the pete tong value set
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whereas for barty he is a complete non-entity. even more than me and Luke. he is simply irrelevant as barty has long since left the dance music discourse behind in his listening, if he was ever part of it to begin with *that doesn't mean he doesn't listen to dance music, he's not in the discourse though*
Leo
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tbf, it's hard to argue against most of what's on these playlists...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005pkk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005v6z
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00061dy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005pkk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005v6z
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00061dy
although 7 minutes in this interview he does get gently cussed out by fab and groove.
mild mannered liberalism from Eden! who'd have seen that coming? :crylarf: 🔫
but there is an illegally tasteful approach in him isn't there? Not the norman jay type sophisticate soul thing but more the kind of not good but not mindblowing middle ground. that's what I want to focus on. should the middle ground be defended? I say sometimes yes mostly no.
but there is an illegally tasteful approach in him isn't there? Not the norman jay type sophisticate soul thing but more the kind of not good but not mindblowing middle ground. that's what I want to focus on. should the middle ground be defended? I say sometimes yes mostly no.
version
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Put the radio on, get the magazine out
And read about the 'Essence of Tong'
Checklist:
I never leave home without:
1. Sunglasses - I wear them all year around, and seem to need them more often, it's a habit
2. Music - cassettes, CDs
3. Palm Pilot - it's my lifeline. I think it's my P.A.'s computer, she rules my diary and I download it
4. Mobile phone
5. Amex card - they made such a fuss about giving it to me but I spend more time getting it turned down
I was in the realm of the essence of Tong
And read about the 'Essence of Tong'
Checklist:
I never leave home without:
1. Sunglasses - I wear them all year around, and seem to need them more often, it's a habit
2. Music - cassettes, CDs
3. Palm Pilot - it's my lifeline. I think it's my P.A.'s computer, she rules my diary and I download it
4. Mobile phone
5. Amex card - they made such a fuss about giving it to me but I spend more time getting it turned down
I was in the realm of the essence of Tong
yeah but it's not bay b kane or bizzy b isit.
or mackenzie brain killer/dilemma erase your mind.
or well, anything on praxis lol, for obvious reasons. this is what I'm talking about it. we all agree that Tong has done his bit and there's nothing to criticise there. but as a value set what are the strengths and weaknesses? if you based your taste around tong's curation? what could be the strengths and what could be the weaknesses?
or mackenzie brain killer/dilemma erase your mind.
or well, anything on praxis lol, for obvious reasons. this is what I'm talking about it. we all agree that Tong has done his bit and there's nothing to criticise there. but as a value set what are the strengths and weaknesses? if you based your taste around tong's curation? what could be the strengths and what could be the weaknesses?
absolutely. that's what I was trying to get at with this thread. what are the strengths and the weaknesses to the gateway approach?
I suppose a strength is that there is always going to be some kind of contemporary flava. in a way he's much, much better than someone like me at reading trends because I'm so dogmatic and ideological. he wants people to dance, if i were playing out, I want to overload peoples neural circuits. my job is easier in that kind of crowd, much harder everywhere else. whereas his job would be much much harder to my kind of people.