FuzzY-LogiC Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 20 years of Pete Tong... Notice how Tong is set to do an essential mix... for the first time in many years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 I referred to this in another thread earlier today. The guy is a legend - long may he continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Yeah he was the soundtrack to my teenage years and 20's when I was warming up at home and deciding what to wear out, and even when I worked late I'd listen to Tong ( and Jules) and wish I was I going somewhere good. Quite an amazing stint really isn't it, 20 actual years and staying steady throughout. There's a few tunes I remember hearing on Tongs show, and so remind me of him. Born Slippy being one of them. His first ever Essential Mix is on Radio 6 tomorrow at 3, I'll bloody be at work. Big up The Tong I say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkybarkid Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 His Essential Selection cd (the yellow one) from 97 is timeless. I still go back to it time after time. Think it's the first mix cd I bought, and I never tire of it even after all these years. Gone a bit too 'experimental' for me recently, but still an absolute legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 i was working last night and only caught parts of this. Does anyone know where the shows have been uploaded too? I want them for the collection, so i need to download them. I can only find them on alldj.org, but they now force you to sign up for a premium account at filesonic before letting you download anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 His Essential Selection cd (the yellow one) from 97 is timeless. I still go back to it time after time. Think it's the first mix cd I bought, and I never tire of it even after all these years. Gone a bit too 'experimental' for me recently, but still an absolute legend. Back in 97 I was in woolies and i was picking between that album and inthemix97 part 3, glad I chose Tong!, still own it too All of Tongs shows are on iplayer, as helpful as that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_k Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 if anyone aint heard the latest essential mix he's done, listen to it, its bloody fantastic!! classics sampled, along with film dialogues http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zqgtv Essential Mix Intro A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray (Tong & Rogers Edit) [Warlock Records] LaTour – Blue (Nush Me Club Mix) [blunted] React 2 Rhythm – Intoxication [Jackpot] Leftfield – Not Forgotten [Hard Hands] Ruffneck – Everybody (feat Yavahn) (Acapella) [strictly Rhythm] Lil’ Mo’ Yin Yang – Reach [strictly Rhythm] K-Scope – Planet K [Tribal] Phonique – 99 And A Half (Feat Alexander East) (I Cube Remix) [Dessous Recordings] Green Velvet – La La Land (FK Dub) [Credence] Garbage – When I Grow Up (Acappella) [Mushroom Records] Miss Kitten – Golden Shower [City Rockers] Victor Calderone & Matt Quayle – Resonate Ethan – In My Heart (Dub) [back Yard Recordings] Spektrum – Kinda New (Tiefschwarz Mix) [Nonstop Recordings] Jimi Electric – Baby Come Down (Deadguys Instrumental) Moby – Go (Part) [Mute Recrods] The Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea (Part) [Jumpin’ & Pumpin’] UNKLE – Reign (feat. Ian Brown) [Global Underground] Orbital – Halcyon On + On [FFRR] Underworld – 2 Months Off (Part) [Junior Boys Own] Hysterix – Talk To Me (Sasha Mix) [Deconstruction] Untitled – Unknown Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey (Acapella) [Defected] Shakespears Sister – Black Sky [London Records] Lil’ Louis – I Called U [FFRR] Halo Varga – Future [Hooj Choons] Continuous Cool – Automatic [FFRR] Der Dritte Raum – Hale Bop [Virgin Schallplatten] Funk D’Void – Diabla (Funk D’Void’s Heavenly Mix) [soma] Sander Kleinenberg – My Lexicon [Combined Forces] Underworld – Born Slippy Nuxx (Drums) [Junior Boys Own] The Chemical Brothers – The Private Psychedelic Reel (Tong & Rogers Re Work) [Freestyle Dust] X-Press 2 – Kill 100 (Tong & Rogers Re Work) [skint] The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows (Tong, Rogers & Vasco VIP) [Parlophone] Orbital – Belfast [FFRR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 On paper It doesn't look that exciting really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I think it looks Tong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Having now listened to it, it is indeed superb and timeless, a few things to point out, Its the Dub Extravaganza pt2. version of Black Sky played, along with I Called You being The Conversation. Also Fk's Dub of La La Land didn't come out on Credence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 On paper It doesn't look that exciting really. I would say it look's pretty awesome on paper... Extremely well thought out and structured, a fine approach indeed. Moby, Underworld and X-Press2... I'm going to check this out. Do notice your other comment saying it looks great - keen to hear this - this will whack this on the iPod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 It is epic. This is the best essential mix from the last 2-3 years easily. That rework of Voodoo Ray is noice, Tong & Rogers have wonderfully updated that bassline. This is just superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Tongs shows were goldmines for the tunes for many years... combined with Jules's heyday in the years straddling the millennium, you had 5 hours on a Friday night where it was difficult to turn the radio off as you might miss a good tune! How often can you say that today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Tongs shows were goldmines for the tunes for many years... combined with Jules's heyday in the years straddling the millennium, you had 5 hours on a Friday night where it was difficult to turn the radio off as you might miss a good tune! How often can you say that today? The classic Tong & Jules combo on a Friday is what got me into dance music in the first place. Seminal times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I was already into Dance music but it almost seems like Tong was there since the dawn of time, and in a good way too, I can't actually remember pre-Tong Friday evenings. I think maybe he coincided with me purchasing a massive Sony hi-fi for my bedroom and altho I mostly listened to Kiss100 I still had Radio one on a Friday night. Good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 The classic Tong & Jules combo on a Friday is what got me into dance music in the first place. Seminal times Definately! Rampling & Jules was also good on the Saturday too - although I always felt that Rampling would have been better before Jules, but hey, who cares. Then there was Pearce to round things off an a Sunday. Not to forget the outside broadcasts too. Radio 1's dance line-up at its peak that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkybarkid Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Definately! Rampling & Jules was also good on the Saturday too - although I always felt that Rampling would have been better before Jules, but hey, who cares. Then there was Pearce to round things off an a Sunday. Not to forget the outside broadcasts too. Radio 1's dance line-up at its peak that was. When I first started listening to R1, my mate was a big Danny Rampling fan and gave me a few tapes to have a listen to see what i thought. I said she was ok, not brilliant. He couldn't figure out where I got she from, and I said well it's clearly a woman, and you can have Dani with an 'i' for a woman. Turned out his tapedeck was banjaxed and recorded everything at the wrong speed and played back a good bit faster! Took us a month to twig as he'd just listened to the show live, never the tapes. He just thought I knew some bizzare sounding women!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I used to do a lot of swimming, with most competitions on Saturdays for obvious reasons. The evening sessions would always run from about 6-8. I'd have Jules on in the car on the way to the pool, the walkman with Jules on during the event (when I was waiting to swim obviously) and then Rampling on the way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Did anyone see and hear the show of Pete Tong's A-Z? BBC R1 say: "On Friday 8th April, BBC Radio 1 is celebrating dance music legend Pete Tong's two decades at the station with a night of programming dedicated to his outstanding broadcasting career." He went through the entire alphabet and his entire collection (apparently some unknown storage place in London) and pieced together a whole list of tracks spanning his entire memory and upbringing. The method of deciding on some of the letters was a little weird in places, for e.g. deciding on Track F because the artist was French! Guess that shows his amazing insight into the tracks that he was so desperate to play. I recently checked out the podcast which was with Pete and Rob Da Bank and it has got me thinking of doing my own A-Z... Hopefully I will when I get a chance Anyhow, here are the tracks played - thoughts!? Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It (Boilerhouse Mix) [Jive] Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side of Life [Virgin] Prince – Controversy [Warner Bros] Dillinger – Cokane In My Brain [bellaphone] EPMD – Strictly Business [Fresh] Serge Gainsbourg – Initials BB [Mercury] Roy Budd – Main Theme (Carter Gets A Train) [Cinephile] Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo [Hotflush] Goldie – Inner City Life [FFRR] Depeche Mode – I Just Can’t Get Enough (Live At The Pasadena Rose Bowl) [Mute] Kate Bush – Cloudbusting [EMI] Jamie Principle – Baby Wants To Ride [FFRR] Malcolm McLaren – Buffalo Girls [Charisma Records] Paul McCartney & Wings – Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five [Apple] Black Sabbath – Paranoid [Vertigo] Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset (Tong & Rogers Sonar Mix) [White Label] The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter # 23 [A&M] Roxy Music – If There Is Something [island] Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Hand Covers Bruise [The Null Corporation] T. Rex – Children of the Revolution [EMI / Reprise] Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full (Derek B Urban Respray Mix) [4th And Broadway] Benoit & Sergio – Walk And Talk [Visionquest] One Dove – Fallen [FFRR] The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now [Decca] Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be [i.R.S] Ninjaman & Florigan – Zig It Up [Profile] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ok guys, this has excited me a great deal and was just amazing to listen to. It's given me the desire and motivation to now do my very own "A-Z" of music. I'm going to split this topic since this is where the idea was borne and continue in a new thread... I hope you will join me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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