Pete Tong Interview on Dance Music in the US

[keithace]

You obviously know nothing about pete tong or the essential mix or you would show the man some fucking respect...

Do you have any idea what the essential mix meant to me as a baby DJ back in the 1990s? Some of the most epic moments in dance music history have come on the decks on the essential mix. To call him Ryan Seacrest is an insult to all of dance music.

So just shut your mouth. And stop making these dumb ass threads.

[keithace]

https://soundcloud.com/tester231/sas...-may-22nd-2005

[keithace]

Do you have a logical response to his message. He said no, the person he quoted was doing the insulting.. how was he insulting....

I was actually talking to myself...hehehe...

[balakoth]

You obviously know nothing about pete tong or the essential mix or you would show the man some fucking respect...

Do you have any idea what the essential mix meant to me as a baby DJ back in the 1990s? Some of the most epic moments in dance music history have come on the decks on the essential mix. To call him Ryan Seacrest is an insult to all of dance music.

So just shut your mouth. And stop making these dumb ass threads.

Now im going to be insulting.. lol.. Im assuming the headphones couldnt fit on his head yet in 1990 :P

[dj subculture]

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Who do I blame for the hideous thing called scratching then?

Grand Wizard Theodore.

[balakoth]

Grand Wizard Theodore.

Burn him at the stake.. WITCHES>. ALL OF THEM WITCHES!

[backtothefront]

Pete Tong is a stalwart of the dance music scene and has been for getting on for 30 years. He's a legend IMHO.

I think the point regarding 'EDM' is that for many people outside the US it represents the recent explosion of mainstream, top40 dance music, which has been taken on board by the US mass market for the first time. Right from the off money has been thrown at it to create very slick, impressive shows, all very safe and palatable for the US mass market who previously have shown no interest in house music before.

The article was alluding to the complete constrast of the explosions of dance music in the US right now and elsewhere, particularly in the UK, back in the late 80's/early 90's. Then it was very much an underground, edgy movement, rising out of economicalły difficult times - there was a feeling for change about it. The acid house/warehouse parties were often illegal and very much DIY affairs, there was no table service, glamourous nightclubs, no 'rock star' djs, ie a complete contrast to the 'EDM' scene in the US right now, Vegas being a case in point. The banker would be raving next to the traveller, the emerging dance music scene broke down barriers and boundaries, it was a massive cultural change in the UK and across Europe at the time.

Obviously times have changed and its difficult to directly compare the 2 explosions of dance music, but one had big cultural impacts, the other is more about making money out of mass market appeal for 'EDM' right now, oh and looking 'cool' for celebrities.

[djmetalgear]

Guys I'm pretty sure balakoth is just a bored troll. Every thread he posts in, he just replies with total negativity. Id advise to not feed the troll.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

Some very killer sets beyond your typical that essential mix has aired some of the best are in the 90s ..... Snap was great oakenfold in Havana was a killer one I used to have an Archive of them back years ago. Pssst. American and respect essential mix beyond any other show I have heard.

[keithace]

Oakie Havana is a masterpiece of record selection...2 hours of bliss...China is fantastic set also...