S9, Ep3: Pete Tong, DJ | Life and magnificence

This week on Consolation Consuming, Grace is joined by celebrity DJ, King of Ibiza, and namesake of his personal rhyming slang: it’s Pete Tong MBE. Pete is among the most influential figures in dance music; with out him, home music and membership tradition wouldn’t be what they’re as we speak. He’s about to return on the street within the UK along with his tenth 12 months of Ibiza Classics – described as an occasion for the relapse raver. Born in Kent, Pete was raised on basic British 60s fare, and he remembers with fondness tins of baked beans and sausages, and recollects with horror the meals he endured at boarding college. Grace and he focus on wining and eating Run-DMC when he was making an attempt to get them to signal to his label, and what Noel Gallagher’s pet fish might or might not have eaten throughout the wild noughties operating with the Primrose Hill set