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| Released | 6 October 2023 | |||
| Length | 31:47 | |||
| Label | Hessle Audio | |||
| Producer | Kevin McAuley | |||
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Changing Channels is the second studio album by English dubstep musician Pangaea. It was released on 6 October 2023, through Hessle Audio.
On 16 May 2023, only a few months after the release of the two-track EP Fuzzy Logic / Still Moving Water, the musician released the first single and intro of the album "Installations." With its "chopped-up vocals," the track was created as a nod to his 2011 single "Hex." [1] McAuley shared the news of the album on 13 June 2023. That day also saw the release of two singles: the title-track and "Hole Away," [2] songs that he described as "tried and tested over the past few weeks and months." [3] To the musician, the album felt like it "distilled all the different elements of" his music of the previous 15 years and called it his "most complete record to date." [4] Upon announcing the album, it was seen as a fusion of "bass abstraction with dynamic, sometimes abrasive club frequencies." [5] On 12 September, McAuley released a third single titled "Bad Lines," a "happy hardcore salute" that blends UK dance music "with his own unique brand of world-building." [6]
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [7] |
Writing for Pitchfork , Philip Sherburne awarded Changing Channels the accolade "Best New Music," saying Pangaea created a record that avoids what other mainstream "chart-pop samples" or "Eurodance classics" are guilty of: "a vaguely guilty-pleasure insinuation of getting away with something naughty." Sherburne opined that the album captures "a welcome shift in flow" while being proof that one "can get silly without sounding stupid." [7]
In Resident Advisor , Changing Channels is described as an album that "takes McAuley's deft touch to route-one house, breakbeat techno and happy hardcore. [8]
Pitchfork ranked it the 36th best album of 2023. [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Installation" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Hole Away" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "If" | 5:08 |
| 4. | "The Slip" | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Changing Channels" | 7:14 |
| 6. | "Squid" | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Bad Lines" | 3:50 |
| Total length: | 31:47 | |
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