this is a good box set with the odd great and rarely heard track but to be perfectly honest i expectad far better from "Moondance". The name has been synonomous with top notch old skool revival events since the mid 90's when ravers like myself were still trying to hold on to that 1992 vibe whilst the scene splintered around us.The first disc in the set dips its toes into the 89 scene but sadly does not deliver with the choice of tunes being mostly chart bangers and none of the shape throwing acid anthems that should be here! The early breakbeat stuff like "5,6,7,8 from "Shut up and Dance" and "Total Confusion" from "Homboy Hippie and a Funki Dred" are the poor rap filled chart presses, other than that the early stuff on disc one is ok but in reality its a very "usual" old skool line up.
Disc 2 reads like a very good if again usual playlist of 92 breakbeat classics and there are some surprises.. the biggest being the inclusion of "Horn Track" by "Egyptian Empire" a rare gem that was played back in the day and a good example of what i would really like to find on these "old skool" comps. Sadly though this disc trips up with the inclusion of "nu rave" remixes of some of the better tracks on the discs. the real let down being the absoloute anthem "Hardcore Heaven" originally by "Seduction" getting the digital boring breakbeat treatment.. sacrelige!
The best disc on here for authenticity is the jungle disc.. no remixes and a pretty good playlist although the latter stages are the same old tunes again, i'm not a huge fan of jungle post 96 but thats just a personal preferance and its fair to say the majority of the tracks on this disc are true to the scene... But.. Unfortunatly it trips up again with a couple of remixes and one is a 96 hardcore tune "Body Slam" thats been remixed and the other is yet another remix of "On a Ragga Tip" whilst both are ok tracks they are far from what i would call "old skool anthems"... more digital filler.
in short this is an ok album and better than some of the other "old skool" comps out there.. you will bop your head to it in the car and the casual "old skool" fan will like it but its not really one for the purists... for a far better "Moondance" cd and one thats true to the scene youd be better off buying the earlier offerings mixed my Slipmatt.