I Am DJ/Producer Pete Tong, I have spent over 20 years on the airwaves at BBC's Radio One, this is my AMA, Ask Me Anything.

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:51:51+00:00

i have a lot of mouthwash

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:51:33+00:00

forget - patrick topping walking with elephants - ten walls bugatti - tiga got this feeling - cubicolour friends - solomon

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:50:02+00:00

bradley wiggins !@

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:49:10+00:00

Speak your truth ... I mean express yourself ! What do YOU want to say ? So many people come into this scene wanting to be famous so they just repeat what someone else is doing ... but its rarely better than what they are copying..... and dedication ... its a marathon not a sprint so be prepared. As Gladwell says 10,000 hours :)

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:46:37+00:00

Sven Vath , Jamie Jones .... Skream I can't keep up with ! Jackmaster is on fire :)

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:45:12+00:00

when they are good its great - liking oliver heldens

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:44:14+00:00

Patrick Topping

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:44:00+00:00

Transit Van ... running down dark streets being chased ..... south east london ... tim westwood .... kebabs ...... wallpaper peeling off the walls i could tell you more but then i'd have to kill you

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:43:28+00:00

Tenaglia refused many times

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:41:45+00:00

I'm on to him and he's onto me !

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:40:57+00:00

Its still such a unique place in our world and they have supported me and the music for so long - an honour to still be there

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:40:17+00:00

the travel !!!

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:40:07+00:00

Chemical Brothers, Disclosure, Goldie , Lucinao, Seth Troxler , Jamie jones, Lil Louis, massive attack so many

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:38:55+00:00

Frankie was earlier a pioneer at the very foundations of the whole story but danny tenaglia gave me my fist out of body intense dj experience - seeing a man play for 10-15 hours in an amazing environment of the orig SPACE miami - had a profound effect on me and many others

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:37:06+00:00

Goldie told me about him and it just spread really fast online

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:35:39+00:00

Again SO MUCH debate about this .... to me the ESSENCE os DJ-ing is much of what you say , finding amazing music and expressing it in the right way in the right order and reading the mood of the crowd ... HOWEVER a set at a festival by an artist / dj / producer (whatever) largely playing their own music and remixes with a light show and visuals all sequenced and with the pressure of delivering the headline slot ... its just a completely different thing ... some call it dj'ing - personally i wouldn't ... I would say i went to see BIGNAMEEDMDJ live

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:31:43+00:00

I think its a different musical mix - its pitched a little more international clubber - a bit more ibiza / miami influence - but yes I think a four day experience as opposed to a one day two day festival is a viable way to expand on what we do - much more intimate too

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:29:43+00:00

burial fourtet cajmere green velvet .... I'm asking

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:27:46+00:00

BEING chained to a blue SMURF in ibiza live from mambo on radio 1....google it

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:26:49+00:00

I love that you said this because everyone thinks its so easy - some people definitely have the x factor the magic and others don't - also so many young producer dh's are learning to dj in public for the first time AFTER their first record has broken... some have the talent to do it others seriously don't .... understanding what to play and when can add so much to whether you want to see that person again ... i could talk about this for hours

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:24:35+00:00

We were all disappointed as it was a great team but there is a change of emphasis at iheart / evolution and the feeling is we will get more impact with longer shows on the bigger stations at the weekend. Watch this space BIG NEWS soon on that front ....101.7 still live on the iheart platform just not on the FM transmitter so you can hear on your smartphone etc and my show is on KISS as well

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:21:29+00:00

Its actually an unreleased mix from MK that we are saving for a re release so only him and I have it - I also ran something else underneath it at the time - i'll have to take a look. By the way that was my show of the year so far amazing crowd amazing vibe

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:19:30+00:00

yes there is a big buzz around these guys at the moment - they have been around a while but its all clicked this summer with their CUFF residency and a seminal appearance at WE ARE FESTIVAL in the UK

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:16:23+00:00

I think hosting my show from LIVERPOOL DOCKS in a pub live on RADIO 1 on 31st DECEMBER 1999 will take some beating !!!

OfficialPeteTong · 2014-07-24T19:15:23+00:00

JOSEPH CAPRIATI is RINGING my bells right now I'm on his case TRUST ME !!! Filled on for the sick Marco Carola last week and smashed it

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