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(01) – Skream – Percression – [Forthcoming 'Tectonic']
(02) – F – Icon – [Forthcoming '7even Recordings']
(03) – Niederflur – Typo – [Minus]
(04) – Micoland – Pitfall Ft. Holly Bretton – [DirtyLoad Records]
(05) – Forsaken feat. Joker & Ben Blackmore – Last Saloon Swagger – [Forthcoming 'Soul Motive']
(06) – Kowton – Drone13 – [Dubplate]
(07) – Kansas City Prophets -Tunneltone – [Dubplate]
(08) – Mike Lennon – Brass Eye (Reso Remix) – [Zaudio]
(09) – Martyn – Vancouver (2562s Puur Natuur mix) – [Forthcoming '3024']
(10) – Ruckspin & Reso – Runway – [Forthcoming 'Ranking Records']

Pangaea (Hessle Audio) – Exclusive Mix ‘ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS’

01. Unknown – Unknown – [Unreleased]
02. White Mice – Youths Of Today – [Basic Replay]
03. Autechre – Parallel Suns – [Warp]
04. Joe – Grimelight [Unreleased]
05. Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip – [Unreleased]
06. Pangaea – Router – [Forthcoming 'Hessle Audio']
07. Ramadanman – Blimey – [Hessle Audio]
08. Pinch – E.Motiv – [Planet Mu]
09. Burial – Forgive – [Hyperdub]
10. Rolan Vega – Surface Clense – [Community Library]
10. Delia Derbyshire – Blue Veils & Golden Sands – [BBC/Rephlex]
11. Disrupt – True Creators – [Werkdiscs]
12. Untold – Sweat – [Forthcoming 'Hotflush Recordings']
13. Spherix – In A Hole – [Unreleased]
14. Pangaea – Coiled – [Hessle Audio]
15. Pangaea – You & I – [Forthcoming 'Hessle Audio']

(11) – Anansi – Trickster’s Dub – [Forthcoming 'Dubkraft']
(12) – Various Production – Hater (Zomby Remix) – [Various Production]

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PANGAEA – You & I / Router
HESSLE AUDIO
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Released: Sep 2008
Catalogue Number: HES006

Seriously sick gear here from one of the post-halfstep crew’s most promising talents, Pangaea with a hugely anticipated 12″ for his Hessle Audio imprint. All eyes and ears have been tuned into the steadily developed and skillfully curated Hessle Audio crew for some time now, with a respected presence online, on the airwaves and with a string of strong vinyl evidence to their name from TRG, Untold and Ramadanman.

This is (perhaps) surprisingly only Panagea’s second outing on wax, with his awesome ‘Coiled’ 12″ from last year sending ripples of appreciation throughout the scene, with much love coming from everyone from T++ to Kode 9 and Blackdown. ‘You and I’ takes the rhythmic backbone of UK garage and inserts flexing steel rods of influence from the motorik mechanics of Berlin dub tech from T++ to Pole and adds the yearning emotion of Burial with the desolate northern melancholy of Pendle Coven for an affecting blend that’s really found a spot in our hearts.

Much the same can be said of ‘Router’ on the flip, another special slab of sliding rhythm syncopations and a velveteen sample dubbed to perfection that can really only be compared to the best work of Artwork, Burial or El-B for purely emotional dancefloor accomplishment. We couldn’t reccomend this 12″ any higher…

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PANGAEA – Coiled
HESSLE AUDIO
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Catalogue Number: HES002

Bare-bones dubstep of the finest kind is the order of the day on this latest Hessle twelve, with “Coiled” displaying the same kind of metallic sound design and crisp production beloved of the Tectonic label and, in particular, Cyrus. Perfectly balanced between the pads at the lower registers and the squashed snares at the top, its the kind of thing that gets better the louder you play it – without a cheesy sample in sight. “Deviant” on the flip is even better, layered strings building the foundation for a bottom-heavy beast of a track dominated by rolling percussion straddling the more creative end of minimal techno. Brilliant stuff – essential purchase.

Look out for:

Pangaea – Router – [Forthcoming 'Hessle Audio']