Pangaea is one of 3 who run Hessle Audio (along with Ramadanman & Ben UFO), one of my favorite labels in the UK. They've now put out 12 amazing releases, including their own stuff as well as material from Untold, TRG, Joe and James Blake. 3 of those 12 releases have been Pangaea's own, and in the line of downtempo and mellow dubstep (and even reaching over the aisle into techno), these tracks are no less than amazing.
'Router,' 'Bear Witness,' 'Memories,' 'I Can't Stop This Feeling [Pangaea remix]' and 'Why' seem the most solid of Pangaea originals, however since there really aren't that many in total, it wouldn't hurt to post the entirety of Pangaea's discog chronologically.
Coiled (Hessle Audio 02, Nov 2007)
Pangaea - Coiled
Pangaea - Nest
Pangaea - Deviant
You & I (Hessle Audio 06, Oct 2008)
Pangaea - You & I
Pangaea - Router
Bear Witness (Hotflush2 05, Mar 2009)
Pangaea - Bear Witness
Pangaea - Mosaix
Memories (Self-Released, Jul 2009)
Pangaea - Memories
Stop What You're Doing/I Can't Stop This Feeling (Remixes) (Hemlock 06, Nov 2009)
Untold - I Can't Stop This Feeling [Pangaea remix]
Pangaea EP (Hessle Audio 10, Jan 2010)
Here's a decent review of this release on the FACT Mag site. Pangaea - Why
Label of the hour, Hotflush Recordings, has been supplying us with some damn fine material. Mount Kimbie, Scuba, Sigha, Untold, Joy Orbison, Pangaea - what these artists have in common is that their tunes are hard to categorize. The kind where the last 20 comments on youtube are kids arguing about what genre it is, agreeing on something like "new-rave-dub-hop-abilly". But ultimately, all of these artists have a sound that is symptomatic for the label itself. And that's what makes Hotflush so hot. Music that is hard to define, but obviously Hotflush.
Apart from all the sweet releases, they're bringing us a podcast every month from one of their artists. This month's podcast comes from San Fransisco's Jus Wan.
You can also pick up the podcasts directly from the Hotflush website. We're just making your life a little easier!
Ramadanman will be in Boston in 2 days! Bassic booked him at Good Life down in da Chinatownz, and it couldn't be better timing. Not only is it FINALLY a weekend night show for some excellent dubstep, but Good Life has just recently renovated their space. I can't wait to see the new layout - I'm sure it will be magical. Ramadanman comes from North London, and has just finished up university in Leeds. After seeing Mala (of Digital Mystikz fame) at London's #1 Dubstep night FWD>> (at Plastic People) in April 2006, he whipped up a few tracks, got them mastered at Transition and released them himself online. Since then a slew of labels have smartly released his always proper tunes, including legendary SoulJazz, Tempa, Fabric, 2ndDrop, BareDubs, ApplePips and his own label started in 2007 with college buddies Pangaea & BenUFO, Hessle Audio.
Here's a vid from his April 2009 release of Humber (Apple Pips #5):
Here's some promo mixes that you should snag as well. Chock full of amazing tunes - most of them unreleased - these mixes will definitely stand the test of time.
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