Druckversion des Themas

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 19 Jan 2004, 17:30

Pete Tong @ Ambasada Gavioli

Lineup:

Dance lounge DJs:

PETE TONG
CRAZY LEMON

Mezanine DJs:

JOE MONTANA
ROBERT G ROY

Location:

Ambasada Gavioli
Industrijska cesta 10
6310 Izola, Slowenien

€ntry:

4900 SIT (~21€)
4200 SIT with Flyer (~18€)

Geschrieben von: Kate 20 Jan 2004, 19:59

Jup! Stimmt!!

Pete Tong wird am 28.02.2004 in AG sein Set zum Besten geben!!!



Kalender für Februar von Pete:
7th Feb 2004 - The Syndicate, Blackpool, UK
14th Feb 2004 - Essential Mix, Bed, Sheffield, UK
27th Feb 2004 - The Venue, Canterbury, UK
28th Feb 2004 - Ambasada Gavioli, Izola, Slovenia

Biography:
For Pete Tong, whose consummate involvement in all areas of dance music has made him a genuine household name in the UK, these are exciting times: every aspect of his considerably varied career is currently undergoing either consolidation, change, or creation anew. As a DJ, Tong is enjoying increasing international popularity, especially in the USA, and is launching a residency at Pacha in Ibiza this summer with fellow pioneer Paul Oakenfold. And as a broadcaster who brought dance to the masses via his Essential Selection show at Radio One, he has just agreed a new three-year contract which will keep him on the BBC airwaves through to 2005. The record executive who founded the seminal ffrr label in 1988, overseeing the careers of Orbital, Goldie, Brand New Heavies, Salt n Pepa and Artful Dodger, Pete Tong is returning to his A&R roots with the company. The DJ behind many an Essential Mix compilation, he has a triple CD set Tune In, Turn On, Chill Out lined up for the summer; he has also just assembled the music for 24 Hour Party People.

Such a range of high-profile activities seems a long way removed from Tong's beginnings as a wedding DJ in Kent during his teens. But for all his current fame and acclaim, you'd be hard put to find someone whose progression has been more organic. In fact, in many ways, Pete's story runs parallel to the growth of dance music in the UK.

When he was at school, hard rock ruled the roost, and Pete tried playing in bands, but after seeing a DJ playing actual records at a school disco and deciding "that looked like much more fun," he never looked back. "DJing just seemed to be my vocation." Initially, Pete followed that vocation to Soul Weekenders in otherwise quiet sea-side towns like Caistor and Prestatyn, where he "was always the young boy" who ran with a crowd of old-school DJs known as the Soul Funk Mafia.

His involvement in that scene landed him a day job at Blues & Soul magazine where he soon became features editor and began making appearances on BBC's Radio London and Radio Medway. Out in club land, meanwhile, he quickly learned a maxim that still holds true today: "the only way to do it is to run your own club, create your own scene." So Tong DJ'd a club in Baker Street called [Family] Function, and simultaneously booked bands for a weekend alternative night: the first one he hired was the then-unknown Culture Club.

An ability to explain what was then considered a fringe genre found him presenting a dance music segment on Radio 1's Peter Powell show. But noticing that daytime DJs had no control over the music they played, Tong eschewed national radio opportunities, launching a soul show on Kent's newly-launched Invicta station instead. By this time, his growing reputation for recognising new talent saw him leave Blues and Soul for an A&R position at London Records, a job he has held, in one manner or another, for almost twenty years.

In the mid-eighties, the old guard was swept away, as first the hip-hop and electro sounds from New York, and then house music from Chicago, techno from Detroit and the 'Baleiric Beat' in Ibiza, were embraced by a new set of young London promoters and DJs. Pete Tong and his friend Nicky Holloway DJ'd in Ibiza for the first time in 1986. The following year Holloway went with Oakenfold and Danny Rampling, and upon return to London, succeeded in emulating the Ibiza experience across clubland. The house generation was born.

Tong, in the thick of it all, was hired by Capital Radio to broadcast to the new clubbers, which helped give him the clout to start a 'label within a label' at London. Ffrr Records was born in 1988: hitting the charts immediately with Salt n Pepa's 'Push It', Tong and ffrr became famous for conducting lightning raids on the latest underground hits and propelling them up the charts. "I've been lucky," says Tong. "I grew up at a time when the whole scene exploded, and I worked with a bunch of people for a long period of time who empowered me to be able to change things."

The biggest change came in 1991, when Radio One recognised that it needed to cater for the new, and permanent, youth culture. Pete was hired away from Capital to host a brand new Friday evening show, the Essential Selection, which gave him one of the most influential jobs in the business - broadcasting to the nation's record buying, club-going youth and, unlike his daytime predecessors, choosing the music too.

Tong's success as a broadcaster, clubland DJ and A&R man has been predicated on a precarious but successful balance between credibility - "I look for originality and records with a lot of spirit and soul," - and commerciality. "You can have good taste in your own world and be very obscure," he says of those DJs who ignore the crowd. This means that he's not afraid to drop the hits onto the decks. "People forget it's entertainment," Tong explains. "You've got these DJs coming on, and they'll inflict two or three hours of music on the audience, and sometimes it's torture because it's all unknown. It doesn't really work, and the music they're picking isn't really that good anyway. It's supposed to be fun."

This readiness to entertain, tempered by a constant search for the next big thing, enabled Tong to thrive throughout the 1990s. Ffrr grew from a singles-based label to an album artist's breeding ground. The Essential Selection spun off a show called the Essential Mix, enabling DJs worldwide to showcase their mixing talents on national radio, and together these led to the Essential compilations, with Tong producing several best-sellers himself. In the mid-nineties, Radio 1 sought Tong's advice on revamping their roster, and with the arrival of Judge Jules, Danny Rampling and co. to the national airwaves, the revolution was complete. Success, though, can bring complacency, something Tong is adamant to avoid. "When you're on the radio for so long your audience stays the same age but you get older. The new people come in and think of you as a radio DJ and not a club DJ." Tong's new contracts with both ffrr and Radio 1 allow him more time on the road, searching out new music as he plays across the globe, broadcasting from select cities en route.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/petetong/index.shtml


Respect!!!

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 20 Jan 2004, 20:08

danke dir für die info !!!
aber grmmmml - am selben tag soll auch in ljubljana sehr fetter technoact zu gast sein ...

edit: is eingetragen

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 9 Feb 2004, 19:46

hier nu da big Flyer

p.s. wenn da wer hin will, checkt euch von irgendwo vorher flyers, damit ist doch gleich ein paar euro ersparnis drinnen

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 16 Feb 2004, 19:27

vollständiges line up und Eintrittspreis wurde ergänzt

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 19 Feb 2004, 18:28

um an das ranzukommen hier noch der Flyer.
diesen dann ausdrucken, ausfüllen - am eingang abgeben und schon hat man sich bissi was erspart

p.s. im AG gibts ne getränkekarte und gezahlt wird am Ende. auch hier ist mit SIT zahlen ein gutes Stück günstiger.

Geschrieben von: soundfreak 27 Feb 2004, 03:50

und hier der timetable:

dancelounge
00.00 - 02.00
crazy lemon
02.00 - 04.30
pete tong
04.30 - 06.00
crazy lemon

mezzanine
00.00 - 03.00
robert groy
03.00 - 06.00
joe montana