Pete Tong in Margate

Pete Tong is a British DJ and radio broadcaster, born in Dartford in 1960, whose work centres on house and electronic dance music. He became known through Essential Selection and as the host of Essential Mix, the guest-DJ programme launched on BBC Radio 1 in 1993. The 2015 BBC Radio 1 Ibiza Prom at the Royal Albert Hall placed him at the decks beside the Heritage Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley, recasting house records for orchestra and guest vocalists. That concert developed into Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics, a UK arena production that has included repeated December dates at The O2.

Horse Meat Disco is a British DJ collective founded in London in 2003 by James Hillard and Jim Stanton, with Luke Howard and Severino Panzetta completing the four-person lineup. They play disco and house, drawing on classic records, rarities and contemporary edits. Their recorded work includes the Horse Meat Disco compilation series for Strut and the album Love and Dancing. The collective’s weekly Sunday residency at The Eagle in Vauxhall began in 2003 and established a long-running home for the party. They later played repeated DJ sets at NYC Downlow, the queer nightclub inside Glastonbury Festival.