A respected figure in the music community, Pete Tong has been hard at work to bring dance music to the masses since he first began working in radio during the early 80s. On the back of his new CD release, Essential Selection, ITM's i_have_ADD tracked him down for a quick chat. [more]
Having spent time as a record label boss, party promoter, producer, and radio presenter, after over 20 years in the business club DJing is still Pete Tong's number 1 passion. [more]
As revealed recently on ITM, legendary UK radio presenter and DJ Pete Tong will be visiting Australia this summer, playing in Sydney on New Years Day. Full event details have now been announced. [more]
One of the most enduring names on the UK's dance scene, Pete Tong will return to Australia for the first time since appearing at Heineken Thirst events earlier in 2004 this coming New Years. [more]
All tickets for this Saturday's Heineken Thirst main event at Home nightclub, featuring international headliners Tiesto, Pete Tong, Daniele Davoli and Miss Motif, have now sold out. Home would like to advise that NO further tickets will be available for sale on the night. [more]
Set times for the Heineken Thirst main event at Home nightclub, featuring Teisto, Pete Tong, Daniele Davoli, Miss Motif and more, have been announced. [more]
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Mixmag asked its readers to nominate their top five dance tunes, acts and DJs of the past quarter century. You may be surprised by the results… [more]
What do you get when you combine zombies, electro and litres of fake blood? A new UK movie called Beyond The Rave it seems... features music from artists like Justice, Digitalism, The Black Ghosts and Switch, who are we to argue?! [more]
Pacha brand director Danny Whittle chatted to Skrufff recently about the Ibiza superclub’s plans for replacing Pete Tong on Fridays and revealed that they’ll be continuing as ‘Pure Pacha’ with a rotating line-up of big name stars. [more]
As if promoting that “doof doof rubbish” wasn’t enough, Pete Tong is now being held partly accountable for inciting a mass gate-crash at an 18th birthday bash in Devon, England. [more]
Pacha chief Danny Whittle chatted to Skrufff recently about the widely circulated rumours that Pete Tong is quitting Friday nights at the Ibiza club, declaring ‘since everyone now seems to know I will give you a quote’. [more]
Inverness club chief Ally Macleod has revealed he’s spending £5000 on a private jet to bring Peter Tong to his club Motion this weekend, whisking the Radio 1 star from Stansted to the Highlands venue. [more]
It’s one of dance music’s great opinion-dividers – just how grating is Pete Tong’s voice? A new website has emerged, dedicated to cutting the Essential Mix host out of his own show. [more]
Britain’s hugely influential radio station Radio 1 announced more changes in their late night schedules this week, concentrating their dance music shows on Friday night, leaving Saturdays to be filled with ‘black music genres’. [more]
Pete Tong launched a despairing rant about having to use budget airlines to fly to Ibiza every week, complaining about ‘late departures, overcrowding and trips out of Luton airport’. [more]
Radio 1’s Pete Tong chatted to Skrufff this week about his new Thursday night show In New Music We Trust and said the weekly show will be radically different from the Essential Selection, [more]
Ibiza has always been a Mecca for party people all over the world and with the opening party of Pure Pacha on Friday 9th of June, there's even more reason to immerse yourself in the hedonistic escapism of the white isles. [more]
Radio 1 superstar DJ Pete Tong chatted to Skrufff this week about his upcoming retrospective 'Essential Classics' compilation and reminisced about attending illegal warehouse parties in the 80s, many of which had been raided by the police. [more]
Pete Tong has started championing London alternative arts duo No Bra on his Radio 1 show and in the press, bigging up their fabulously ironic club anthem Munchausen in his latest Essential column in Mixmag. [more]
Dutch trance don Armin Van Buuren launched an outspoken attack against technically incompetent big name DJs this week, suggesting many of them are 'crap'. [more]
Pete Tong revealed this week that he deliberately avoids programming any tracks before he DJs, even refraining from selecting his very first track until just moments before he begins his sets. [more]
DJ magazine branded Pete Tong an 'old codger' and 'trainee senior citizen' in their latest issue and further ridiculed the Radio 1 superstar DJ by claiming he suffers from an 'inability to mix coherently'. [more]
Radio 1 will be broadcasting a special edition of Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Christmas Eve this year, though Radio 1 Executive producer Matt Priest insisted the move doesn't mean she's being groomed as the new Pete Tong. [more]
Winner of the second of six Asian Heineken Found@Thirst semifinals announced--makes his way to the grand final at Zouk Kuala Lumpur [more]
Heineken's Found@Thirst introduces Asia's First and Biggest Regional DJ Showdown featuring Judges and headliners Pete Tong, Miss Motif and Danielle Davoli [more]
Radio One dance guru Pete Tong outed himself as a closet rock & roll fanatic this week, listing seven out of ten rock bands amongst his all time top 10 albums. [more]
Radio 1 Executive Dance producer Matt Priest chatted exclusively to Skrufff this week about the major line-up changes taking place on the station from July and re-affirmed the station's long term commitment to dance music. [more]
On a night where there was too much to choose from on the Sydney clubbing calendar one event promised more than others. This was clubbing on a grand scale with two well known internationals and some of the finest locals doing their bit for a night of dance bliss in an intimate club environment. [more]
I approached the prospect of reviewing Pete Tong’s new compilation with some trepidation. After all, this is the man whose own name is rhyming slang for it all going wrong! [more]
Pure Pacha 2007 is the latest double disc compilation to come from the legendary dance music label, Pacha. In its 5th year, Pure Pacha has gone from strength to strength, with this latest release 31 tracks of upfront slamming house music. [more]
by cruisysloth on October 11th, 2006
Pure Pacha Volume 3 mixed by Pete Tong & Sarah Main is a devastating representation of the White Isle that is Ibiza and it's near iconic Pacha nightclub. A 2 disc compilation that brilliantly fuses together house and electro, with devastating results [more]
Pure Pacha is everything its title and logo suggests - a well-rounded compilation that pairs the anthems and the under-the-radar rarities. [more]
If you're planning on attending at least one pool party this summer - and by the looks of the weather today I'd say there's a good chance of that - make sure you pick up a copy of this disc on the way. [more]
...the truth is, this is little more than absolutely dedicated, 24 hour a day, soft European porn. Thank god for the brilliant commercial sensibilities of one Pete Tong. [more]
If you can live with the small glimpses of Ibiza shtick on this mix then you'll find it to be a rewarding selection of tracks that Pete Tong has thrown together from the comforts of his holiday abode. [more]