All About Pete Tong
Pete Tong: Out with Ibiza, in with Australia
by david_chang on December 4th, 2009
That big ol' granddady of dance music Pete Tong talks to ITM about keeping things fresh, ditching vinyls and why he's looking forward to returning to Australia. [more]
Pete Tong: Presenting his Essential Selection
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]
inthemix's guide to the Queensland party season!
For fifty weeks of the year, we gear ourselves up for the madness of the Christmas and New Year party period. Here's inthemix's ultimate guide to enjoying the silly season in Queensland! [more]
Pete Tong to welcome NYE in Queensland
While it's unfortunate that the Adelaide Alive gig in South Australia went “Pete Tong” for New Year’s Eve - cancelled due to low ticket sales - Queensland can revel in the news that the legendary UK DJ will now be launching 2010 from the Gold Coast! [more]
Adelaide Alive NYE cancelled
It's a disappointing day for Adelaide, as a great event set to launch on NYE has been cancelled. [more]
Win a VIP trip to the Space Ibiza 2010 closing party!
The Space Ibiza brand will be making its grand entrance to Australian on New Years Day, and to help celebrate ITM and the hedonistic lot from over at Space Ibiza will be giving you the opportunity to win your own epic Ibiza clubbing experience. [more]
Sharam voted favourite Essential Mix of 2009
About to descend on Australian shores for the Summadayze national tour, Christmas has come a few days early for Sharam of Deep Dish fame with the news he’s been voted as most popular Essential Mix for 2009. [more]
Pete Tong's Wonderland will return to Ibiza in 2010
Having broken attendance records not once, not twice, but three times throughout the 2009 season of Wonderland, legendary dance music identity Pete Tong has promised an even bigger run of events as he plans his return to Ibiza in 2010. [more]
Above & Beyond do acoustic gig in a hot air balloon
In what sounds like the most awesome gig ever, UK trance legends Above & Beyond have taken to the skies to play a one-off acoustic gig in a hot air balloon. [more]
Pete Tong's US talent search
Could Pete Tong be dance music’s answer to American Idol/X Factor creator Simon Cowell? He might not have the man boobs, but he has got his sights set on exposing new talent across the USA; American Idol stylee. [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]
With a promise of that Ibiza vibe, the Space party comes to Australia, with mixed results. [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]
Various - Wonderland, mixed by Pete Tong
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]
Various Artists - Pure Pacha, mixed by Pete Tong & Sarah Main
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]
Various Artists - Pure Pacha Vol 3, Mixed by Pete Tong & Sarah Main
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]