Pete Tong’s in the mix for a journey through the year’s biggest dance hits

Even while COVID-19 plunged clubland into unprecedented straits during 2020, the music kept coming. Producers and DJs responded with defiance and invention, recognising that dance music could be an escapist tonic for our times. It’s no surprise then that this special mix of Ministry’s yearly digest of the biggest hits and brightest new talent is packed with shots of instant euphoria (Franky Wah’s “You Don’t Know”) alongside nostalgic beats to transform living rooms into the White Isle (John Summit’s “Deep End”) or a Chicago dance floor (Jayda G’s “Both of Us”). It was a year that taught us that isolation needn’t be a bar to collaboration, and link-ups between CamelPhat and Jem Cooke, plus Paul Woolford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax, contribute to the star wattage of a collection that’s been expertly mixed by UK dance godhead Pete Tong.