True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

Lenny Fontana
True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

True House Stories® is a interview podcast series hosted by dance music icon, Lenny Fontana. It features candid and often untold stories from influential figures within the realm of house music. The show delves into personal anecdotes, pivotal moments, and behind-the-scenes tales from various DJs, producers, and other individuals who have made an impact in the house music scene. The podcast offers listeners an insider’s perspective on the history, evolution, and culture of house music through firsthand experiences shared by its key players like Carl Cox, Simon Dunmore, Kathy Sledge...

  1. Gordon Mac interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 135 - True House Stories®

    MAY 29

    Gordon Mac interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 135 - True House Stories®

    TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ GORDON MAC # 135 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANAKiss 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.

    1h 43m
  2. Norris Da Boss Windross (Godfather of Garage) interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 131 - True House Stories®

    MAR 20

    Norris Da Boss Windross (Godfather of Garage) interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 131 - True House Stories®

    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, Frankie Bones, Richie Fingers, Smokin Jo and MC GQ was the first taste in the creating a new Vibe & sound in the UK, pitching up US House and Garage records for more energy, this was not the norm until now. Norris presence and dedication saw him reside in the infancy of the UK Garage scene at iconic events such as; The Spread love Project, Bagleys, Ministry Of Sound, Aquarium and Mambo in Ibiza which led Norris ‘Da Boss’ to become a leading headline act, performing at tours and events worldwide. In 1994, production entered Norris’s ambition, since which he has been involved in a string of successful tracks, ‘Go Slowly’ his first studio remix, ‘Funky Groove’ ‘Psuedo’s Heartbeat’ with much respected Gavin Face Mills now one half of Copyright & then Right Before My Eyes & Liferide Produced with Grant Nelson followed by the successful launch of his own label ‘W Records, featuring acts such as Rose Windross, MC Creed, Angel 21 and MC Kie. All of his tracks exploded on the UK Garage Scene with ‘Right Before My Eyes’ featuring Kallaghan and MC Neat charting in the nationals and performance’s included ‘Top Of The Pops’. Liferide ‘NNG’ featuring Rose Windross & MC Creed was the follow up & one of the most iconic UKG hits to date. Seeing the impact of the newly founded UK House & Garage scene and proud of its growth and nationwide acceptance, the first UK House & Garage awards was created to acknowledge the industry. Norris was voted Industry ‘Top DJ’ at the awards. Norris, knew what had been achieved and felt the UK scene needed its own identity, so the new brand ‘UKG’ was conceived & created along with his partners, MC Creed & Jason Kaye. ‘UKG’ was quickly acknowledged by the industry and the award ceremonies at Hammersmith Apollo and the Brixton Academy crowned the new UK brand with 30 date national tours preceding them. Come check out the full interview of The Godfather of UKG lay it all out step by set with Lenny Fontana on the most recognized show in the music industry True House Stories.

    1h 27m
5
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6 Ratings

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True House Stories® is a interview podcast series hosted by dance music icon, Lenny Fontana. It features candid and often untold stories from influential figures within the realm of house music. The show delves into personal anecdotes, pivotal moments, and behind-the-scenes tales from various DJs, producers, and other individuals who have made an impact in the house music scene. The podcast offers listeners an insider’s perspective on the history, evolution, and culture of house music through firsthand experiences shared by its key players like Carl Cox, Simon Dunmore, Kathy Sledge...

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