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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LENNY FONTANA & D-TRAIN - WHEN YOU FEEL WHAT LOVE HAS
I am so excited to share this.. with all of you... #36 in the TOP 40 Billboard Mainstream Indicator Chart. Lenny Fontana FT. D-Train When You Feel What Love Has.. Thank you all for the support. More Work to be done.. Work until its time to stop... Ain't No Stopping US Now.. You can purchase and help support at your favorite stores:

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Catalogue: KPR 0162
Label: Karmic Power Records
Labelcode: LC-51694
Artists: Lenny Fontana & D-Train
Track: When You Feel What Love Has
Producer: Lenny Fontana,
Written: Lenny Fontana, James Williams, Fil Straughan
Vocalist: James Williams, Fil Straughan (Background Vocals)
Engineered by: *Big Joon™, **Louie Guzman
Mastering & Artwork by: Twism
Studio: Karmic Power Studio
Video: Louie Guzman
Publishing: Karmic Power Publishing (ASCAP), Memory Lane, Veras Child Publishing
Copyright: Karmic Power Records
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Radio Edit - ISRC: QM-HDW-13-00407

REMIXES PART 1:
Klubjumpers Extended Remix - ISRC: QM-HDW-13-00466
Francois Remix - ISRC: QM-HDW-13-00467
TWISM & B3RAO Heritage Remix - ISRC: QM-HDW-13-00468
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Leon Wolf & Niko De Vries Radio Mix - ISRC: QM-HDW-13-00465
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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ LEEE JOHN (IMAGINATION) # 028 - PART 1
Leee John learned music during his school , his first success in music landed when he went to New York and received his 1st signing with “Worldwide Records” BODY TALK was Leee’s 1st track and became a huge hit.
At the same time Leee was also performing as a DJ. and did acting and appeared in various shows.
Moving on, Trevor Horn, manager to Grace Jones then signed Leee on R&B- a label made specifically for Leee’s music. Ash Ford & Simpson were a really big influence to Lee.It was after Body Talk he joined up with Imagination. Appearing on Top of the Pops was a great opportunity to show off their talent for live music.
Hear about Leee’s time when he was invited by Larry Levan to go to to NYC to play at a club- Zanzibar During this time, hear Leee’s encounter singing to Marvin Gaye in his dressing room.
Hear how Leee what was vital in how he produced his music and the important ingredients needed inhis track.
Hear Leee’s take on his track Instinctual which David Morales remixed this track and how it helped him evolve the next genres at from DJs and Producers such as Arthur Baker, Eric Kupper, Ben Liebrand - New York Latin American sound.
Discover how Leee felt hearing the responses to his music from other inspiring producers in Leee’s life. Lee has written 9 documentaries and continues to follow his acting career too.
How has Leee managed to work through lockdown?
What are Leee’s thoughts about the changes in technology and evolution of digital producing and using samples of old music in today’s music industry?
Discover Leee’s feelings about taking his tracks and sampling parts.
Find out Leee’s next plans in music and acting and what are the plans for imagination.
Superb show of one of the most hugely respected vocalists in the industry. What a legend, what a ‘True House Stories’ show.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ NATASHA KITTY KATT # 003
On this edition of True House Stories we are joined with a young starlet named Natasha Kitty Kat who is being interviewed by NYC DJ Lenny Fontana on the True House Stories Program. MIss Kitty Kat takes the time to share with us her life as a teenager and how she found her love for soul and R&B and sharing this with her biggest fan her dad. She has been blessed to play for great events such as Glitterbox, Southport Weekender and many other huge clubs around UK and Europe. She is a true inspiration for the woman wanting to take a chance and going after there dreams. A fantastic interview and inspiring.

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BIOGRAPGY NATASHA KITTY KATT
Born and raised in Edinburgh into a soul music obsessed family, Natasha Kitty Katt was introduced to rare Soul, Funk, Boogie and Rare Disco from a young age.
Spotted by the main influencers in the Disco & House scene Natasha quickly took up residency at seminal events such as: Southport Weekender / Festival, UK, Suncebeat Festival, Croatia, Liverpool Disco Festival, Ocean Beach Ibiza, Pikes Ibiza. Following on from this Natasha Kitty Katt was soon snapped up by the Defected Glitterbox imprint and is now playing at their Global Events around the world.
Matching her meteoric rise in clubland her releases have gained interest with tracks out on: Glitterbox Recordings, Tropical Disco Records, Midnight Riot, No Fuss Records, Masterworks Music, Paper Recordings, Tribe, Situationism (Tom Findlay – Groove Armada remix), Paper Recordings etc. The House Music Legends are also paying attention with an imminent release on DJ Spen’s label UnQuantize & Louie Vega MAW has reworked two of her tracks for his forthcoming album on Nervous Records.

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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.

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0:00 Welcome to True House Stories with Ashley Beedle
1:14 Introduction and lockdown with Covid
4:35 Discovering Music as a young Ashley Beedle
6:07 Father's Record Collection and the different styles of music
6:36 Reggae track on Blue Beat Records by Alton & Eddy called Murial
8:11 Mother and Father meet at the hospital
8:40 National Newspapers cover the wedding of his parents mix marriage
9:15 Racial Situation in USA
11:30 Different Ethnicity Areas in London
12:00 Barbados and the racial issues
15:10 Musical Training Skills
15:53 The Mattel Drum Machine and basic programming
17:44 Gil Scott Heron as your teacher
18:32 The Organ and The Rhythm Machine
19:25 The Band Called The Reflections playing cover versions of Buddy Holly
20:00 The show Opportunity Knocks
21:45 The First Disco Attended in 1978
22:45 Soundsystem was called Channel One
23:17 Hearing for the first time Crown Heights Affair and Mass Production
24:38 Main Djs of the day come to Harrow such as Chris Hill, Robbie Vincent, Greg Edwards
25:00 The First Mobile Setup
27:16 Rob Mello Original Member of the Black Science Orchestra
27:53 Leg Warmers, Carpenter Jeans, Rollers Skates, Suede Boots, Native American Jackets
29:28 Soul Boy and Reggae Soundsystem’s

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JON MANCINI # 076 - PART 2
Jon Mancini wraps up his story with all the guest DJ’s he has played with over the 30 plus years and all the follies that went on with the Street Rave, Colours and Colours Orchestral Series. He shared his moment traveling to New York and playing at The Limelight and the experience he gained. He also currently has a video production company and during lockdown set up one of the biggest streaming events that circulated worldwide. Check out this episode to learn what Jon pulled off.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ FARLEY & HELLER # 025 - PART 1
Farley & Heller (Terry Farley & Peter Heller) both begin their humble beginnings at the start of the Acid House Movement. They both Dj and happened to work separately at Danny Rampling’s famous Shoom night in the 1980’s. In this interview you will hear them talk about their big club hit with Diva vocalist Loleatta Holloway and how they were responsible for creating the huge house banger track called "Ultra Flava". Terry Farley and Steven Hall are both responsible for running a successful brand-named Junior Boys Own. Terry Farley went on to create a successful club night in London called Faith and published a very successful magazine as well. Pete Heller in his own right had a huge hit with Big Love and together they toured the world as international Dj’s. Come listen and learn about the UK clubbing history and how it entangles with the US Clubbing scene.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ RICHARD EARNSHAW # 043 - PART 1
This first part listen to the producer remixer dj and owner of Duffnote Records Richard Earnshaw talk about his humble beginnings from Piano instruction to getting his first production signed. He also shares his life at the present moment dealing with covid and the struggle of trying to keep everything together. He shares with us his first keyboards and key production tips. A very well in-depth interview by one of the UK’s most sought after producers in the soulful music genre.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ FRANKIE FONCETT # 046 - PART 1
We are joined by the legendary London UK Dj Frankie Foncett. His Caribbean roots come from the island of Trinidad. His start in music was in the 1970s being introduced to groups such as Commanded, James Brown and the JB's, Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye. His cousin Tony had a huge hand in helping Frankie learn about disco, bringing mix tapes back from New York City Radio Station, Disco 92 WKTU with DJ Ted Currier in the mix. Frankie also talks about how important Reggae sound was in the days of the early night clubs and how the music with its heavy bass lent to the excitement of the Carnival sound and the dub culture. Rapper Kurtis Blow, DJ Davy DMX was also a huge inspiration with his hip hop mixes around 1982 with his style of cutting and scratching. During this time this is where he meets a young DJ Paul Trouble Anderson who at the time was known as "Trouble Funk". Frankie begins as the warm up dj at the Electric Ballroom for Paul Trouble. As his time in London starts to begin in the music business he picks up jobs at record shops and ends up at Black Market Records and here he becomes famous with all the DJ's of the time being able to take care of them with their rare grooves.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ BEN LIEBRAND # 024 - PART 1
‘True House Stories’ of Ben Liebrand with Lenny Fontana gives a fascinating insight about how the music scene has advanced since the 1980’s and the reasons why.
Ben Liebrand grew up in the Netherlands and played such a huge role in the way the music scene advanced and continued to build over the next 4 decades. Learn in this interview about how Ben’s fascination for technology and amazing ear for music and why it was so pivotal in the advances in DJing and music production.
Ben’s passion for technology and belief on creating his music from scratch without the involvement of external input is the reason he is so creative and has led to over 800 incredible productions and remixes.
This is a truly fascinating interview about Ben’s input in changing the entire music scene helping it to progress throughout the last 40 years and still be pivotal to today’s sound.
Discover how Ben Liebrand’s career started by chance in a club in 1978 and how he progressed very quickly to playing peak slots in clubs in Holland due to his discovery of beat matching which is still how DJs play today. Discover how Ben worked on remixes with amazing bands such as Salt n Peppa, Pet Shop Boys and Human League. Lenny Fontana uncovers the story of how Ben Liebrand’s skill for beat matching led to DJing on Dutch radio and how this new technique was so pivotal to how music is played on radio and in clubs to this day.
Ben explains the differences between producing original tracks versus remixing, and his stance on different genres of music throughout his lifetime.
Ben fully embracing digital progression and gives his about his opinions about analogue versus digital evolution. Such a huge instigator due to his never-ending excitement for advances in technology and equipment, Ben explains his excitement about why he embraces this.
Ben has been working in the industry for 42 years now and it is clear to see how he played such a huge part in the evolution of music taking us through 4 decades of multiple musical genres and hoe he adapted to these changes but has also experienced many pitfalls along the way. Tune in to find out all about these tough times and how Ben is still such a huge leading figure in the industry.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ GEORGIE PORGIE # 106 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

There’s a certain type of DJ/ artist to emerge from Chicago, having been raised around the rawest and purest forms of House and Dance music. These roots cement themselves within the cities‘ residents, and form a continual source of inspiration for those who seek it.

George Andros or Georgie Porgie or GP as he is known across the globe, is no exception. An accomplished DJ, Artist, hot singer songwriter, record producer, an independent dance music recording mogul and one of the hottest dance-music remixers to emanate out of Chicago, Illinois. There is no disputing the fact that Georgie Porgie is a multi-talented international recording star who owns the longest running dance labe in America! Georgie’s contributions to the Dance industry earned him the title of “The Ambassador of Dance Music.” Billboard Magazine in 2010 named Georgie Top 10 Dance artist of the Decade.

He has had over 35 #1 records in over 18 countries and has sold millions of records through out his career! Georgie has produced and remixed some of music’s most prolific names including Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Janet Jackson, Barbara Tucker, Mary J. Blige, Dawn Tallman, Linda Clifford, The Chi-lites feat. Marshal Thompson and Suzanne Palmer to name a few. His own productions like “Life Goes On”, “Love Is Gonna Save The Day”, “Sunshine”, “Can You Feel The Sound” , “Love One Another” and many more have earned him Global success!

His Mix Show can be heard in over 20 Countries around the World! Currently he is touring the World as a DJ and a Singer which brings a whole new element to the decks and stages. Very simple...Georgie is the REAL DEAL! Come check out him share his life with us on True House Stories….

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ JON MANCINI # 076 - PART 1
Jon Mancini is Scotland’s most well-known house DJ. He was the key to the successful Street rave parties at the Ayr Pavilion back in the early 90’s. He then moved on to the short lived but legendary Kitsch club nights. He now resides at the Arches for all the Colours events. He has played alongside every name DJ that the UK has to offer & has featured on Pete Tongs Essential Selection with a few guest mixes. Jon hosted the Colours Mix on Friday nights for 3 years on Radio Clyde, and is, in our opinion the best dance radio presenter in Scotland.

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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 that things will start to turn on again in the near future, post covid. He also reminisced about the Manor Borne days and how all the great lineups he had on those Sunday parties. We wish him the best in his next ventures.

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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/ BIRDEE # 033 - PART 1
By no means a newcomer – but a fresh face on the disco scene, over the course of the last decade Birdee has been extremely active in the dance music world – playing the most prestigious venues and festivals around the globe, collecting support from the world’s biggest players, and even picking up an award for Best Breakthrough DJ at London’s Fabric.
His music is supported by a veritable who’s who of dance music: DJs as diverse as Groove Armada, Purple Disco Machine, Horse Meat Disco and Claptone have all been spinning his tracks, while radio support has also been outstanding – as a matter of fact, Pete Tong recently opened his show with Birdee’s most recent single Start The Weekend.
Birdee began his career producing Breakbeat tracks and his first visit to the London at the music & Media exchange was a turning point in his career, when he began DJing.
His 1st disco track was signed by Andy Williams and since then Birdee has had many more immense tracks signed to prestigious labels such as Midnight Riot and Seamus Haji’s Big Love.
Birdee currently has 4 tracks in Traxsource Top 100 Nu Disco chart and has held on to #1 position in the chart with ‘What You Need’ for the past 2 weeks.
Hear about how Birdee has survived over the pandemic and what he has in store for us all from his time spent in the studio during lockdown. Expect many more superb remixes and original releases from this incredible producer coming out very soon, so watch this space! Birdee is on point and is rocking the Nu- Disco scene with his music and hopes to travel the world to DJ again, once lockdown is over.

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0:00 Welcome to True House Stories with Birdee
2:38 Who has the best food? Italy, Japan or America
5:10 How did music find the young Birdee
10:25 How big was the italian disco house scene
16:00 The real name of Birdee

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ PAUL IBIZA # 110 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA

Paul Ibiza is the man responsible for bringing the world the legendary records label Ibiza Records, he is the promoter that organized cutting edge events Fantastic Ibiza, Jungle Splash and MC Convention to name but a few. More recently Paul aka Digital Niyabinghi has been producing “Jungle Dub” and taking his Digital Niyabinghi Sound System on tour. Although Paul could be labelled as a Producer, Promoter, DJ, Label owner, Paul simply describes himself as an entrepreneur within the music industry.

Paul got started in the rave business in 1988 around the time of events such as Sunrise and Genesis were putting on raves in fields and warehouse in the London region. Although Paul actually got started in 1988 his journey started way before in the early 80’s in the days of Soul II Soul and Paul Anderson among other house and warehouse parties which is where Paul was first influenced by the Reggae and Soul played at these parties then known as or “Blues” or “Shebeens” (Shebeen being the Irish term for an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence). In 1989 Paul was involved in organising the ‘Freedom to Party’ rally in Trafalgar Square which aimed to relax licensing laws in order to allow nightclubs to stay open longer. Paul then started promoting the ‘Fantastic Ibiza’ raves in Goods Way, Kings Cross with DJ’s such as Carl Cox, Colin Dale, Kenny Ken, Grooverider. Many of these weekend long parties were attended by upwards of 3000 people and did not always have an entry fee but rather the money was made by donations and drinks sales.

After the Police attention was getting excessive due to overcrowding both inside and outside the venue in Kings Cross, Ibiza records was born in 1989 after Paul went to the Balearic Island of Ibiza and ended up breaking his leg. While Paul was immobile he started learningPaul Ibiza how to produce music using Cubase on the first Ataricomputers capable of sequencing music along with an Akai S950 sampler and Spirit mixing desk.

Soon Ibiza Records would set up their offices and studio in Hornsey, North London. When Ibiza records first begun they were making Techno, Hardcore and House types of music, coupled with Dub & Reggae influences the music now known as Jungle emerged which Ibiza Records was championing along with labels and artists such as Shut up and Dance, Rebel MC, Reel 2 Reel and a Guy Called Gerald. Ibiza Records went on to establish a number of successful spin off labels such as Boxbase, Highly Blessed, Hard Plastic, Three Lions, Kemet, 3rd Party, Limited-E. Paul also opened up a record shop ‘Ibiza Records’ in Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London in the early 90’s. In 1994 Jungle Splash was born and still continues to this day. Paul’s vision for Jungle Splash was to showcase the best of Jungle music much like an exhibition for the scene. Jungle Splash has moved from many venues over the years such as The Rocket complex in Holloway, Roller Express, The Mass and is currently held at Jamm in Brixton, London. In 2003 Paul promoted the MC Convention event convention under the ‘Highly Blessed’ brand in conjunction with Mc Shabba and Skibadee.

The event met with some resistance from some people that thought putting the focus on the MC’s as opposed to DJ’s was bound to ensure that the event would flop. To the contrary, all tickets to the event at the Stratford Rex sold out and MC Convention toured Birmingham, Cardiff, Southampton and Essex. Paul’s latest innovation is the new sound he calls “Jungle Dub” and has been touring with his own Digital Niyabinghi Sound System which goes back to the roots of Jungle and Dub. The Sound System features artists such as Winston Runtingz, Uncle Dugs, Junior Dangerous, Ragga Twins, Potential Bad Boy, Terry T, MC Moose, Beefy and Daddy Nature and of course Paul ‘Digital Niyabinghi’ himself.

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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ BENNY SOTO # 088 - PART 2
Benny Soto quickly learned, and learned from one of the best; the late, great super promoter Rob Fernandez. “The first big thing we did together was Roger Sanchez at Vinyl. I can even remember the date: 2/2/02. I was learning so much—contracts, dealing with managers, hospitality riders, everything.” Soto continued working with Fernandez until his sudden passing in summer of 2015—but at the same time, he was gaining the confidence to branch out on his own. Danny Krivit was an early partner (2002), teaming up with Soto to launch what became the still-vibrant 718 Sessions; another stone-cold vet, DJ Harvey, was an early accomplice as well. From its inception, until its closing, Soto was an integral part of the promotion and bookings team at the now revered, and recently closed, Output in Brooklyn, NY. The dates started coming fast and furious—flash forward to today, and Soto, who currently spends his time promoting shows around NYC and juggling various independent projects, is in the very top tier of NYC’s party wranglers. So what’s the next step for a guy who’s spent the better part of his life in dance clubs? DJ’ing, of course! “I’ve been going out and listening to DJs for 30 years,” he says, “and after that amount of time, I think you almost have to learn something. You gain a sense of what to do.” But as anyone who has spent time in the DJ community knows, there can sometimes be attitude toward those perceived as usurpers. “Sure, there’s been a bit of controversy, like people asking, ‘Oh, so now you’re a DJ, too?’ I just answer, ‘No. I’m Benny Soto.’ I’ve given my life to music, and this is just another layer of that life.” Nowadays, you can find Soto opening up for superstars or holding it down at after-parties, often spinning back-to-back with his fellow dance-music lifer, Nervous Records label head Mike Weiss. “Very few people have the legacy that Mike does,” he says. “I mean, the Nervous catalog…those were some of the songs that shaped the sound of global club music.” But Soto’s got his own musical identity as well. “I love to play music that feels good to me, that matters to me, that say something to me. Danny Tenaglia said the best thing to me: ‘You have to listen, and you have to find the candy.’ And that’s what I try to do—find music that’s special, that can take you to a different space.” Watch his life for Act 3 “The Final Curtain Call"

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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/ BENNY SOTO # 088 - PART 1
For Benny Soto, it began, as it has for many New York club land veterans, with a visit to 84 King Street in downtown Manhattan. He says, “I had already been going out, but the first clubbing experience that really mattered was the Paradise Garage…just walking in there, it looked different, it sounded different, it felt different. As soon as I walked in, I knew I was home.” For Soto, then a poor kid from the South Bronx, the Garage opened up a whole new world. It was through the club that he met, and befriended, the late Keith Haring, eventually serving as the iconic artist’s studio assistant. It also expanded his aural horizons: “Because of the way that Larry Levan played,” Soto says, “I became more musically open-minded.” But perhaps importantly, the Garage provided an avenue for escape. “Back then, I didn’t have much joy in my life,” he admits, ‘Clubbing gave me a way to get away. Places like the Garage, though they were primarily gay, were so inclusive; it didn’t really matter who you were, what mattered was the freedom that you could find there.” And that feeling—that passion for freedom, both musically and personally—would set Soto on a path that has led to a lifetime in club land. He had no idea that it would also lead to a career, but even in those early days, he recalls, “I was very curious. If I was at a club, I would be checking out the sound and looking at the lights, trying to see how it all comes together -it was like a Broadway show, except the show was the crowd itself.” Eventually he secured a gig doing odd jobs at another iconic address, 6 Hubert Street, only blocks away from the Garage. The spot had once housed Area and Club Shelter; during Soto’s time there, it was Vinyl, home to the iconic Body & Soul. It was Body & Soul resident Danny Krivit who convinced Soto to take the next step. “He said to me, ‘I think you should be a promoter. People like you, and you have great energy. You’d be good at it.’ Of course,” Soto adds, “I had no idea what ‘being a promoter’ even meant!” Listen to him tell you what he learned and how you should be..

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