Pangaea, AKA Kevin McAuley, has been at the cutting edge of electronic music as a producer and DJ for a decade and a half. He’s maintained a magnetic output that derives its energy from a synthesis of the familiar and the futuristic, with his 2023 album on Hessle Audio, Changing Channels, serving as the latest example. Expansive references from his long-time engagement with disparate UK dance music cultures intersect with relentless rhythmic exploration and an appetite for the experimental, delivering an undeniable dancefloor impact and upfront immediacy. In his DJ sets, and in the productions they inspire, genres combust, collide, and cohere, creating entirely new innovations in their wake. 2023 marks 16 years since Pangaea’s first release on Hessle Audio, the boundary-pushing label he co-founded with Pearson Sound and Ben UFO, and Changing Channels represents some of his most intentional, club-ready work to date. It’s a jolting reminder that functional doesn’t mean complacent. The title suggests a transition, and Pangaea, now based in South London, is indeed testing out a few different remote controls. Still, the LP sits firmly within his ongoing reputation as a producer of assertive, grooving tracks on Hessle and his own imprint, Hadal, which have found frequent play on dancefloors worldwide.