The highly anticipated EP from Pangaea has finally dropped on Hessle Audio. Pangaea has been one of our favourite producers here at Pejhy since his 12″ Router dropped back in 2008. On the Pangaea EP he simply displays more of what we love, which is his purity of sound. The majority of the release continues in the style we have come to love through previous tracks such as ‘Router’, ‘Bear Witness’ and ‘Memories’; switching effortlessly between rich instrumentation with skilled musicality and rolling grooves trapped in an atmospheric zone between dubstep and house, textured with deep, soulful vocals.

The EP does, however, also demonstrate Pangaea’s versatility as a producer. ‘Dead Living’ features an abstract beat which makes the intro to the track reminiscent of Four Tet circa ‘Rounds’ and ‘Neurons’ is a true lesson in how to make a dark and hypnotic dubstep track. A reminder of the aspirations of the original scene.

Featured here we have the opening track to the EP ‘Why’. The greatest joy i get from this song is the relentless vocal loop, repeating continuously through the whole middle section of the track, but never tiring, subtly increasing the intensity and inciting excitement.

Pangaea – Why