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Pangaea “Installation”

A lot of the chopped up vocal samples in dance music tend to be airy and ethereal, like Four Tet flipping bits of singing into pure sensation – essentially ambient and abstract, but obviously warm and human. Pangaea’s “Installation” goes another way, emphasizing the force and cadence of the vocalist but slicing out syllables so words never form. The result is a dance banger where the vocal exaggerates the impact of the beats, and the song has an aggressive attitude without a trace of context. It’s post-language pop, music that’s about pure feeling and physical sensation that provides a major cathartic rush but doesn’t tell you what that catharsis should be about.

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