| It's fair to say that Pete Tong's history is intertwined with the history of acid house and electronic music itself. His career mirrors the story of dance music over the last 25 years. A true renaissance man, Pete has never been about one thing and 2011 represented a significant milestone. The past 12 months has seen Radio 1 hold a special 12 hour takeover on the station celebrating Pete's 20 years on their airwaves, in March he held his Miami Pool Party (with Hawtin, Luciano, Joris Voorn, Riva Starr and others), and he's released two new compilations, Future Underground, (mixed alongside Riva Starr) and All Gone Ibiza '11 (mixed alongside Felix Da Housecat) on Defected. In a year of landmarks, he also launched a Las Vegas residency at Encore Beach Club, re-launched his iconic FFRR label at Warner Music, headlined Glastonbury's dance tent and curated his own tent at the world-famous (and the UK's coolest) Bestival festival, launched the All Gone App and mixed Mixmag's covermount CD to round off the year.
Add to all this his constant touring, production work, remixes, music supervision, film scoring, and a weekly Radio 1 show, and he's without question the busiest man in dance.
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