Pete Tong...got it wrong....TWICE
My whole Holiday was built around the Radio 1 weekend, and the two days at Punta Es Moli were wicked..but this was mainly down to two things, Tongy only played a couple of tracks, and everyone there was there to see a group of people and not just the man himself...
But that all changed on Firday night at Pacha, it was a shame, cos he had to follow and absolutely wicked set by David Guetta (man of the momoent out in ibiza if you ask me), he played a blinding set, and even tho the club was absolutely rammed (to bursting point) he kept the crowd entertained at all times, he picked us up, dragged as along, then found even f***iner tunes to throw us all around the room and he really seemed to be enjoyinjg himself as well......but true to form, Pete Tong Got It Wrong.....he played for himself, hardly made any crowd interaction at all and played what I can only describe as a very mediocre set. You could tell it wasnt going down that well cos the club was still rammed at the ned of Guett's set, but as soon as Tong started playing, it got emptier and cooler at, not a terrible thing as it was hot as hell in there, until at the end of the night, there was a crowd there who were only there cos they were big Tongy fans.
So the night ended on a couple of very poor tracks if you ask me...the guy has no flar when he plays live, he played a couple of dodgy tracks if you ask me, some Nirvana mix, another Coldplay remix...and yes you guessed it...the U2 track again.....all in all, the guys I was there with (6 of us in total) werent at all impressed and were all a bit gutted we hadnt left after David Guetta...but not to worry we thought...Tong played a wicked set at Space on the Terrace the year before (finishing on U2 as said on forum earlier...doesnt he have any new records for Gods sake) so he had all to play for and we were sure it was gonna be a good one.
So Saturday came and went, Punta Es Moli again for Seb Fontaine (who was wicked) then on to Pin Up for a fantastic night, Lottie, Guetta again, Emmerson and Tim Deluxe...a great night, and the cheapest of the holiday...Ending the night at El Devino's was great...and wow, what a club and what a view.
Sunday...the day had arrived, space was upon us and we made our way down there at11am to get the whole day in....as said in other posts, everyone leading up to Tong was great, and Groove Armada's set was great....some top tunes and the energy in the room was amazing....
And then there was Tong........granted he played the last set, and yes they do have to adhere to local noise polution levels.....but oh deary me....started of with a few dodgy mixes, and some very week tunes...and believe it or not a lot of people were stadnign around with there arms crossed waiting for something special...that didnt happen im afriad....bad mixing turned to worse mixing, people complaining that they couldnt here a thing..and even a guy in the crowd holding up a digital place reading "TONGY IS A TWAT" which changed shortly after to "TONGY IS A LAZY TWAT", and then the night was wound down with U2 and a new mix of Plastic Dreams, awesome track, but it was a case of far too little far far to late. I woudl be very surprised if this guy is invited back again to play the terrace,...and if he is I defintiely dont think it will be for the last set.....
Plenty of young kids saved for a long time to get out to Ibiza jsut for this one weekend a year....I know that is why me and my mates were there...and one of the main guys we went to see ended up playing mediocre uninspired sets that were what you would expect from a newbie bedroom DJ, not a world renownded radio DJ and somebody who is supposed to have inspired the scene......all it would have taken was a couple of massive tunes...be them brand new or not, and the crowd would have been whipped up into a total frenzy, they could have been a couple of old classic...and not U2 again...cos he may have torn up the Terrace with it last year...but people into the scene want to hear new freash stuff...and at least new mixes. I for one wont be hurrying to see ther man himself moving forward....maybe he should jsut stay in his studio at Radio 1 and have his teem sort him out....cos I dont think he is worth anythign else anymore...don't get me wrong, I have seen this guy play some amazing sets....but maybe his time has passed
its just amazing a guy like him gets the opportunity to close the terrace.
