Pete Tong - Essential Selection [Moonshine]

The ever-steady Pete Tong kept his Essential Selection train on track in 2003 with a stateside edition for Moonshine that was inspired by his summer in Ibiza. While it's tempting to automatically lump this edition in with the innumerable other Essential Selection mixes Tong recorded over the years (usually in conjunction with ffrr in the U.K.), that'd be a mistake because there's nothing generic about this particular edition in terms of music. Sure, back in the '90s Tong was a so-so DJ with all the right connections, but circa 2003 he'd become a force to be reckoned with and truly deserved his lofty billings -- he'd improved his mixing over the years and become more liberal with his track selection, at times eschewing the obvious for the obscure. Read More