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TRUE HOUSE STORIES W/ BOOKER T
Booker T interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 119 - True House Stories®
Grammy Nominated Booker T is one of the UK’s most prolific and respected House music producers and DJ in the industry, who has enjoyed widespread success on the commercial and underground scenes. Since his first forays into House music back in the Late 80s, Booker T has delivered a steady stream of quality releases and top artists remixes as well as firing up the decks at some of the world’s best clubs.
As one of the UK’s finest producers, Booker has given the dancefloor some incredible vocal anthems including LZ Love “See The Light” on Slip N’Slide and Kathy Wood’s “Give Me Joy”, and his remixes of Usher, Sounds Of Blackness, the All Saints’ worldwide smash “Never Ever”, which won him ‘Remix Of The Year’ at the Underground Dance Awards (1999, and Jody Watley’s “Off The Hook” are still being played today.
Versatile, passionate and always looking to innovate, Booker T, writes his own rules in production and keeps if fresh on the decks with his latest Exclusive productions, edits and remixes. There is so much more to this man. come sit with us and learn what it takes to rise to this fame.
Biography Booker T
Booker T’s notoriety for his talent as both Producer and DJ means there is a continuous demand for his House and production sets. He began his career as a DJ in the early 80’s playing Reggae, Rare Groove, Hip Hop and R&B sounds. His involvement continued into the late 80’s when he joined Faze One Radio playing alongside Grooverider, Fabio and Colin Dale.
Inspired by the sounds of Masters at Work, Todd Terry, and Tony Humphries his debut House set was played at Bobby & Steve’s now legendary Garage City at the Podium and he signed to Azuli Records as a producer.
He became the first British producer on the seminal label Strictly Rhythm and won ‘Remix of The Year’ at the Underground Garage Awards and was also runner-up to Fat Boy Slim at the DJ Mag Music Awards. He has continued to create an award-winning portfolio of remixes for labels such as; A&M Records, Rhythm Source, Strictly Rhythm, Jive, Virgin, Interstate Records, EMI and Universal to name only a few.
He has also stacked production credits for the likes of; Roger Sanchez, Eddy Perez, DJ Disciple, Lenny Fontana, DJ Romain, DJ Camacho, DJ Camacho, Junior Boys Own, Faith Evans, Soul to Soul, Brand New Heavies, Quincy Jones, Sounds Of Blackness, Moloko, Byron Stingly, Jodi Watley, Robert Owens, D-Influence, Robin S, Mood II Swing, Elephant Man, Jocylene Brown, Craig David, Marvin Gaye, Kirk Franklin, Mica Paris, Usher, CeCe Peniston, Nate James, Michael Watford, Roy Ayres and All Saints.