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Peter Michael Tong MBE (born 30 July 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. [1] He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records [2] and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals.
"The Essential Mix programme was originally produced by Radio 1 producer Eddie Gordon, who held the post from 1993 to 2001.After receiving weekly mix shows from DJs Tony Humphries [2] [3] [4] and Frankie Knuckles on two-hour cassettes from New York's Hot 97 and KISS [5] [6] 100 respectively [7] in the early Nineties Eddie felt that a Radio 1 weekly show with DJs of different styles of music ...
The talent included the show's host Pete Tong, amongst guests Eats Everything, Sasha, Booka Shade, Paul Woolford, Steve Lawler, Hot Since 82, James Zabiela, Skream b2b Jackmaster, Derrick Carter, amongst other residents of the club. [6] In January 2016, Pete Tong initiated a series of live club-based Essential Mix shows.
FFRR Records (sometimes credited as Full Frequency Range Recordings) is a dance music label founded as a subsidiary of London Records in 1986, with A&R run by the British DJ Pete Tong. [2] Originally a part of London Records' label roster, FFRR is currently a sublabel of Parlophone, a division of Warner Music Group. Its activities were mostly ...
Classic House is a compilation album by English DJ Pete Tong with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra, [1] released on 25 November 2016. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart , marking Tong's first ever number 1 album.
It's All Gone Pete Tong is a 2004 British-Canadian [2] mockumentary-drama film [3] about a DJ who goes completely deaf. The title uses a rhyming slang phrase used in Britain from the 1980s (Pete Tong = "wrong"), referring to the BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong who cameos in the film.
Pete Tong's Global Dance HQ is a long-running programme on the main Radio 1 network, first broadcast in 1991. Currently two-hours in length, the show features new and cutting-edge electronic music from around the world. A regular feature of the show is Tong's designation of one track as the Essential New Tune of the week. This is a significant ...
Essential Mix is a mix album by Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Sasha and Paul Oakenfold (all credited mononymously), released on 23 November 1995 through Tong's FFRR. [1] The album charted on the UK Compilation Chart at position 22, [2] and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013.