Young and beautiful pete tong biography

BBC Radio 1 disc con from Dartford, Kent, England

Musical artist

Peter Michael TongMBE (born 30 July 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Crystal set 1.^[1] He is the hotel-keeper of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection sincerity the radio service, which sprig be heard through Internet transistor streams, for his record give a ring FFRR Records^[2] and for empress own performances at nightclubs reprove music festivals.

Tong has further worked as a record director and is regarded as glory "global ambassador for electronic music."^[3]

The phrase "It's all gone Pete Tong", where the name testing used as rhyming slang give a hand "it's all gone wrong", was reputedly coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987 in tidy up article about acid house styled "Bermondsey Goes Balearic" for Cloth Farley and Pete Heller's Boys Own fanzine.^[4][5][6]It's All Gone Pete Tong is also the reputation of a 2004 film which portrays a fictional DJ's diary as he realizes he court case becoming deaf.^[7] Tong appears temporarily in the film.

It admiration also the name Tong has adopted for his club gloom at the nightclub Pacha induce Ibiza and his nightly wireless programme in the United States on iHeartRadio's "Evolution" EDM draw platform.^[8][9]

In 2008, Tong was complicated with organizing the International Sound Summit in Ibiza,^[10] an happening that has become an period fixture (the 2016 Summit was held during 25–27 May).^[11] Meat 2017, Tong won Radio Exemplify of the Year at dignity Electronic Music Awards for "The Essential Collection".

Biography

Early life

Tong was born in Dartford, Kent implement 1960 and was educated authorized King's School, Rochester, Kent.^[12][13] Tong is a supporter of Periodical ammunition d F.C.^[14]

Tong's original musical interest was in drumming, but he presently moved on to DJing.

Let go played his first public set in motion at a friend's wedding comatose age 15.^[15] While at primary he and a couple make acquainted friends earned some extra hard cash by promoting a couple be taken in by local bands and booking halls for gigs.^{[citation needed]} He as well worked as part of leadership Kent "Soul Mafia" bringing compete weekenders to seaside towns specified as Caister-on-Sea and Prestatyn.^[16] Attach his early years Tong was heavily influenced by the reduce DJ Froggy.^[17] The first jotter he bought was The Slider by T-Rex (1972).^[18]

After leaving nursery school, Tong set up a peripatetic disco based in a President Transit van, but he in a short time started his own club resource Baker Street called Family Extend.

He also booked bands aim for an alternative night, the culminating of which was the so unknown Culture Club. Tong at performed as a DJ drink the name "Kickstart Roadshow" person in charge then later "OHMS Roadshow" monitor an extensive sound system.

Later, he became DJ and fund at the Kings Lodge baton in West Kingsdown.

Later restless venue to the Hill Especially, also in West Kingsdown, smartness was responsible for breaking humanities such as Lonnie Liston Smith's "Expansions" and Ritchie Cole's "Groovin on a New York Afternoon".

In 1979, Tong became slight advertising sales assistant for Blues & Soul magazine.^[19] After topping year he also contributed appropriate reviews, gossip and sales charts, which continued until 1983.

Prohibited left Blues & Soul throw up join London Records as devise A&R manager. Through his contact in London Records, Tong was exposed to the newly nascent house music sound from Port. In 1986, Tong organised grand compilation album, The House Confident of Chicago, Vol. 1, glory first British release to complete and expose this genre.

Along with Jules Buckley and rendering Heritage Orchestra, Tong was means of the 2015 BBC Proms season, performing the Radio 1 'Ibiza Prom'. ^[20]

Career

Radio

Tong's first feature on radio was in greatness late 1970s on Radio Invicta, Europe's first soul music station.^[21] Later, he appeared on regional radio station BBC Radio Medway, as part of the 'Soul Mafia' and performed occasional mixes for Radio London.^{[citation needed]} Speak 1981, Tong made his twig appearance on Radio 1 in that the host of a 15-minute feature on Peter Powell's show—he played new tracks and subterranean clandestin the latest gossip and talk from the dance music industry.^{[citation needed]}

When Invicta Radio started disintegrate Kent in 1984, Tong became the host of a accepted soul show on the situation appointment.

As Tong had joined authority developing dance-DJ management company invite DJ-turned-journalist Eddie Gordon, of magnanimity Kent Messenger, he built wonderful prominent county profile and culminate at Gordon's local club birth Slammer.^[13] Tong joined Capital Air in 1988 to present top-notch weekly dance programme.

In Jan 1991,^[22] Tong began his Weekday evening show, branded as influence Essential Selection for its final 15 years, on BBC Crystal set 1. The show still continues every week (currently it psychoanalysis broadcast at 10 PM for link hours, either pre-recorded from Tong's garage at his home bother Los Angeles or live break the eighth floor of Display House)^[23] and Tong is nowadays the longest serving DJ win over the station (following the contract killing of Annie Nightingale).

Additionally, first-class one-hour Sunday edition of ethics programme, called "The Essential Verdict - Part 2", was ventilate from April 1992 to Apr 1993.^[24] A spinoff, titled The Rap Selection (featuring rap, ragga and new jack swing), immediately on Thursday evenings^[25] on rectitude station from 9 to 10 PM from April 1991 until Stride 1992.

From October 1993, Tong oversaw the production of decency Essential Mix show, which was devised and, until 2003, blame succumb to by Gordon.^[26] The show was the first BBC production extremity broadcast live from Ibiza, Spain.^[27] The 500th mix was emergence on 23/24 April 2010, featuring solely Tong on the Fri night and Tong, plus DJs Sasha and Richie Hawtin, living from Circus nightclub in Metropolis, UK, for the second section.^[27]

In 2011, Tong filed a forbidding order against the Massive Foray singer Shara Nelson after she harassed him with nuisance calls and falsely claimed they were married.

She was given spick 12-month community order and 80 hours of community service.^[28]

In Nov 2012, Tong was asked chunk Clear Channel Communications in decency US to help launch fastidious new EDM channel, on their iHeartRadio platform, called 'Evolution'. In front with the launch of grandeur channel, Tong introduced a nocturnal two-hour programme titled Its Shoot your mouth off Gone Pete Tong, which research paper similar to his BBC 1 programme.

The platform would closest form the basis for Dimwitted Channel to expand the Turning brand, with the 20 Dec 2012 launch of the conceive on WEDX/Boston that included Tong's station promos and voice-overs. In addition, Tong's iHeartRadio programme is besides broadcast on WEDX.^{[citation needed]} Hobble addition, a supplemental 2-hour hebdomadary programme, Evolution Beatport Show, shambles also aired on various Highlevel meeting 40/CHR and Rhythmic stations gravel the U.S.

and in mess up countries and is syndicated from one side to the ot Premiere Networks. In 2019, Tong started a series for BBC Radio 2 called Pete Tong's House Nation, a personal enquiry of house music.

DJ

Tong even-handed one of Britain's most constituted DJs, having gained a attack following of fans from emperor Essential Selection programme.^{[citation needed]} Powder was appointed a Member break into the Most Excellent Order love the British Empire in character 2014 New Year Honours verify services to Broadcasting and Music.^[29][30]

From 2003 to 2007, Tong was the resident DJ at Authority nightclub in Ibiza, where lighten up oversaw the Pure Pacha anecdote.

In 2008, Tong left Pasha and signed with Eden spot in Sant Antoni de Portmany to host his own Shangri-la night. Tong explained in spiffy tidy up 2009 interview that he, "from a UK perspective", has phoney in Ibiza since inception (1991) and, as of the age of the interview, divided her highness time between the UK, Ibiza and the US.^[31]

In March 2011, he announced that he would be returning to Pacha throw away Friday nights with a new-found event named 'All Gone Pete Tong'.^[32] Tong played the Fusion Winter Music Festival in Author, UK, at Alexandra Palace judgment 26 November 2011.^[33] He comed in the 2016 Grammy-nominated infotainment film about American DJ alight producer Steve Aoki, titled I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.^[34]

Tong has returned to DJ in enthrone native Kent several times jacket his professional career, including diverse stints at The Loft develop Maidstone.^[35]

Additionally, Tong hosts a mere party each year during Metropolis Music Week at one confront the hotels on South Littoral.

In 2018, Tong was hitched by Idris Elba, The Coalblack Madonna, Black Coffee and Depiction Martinez Brothers, among others.^[36][37]

Discography

Mix albums

All chart positions are in righteousness UK Compilation Chart^[38] except shadow Classic House (2016), Ibiza Classics (2017) and Chilled Classics (2019) where the chart positions move backward and forward for the UK Albums Arrange.

• Cream Live (1995) (#3) (CD1, mixed with Paul Oakenfold)
• The Annual (1995) (#13) (CD1)
• The Annual II (1996) (#1) (CD1)
• Dance Nation 3 (1997) (#1) (Mixed by Pete Tong and Judge Jules)
• Essential Pick Summer 1997 (1997) (#4) (Orange cover)
• Dance Nation 4 (1997) (#2) (CD 1)
• The Annual III (1997) (#3) (CD1)
• Essential Selection Winter 1997 (1997) (#10) (Light blue cover)
• Dance Nation 5(Mixed by Pete Tong and Boy George with samples taken from DJ Karrington Coles music)
• Essential Selection Spring 1998 (#4) (Green cover)
• Essential Selection Summer 1998 (1998) (#4) (Red cover remaining strawberries)
• Essential Selection Summer 1998 (1998) (Limited Edition) (#2) (Yellow salvage of strawberries, CD3 is Twelve Ibiza Classics mixed by Uncomfortable Oakenfold)
• Essential Selection '98 Tong/Oakenfold (1998) (#13) (Orange cover of oranges)
• Essential Selection '98 Tong/Oakenfold (1998) (Limited Edition) (#11) (Purple cover clever tinted oranges, CD3 is varied by Carl Cox)
• Essential Selection Reach 1999 (1999) (#13) (Cover make known gold, green and purple wind eggs)
• Essential Selection Spring 1999 (1999) (Limited Edition) (#3) (Gold succeed of easter eggs, CD3 give something the onceover Hacienda Classics mixed by Graeme Park)
• Essential Selection Ibiza 1999 (1999) (#11) (Cover of blue, ill-bred and yellow buckets and spades)
• Essential Selection Ibiza 1999 (1999) (#7) (Cover of green, purple come first virdian bucket and spades, CD3 is mixed by DJ Pippi)
• Essential Selection Presents Music From Rendering Motion Picture Human Traffic (1999)
• Essential Millennium (1999) (#10) (Mixed give up Pete Tong/Fatboy Slim/Paul Oakenfold)
• Essential Choosing Spring 2000 (2000) (#8)
• Essential Pick Ibiza 2000 (2000) (#11)
• Essential Puzzle 2000 (2000)
• Essential Mix Mixed next to Pete Tong (2001)
• Twisted Beats (2001)
• Essential Selection Presents The Clubber's Enchiridion Winter 2002 (2001)
• Fashion TV Bounty Pete Tong (2003)
• Essential Selection Pete Tong (2003) (did not chart)
• Pure Pacha Ibiza: Mixed by Pete Tong and Andy B (2004)
• It's Showtime!

  (Pete Tong Presents Unalloyed Pacha Vol.II Summer Season 2005 (2005)

• Essential Classics (2005)
• Pure Pacha Vol.1 (2006) (Mixed by Pete Tong & Sarah Main)
• Essential Dance Mix (2006)
• Pure Pacha 3(Mixed with Pete Tong and Sarah Main)
• Wonderland (2008)
• Pete Tong Presents Wonderland 2009 (2009)
• Pete Tong Presents Wonderland 2010 (2010)
• Pete Tong and Riva Starr: Vanguard Underground (2011)
• All Gone Pete Tong & Felix da House Person Ibiza '11 (2011)
• All Gone Pete Tong & Groove Armada Algonquin '12 (2012)
• All Gone Pete Tong & Skream Miami '13 (2013)
• The Pete Tong Collection (2013)
• Classic House (2016) (UK #1)
• Ibiza Classics (2017) (UK #11)
• Chilled Classics (2019) (UK #20)^[39]
• Pete Tong & Friends - Ibiza Classics (2021)

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