Biography
30 July 1960, Dartford, Kent, England. Certainly one of the most high-profile personalities in UK dance music, Tong has been described by some as the most powerful. This is perhaps because of the range of activities in which he is involved, head of ffrr Records, among the world’s top 10 club DJs and host of the hugely popular Essential Selection show on the UK’s BBC Radio 1. This gives him tremendous influence in determining which tracks transfer from the club scene to the national charts and often international success. He also runs his own imprint, Essential Recordings, and releases mix compilations for the Ministry Of Sound and Cream. His distinctive tones and streetwise turns of phrase represent the popular voice of commercial dance music. Tong grew up listening to funk and soul artists such as Funkadelic, James Brown and Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King and played his first gig as a DJ at the age of 15 at a wedding. Naturally...
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