Revival Records Podcast

In October of 2023, Kathy Brown went home to South Carolina to celebrate her son’s birthday. She never imagined that she’d be diagnosed with stage 4 lung and brain cancer while she was there. The news was so unexpected, it blindsided her completely and she admits to having been in denial, claiming that if it weren’t for everyone around her telling her she had cancer, she would never have known. However, after eleven brain seizures and losing the ability to walk - the gravity of what she was facing began to kick in. Fast forward to June, 2025 . . . just a few weeks ago and that very same much-loved iconic house music diva flew to London for a few weeks to work with Revival House Project, performing LIVE onstage at Hï Ibiza for Revival’s white island debut, followed by a sunset show at Ibiza’s 7 Pines Resort, overlooking Es Vedra. From there, she returned to London where she recorded four new records in Revival’s studio and performed again with Revival House Project at Hurlingham Club’s Summer Fiesta. This podcast aims to fill in the blanks between those two paragraphs, and get the T about her big C from the ‘still-very-much’ living legend herself . . . who suggests that we now consider adding ‘A Walking Miracle’ to the list of her many titles.

In this podcast Peyton sits down with fellow co-founder of Revival House Project, James F. Reynolds, to talk about Reynold's impressive and multi-faceted career, as well as his involvement with Revival House Project and their debut 18-track album, Dance To The Music, to be released on Dec. 6, 2024. James is currently the executive producer of music for Revival, and has been integral in laying the foundations and shaping not only the sound, but every aspect of the project since its inception in 2022. However, for the past twenty-plus years James has worked tenaciously as a producer, mixer, sound engineer, songwriter, and musician . . . producing albums for the likes of Tinnie Tempeh and Paloma Faith, and collaborating on projects with Calvin Harris, BTS, Selena Gomez, Little Mix, and so many others. As one of the UK’s foremost and accomplished producer/mixers, he has a track record of 5 UK #1 hits, numerous Billboard #1s, and an array of Top 10 singles from global music icons. Notably, Reynolds has made a significant impact in K-pop, contributing to BTS’s chart-topping hits such as ‘Boy In Love’ and ‘Make It Right’ , as well as their recent album “Proof” , which collectively garnered over 8 billion streams. Over and over again James has proven himself to be a master in versatility, successfully working across a wide spectrum of music genres, but readily admits to having a special passion for house music, and in particular the kind of elevated house music productions that have helped Revival to make a name for itself ever since their very first release!

Revival Records Podcast host Peyton chats with Revival’s beloved powerhouse vocalist Phebe Edwards about the ups and downs of her multi-faceted career so far, and what it means to be an aspiring artist in today’s music business. Describing what it was like to grow up the daughter of a preacher in a family of talented singers, Phebe expounds on how the church provided her with the gospel training and confidence that has got her to where she is today. Phebe Edwards features on three of Revival’s singles: Earth Song (What About Us), Think, and Ain’t No Mountain. She is currently making her West End debut in the role of Katherine Jackson for the award-winning production of MJ the Musical. #joinourrevival Connect with Phebe's socials: @phebeedwards Check out more of Revival here: https://linktr.ee/joinourrevival

For over three decades now Kathy Brown has been one of house music’s most beloved artists, with a string of hit records that includes Turn Me Out, Joy, Stronger On My Own, You Give Good Love, Another Love, Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and so many more.  She has collaborated with or been remixed by just about every big-name house music producer you can think of, and performed at huge events, parties, clubs and festivals all over the world. The sheer quantity of records in her catalogue is staggering, but even more impressive is the consistency of quality in the productions, and that voice full of thunder which seems to be channelled directly from somewhere up above. For the past year Kathy’s battle with cancer has been widely publicised, inspiring an enormous outpouring of love and support from the dance music community. Defected has released a collection of her records entitled ‘Legacy’ via their imprint Glitterbox, with label profits from the record going towards her healthcare fund, while fans and friends across the globe have joined together to show their support in a myriad of ways, confirming once again that music builds powerful connections and creates families who don’t just show up for the good times, but are there for each other when the going gets tough. As a cherished member of the Revival collective, we are proud to be part of Kathy’s extended family and to share her inimitable vocals with the world once again, this time on our eighth single, Dance To The Music.  The song’s message resonates on a deeper level when facing the kinds of challenges that Kathy has been up against.   Upon its release, the artist had these words that she wanted to share with the world:   “If you are here today, you need to get on up and dance to this here music. That’s right, I said GET ON UP and Dance To The Music because tomorrow ain’t guaranteed for nobody, and there is NO better use of whatever time you’ve got left than to dance!”

Alexa Perl is one of house music’s freshest new faces, although her passion for the music began as far back as she can remember.   Growing up in Los Angeles, even as a little girl she was dancing and singing along to house records, while her friends and classmates watched on in bewilderment.  Although not even her family of house music enthusiasts could have predicted that after a stint living abroad in Europe, and one particularly memorable dance floor moment in Ibiza, Alexa would decide that she wanted to be a DJ.  Fast forward a few years, and Alexa Perl has just released her debut single, Give Me More . . . and by all accounts has every intention of giving us more, with other tracks already in the pipeline and a string of gigs in the calendar.  In this podcast we hear where this passion comes from, how it led to a dramatic shift in the course of her career path, and why being a girl in the DJ space means so much to her.  It seems like it’s only a matter of time before everyone is going to be saying, ‘Hey Alexa . . . play Alexa Perl.’

Paul Gardner is a DJ and producer who has devoted the past three decades to house music, perhaps best known to some as one half of the globetrotting DJ/production duo Soul Avengerz who shot to worldwide fame in the early 2000’s. MiNNA is an exceedingly talented young DJ at the start of her career who’s been making some pretty big waves in the clubbing scene lately, and it’s just a matter of time before she finds herself at the forefront of a new generation of superstar, globe-trotting DJ’s. That is of course, if Paul’s crazy stories about his far-flung adventures on tour don’t scare her into taking a sensible, dependable 9 to 5 job somewhere close to home. Let’s hope not, but you’ll have to tune in to find out.

The disco era was a time of enormous cultural and social upheaval, alongside the hedonism and glitterballs that came with the rise of club culture.  Gay rights, civil rights, women’s lib and the Colombian cartels were all  the epicentre of this seismic shift being played out at NYC’s now-infamous Studio 54 nightclub, where an unprecedented cross-section of diverse communities, colours and creeds came together on the dance floor and created a spark that became a fire.  In this podcast Peyton sits down with world-renowned photographer Bill Bernstein, to chat about his iconic documentation of Studio 54’s glory days (or rather, nights!), and his deeper interest in observing the tribes and trends that helped make NYC’s nightlife in the late 70’s the stuff of legend.

You'd be hard pressed to meet a working musician in the UK who hasn't at some point or another worked on a project, been on a tour, or crossed creative paths with Mary Pearce - known to some simply as Fierce Pearce, and to othhers as the Queen of studio and backing vocals, given that she has lent her voice to so many incredible projects, recorded BV's for and/or toured the world with some of this generation's most iconic artists. In this podcast, Revival chat with Mary about her extraordinary career, and hear stories of the ups and downs that have come to define the much-respected artist she is today, whilst also discussing her involvment with Revival as the vocalist on our new single - a dance floor reimagining of Al Green's 1976 classic, Take Me To The River.

Revival sit down with one of the UK's living legends of house for an insightful talk about the incomparable impact DJ/producer Danny Rampling had on the British dance scene. From his legendary Shoom events, to his undisputed status as one of the pioneers of acid house and a forty-year career as one of the world's biggest and best-loved DJs.

Revival meet up at the local pub for a pint and a chat with one of the UK’s favourite  soul singers, Imaani, to discuss her collaboration on their latest release, Best Of My Love, and find out what she’s been up to ever since coming in second for the UK in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.