami) China and Singapore. In the UK she has played Ministry of Sound, Fabric, XOYO,The Beams, Printworks in London. She still plays in Ibiza for Glitterbox and now she has just finished writing a bestseller called "You Don't Need A Dick To Be A DJ" The book is her personal life story and she has laid out the path for everyone to learn from it as you will find it is very well written.
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Smokin Jo Interview Podcast Hosted By Lenny Fontana # 134 - True House Stories®

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 the station commanded some 500,000 listeners while operating as an unlicensed pirate station, and an Evening Standard readers' poll in 1987 put Kiss second, behind Capital Radio. Gordon Mac approached a successful London club promoter, Guy Wingate, to discuss ways of improving the Kiss FM profile. As a result, Wingate launched the very successful Kiss nights at the Wag Club (which included the first ever UK Acid House party – an idea put forward by Colin Faver and Danny Rampling), both DJs on the station. Mac and ten of the DJs on the station including Norman Jay, Jonathan Moore, Colin Faver, Trevor Nelson, and Tim Westwood would become "shareholders" in a company called Goodfoot Promotions, with Mac heading up the station as its majority holder. By 1988, Kiss was at its strongest with a DJ line-up which had become the cream of London's clubland, and in that December, Mac and the other shareholders would announce that they would decide to close down in order to apply for a legal license. Listen to how Gordon Mac goes up the ladder and then leaves it all behind to come back eventually and create his next venture called Mi-Soul on Dab.
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Gordon Mac Interview Podcast Hosted By Lenny Fontana # 135 - True House Stories®

Sooo
I'm at my boy's house in NYC one Saturday night in April of 1980.  I was living in Greenbay WI at the time and always starving for music.  The WBLS Saturday night party show comes on with T - Scott.  
Yo, you got a spare reel I can record to?  
Got me two hours for great music to take back up the way!!!  
Here's the original.  Enjoy

Radio mix

T - Scott WBLS disco hour 1980 A - side

TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ DAVID MORALES #027 - PART 1
With a real passion for music in his veins from a very young age,  from very humble beginnings, David Morales was destined to follow his dream and took the opportunity to play music at any given chance.
David's very first gig was playing at the Loft for Lulu 
His first regular Djing spot started at Ozone Layer where Lulu was the hostess. Still working a job in a restaurant, David was fortunate to meet Mike Brady from Paradise Garage and was invited to play at this incredible NYC club in 1983, where he invited legends such as Captain Black and Jocelyn Brown to the party.
With huge names currently on the lineup at Paradise Garage -no one yet knew of David.... But they soon would!!
In 1985, David started to work in music production -David Cole and Bruce Flowers being pivotal to David’s producing career.
Nicky Holloway and Pete Tong invited David to play at Estoria, only 40 minutes into his set, he was asked to stop playing just as he was getting into his set, for Jomanda to perform!!
David set up Defmix productions but with very little direction, experience and to just be landed in the midst of music industry, he had to learn the business very quickly in order to succeed.
Making multiple hit records, but never truly reaping the rewards for his hard work and commitment, David worked day in day out making 2-3 tracks every week.  David Morales was a true grafter and his passion was what kept him inspired to continue working relentlessly. Despite not earning what he deserved he continued to follow his dream.
Remixing is where David found his fortune in the industry. Frankie knuckles and David worked on so many remixes, in fact rewriting entire tracks and even changing the titles of the tracks, David simply received a flat fee and did not gain the recognition he deserved.
Mariah Carey “Dream Lover”, was his 1st superstar track remix. At first, he questioned the track due to it being extremely commercial (at the same time rejecting remix work for legends such as David Bowie) this remix became one of the songs David Morales is so famous for.
David also had the incredible opportunity to work with Todd Terry, a born musician, no need for any equipment - the SP1200 was the weapon!!
David is all for advances in technology and plugins etc. - his motto- simply work them to the absolute max.
Having worked on remixes for Michael and Janet Jackson, you would expect David to be living the high life - the truth is it involved signing non disclosures, bag checks etc. -  security was paramount,  not quite the fairytale you would have imagined.
Working alongside Aretha Franklin - one of David's biggest fears was -'how do you give constructive criticism to such an absolute legend'???? In the words of Aretha - Less is more and more is less. She absolutely embraced his opinion and gained her respect for his honesty.
Julio Iglesias was another star that David worked with. Giving his mother a dream come true, David arranged for Julio to call his mother to say ‘hi’ was just one of the many hi lights of working with such legendary musicians.
Donna Summer was David’s absolute no 1 idol and working with Jocelyn Brown was, yet another dream come true - to David, Jocelyn was an incredible legend he never imagined he would ever work with. Much to David's dismay he was arrested in Japan during his career. How was that for David?? At 57 years of age - truly mortifying, listen to David's very raw and open account of coping in a Japanese prison where no-one spoke his language and all of his basic rights were taken away.  An experience that will live with David forever but taught him about the importance of the simplicity of life - Health and Freedom. One of the memories David has about this true horror was when a prison officer recognized David and played his music - which really helped him get through this ordeal.

True House Stories w/ David Morales interview by Lenny Fontana #027 (Part 1)

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David Morales interviewed by Lenny Fontana for True House Stories™ # 027 (Part 1)

Lenny Fontana is one of the greatest House Music Producers to come out of the original New York City Club scene. A True Legend who has worked with many other incredible artists such as Chris Willis, Byron Stingily, Carole Sylvan, D Train, Crystal Waters, Alison Limerick, Shirley Lites, Meli’sa Morgan and Lee John (Imagination) to name just a few.
Lenny Fontana has DJed all over the world throughout his career. He was the First American DJ to play at the world famous ‘Pacha’ - (Ibiza). Lenny has played at iconic venues such as Ministry Of Sound - (London), ‘Studio 54’ - (New York City),  ‘Hacienda’ - (Manchester), ‘La Queen’ - (Paris) and he also DJ'ed for the closing party at  ‘The Chevron’ - (Melbourne).
Each Wednesday Lenny Fontana will be joined by a very special DJ / Producer / Vocalist for a Facebook Live that will blow your mind!
Lenny will be chatting with his guests about their music careers to discover the true stories of working in this industry.  He will be unveiling the true 'behind the scenes' stories on how his guests succeeded and continue to survive in this business. 
Listen to Lenny’s amazing guests as they share their journeys and achievements that have kept them top of the game and reveal some of the many incredible memories and experiences witnessed during their music careers. 
Expect to hear their untold stories about the joys of their work but also the many pitfalls that are hidden beneath which make this industry a very fun and exciting, yet highly competitive and challenging environment to be part of.
Imagine being the fly on the wall as you listen to 2 truly iconic faces in the music industry as they go deep into their experiences over their time working in the music industry.

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Burrell Brothers interviewed by Lenny Fontana for True House Stories® # 123

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