We are only days away from Pete Tong’s official kick off to his Ibiza Classics tour with the Heritage Orchestra that will include stops in Australia, London, Hollywood, and more. With that being said, the veteran producer has announced an accompanying album, Ibiza Classics, which will be released December 1st by UMe on CD, vinyl LP, and digital audio.
Ibiza Classics is the follow-up album to Tong’s highly successful 2016 album, Classic House, which brought his unique concept of incorporating an orchestra with classic dance music to life. The latest album includes 15 tracks with the Heritage Orchestra, directed by Chris Wheeler and conducted by Jules Buckley, and features an array of prestigious artists including Seal, Craig David, Candi Staton, Jessie Ware, as well as up-and-comers Becky Hill and Raye.
Tong went on to describe the production process:
The bulk of the Ibiza Classics album was recorded at producer Mark Ralph’s studio in west London and programmer Dennis White’s studio in Putney. “They were like the Creative Control Centres of the thing,” says Tong. “Last time it was performance first, record second, but this time I started the project from a programming and arrangement perspective with Mark and Dennis. Then we had the Heritage Orchestra’s band going into the studio and playing on top of what we did and adding in the live elements.” For the final piece of the puzzle, Buckley arranged the tracks for the wider, 65-piece Heritage Orchestra, recording with them over five days in London’s Air Studios.
Although Ibiza Classics will not be released until December 1st, it is currently available for preorder. Get a sneak peak of the record with “Sing It Back” featuring Becky Hill and check out the full tracklist break down below:
Ibiza Classics Tracklist:
1. Clubbed To Death
2. Galvanize feat. Reggie Snow
3. Body Language feat. Raye
4. Killer feat. Seal
5. Sing It Back feat. Becky Hill
6. You Don’t Know Me feat. Craig David
7. Medley: Running / Finally feat. Jessie Ware
8. Unfinished Sympathy feat. Samm Henshaw
9. Medley: Rej / The Man With The Red Face / Yeke Yeke
10. La Ritournelle feat. Will Heard
11. Promised Land feat. Disciples
12. Grey
13. Out Of Space feat. Assassin
14. One
15. You Got The Love feat. Candi Staton
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