Dubstep producer Kevin McAuley, known as Pangaea, founded the Hessle Audio label with David Kennedy (aka Ramadanman, Pearson Sound) and Ben UFO. His own Coiled (2007), a 12" of three tense and uncluttered tracks, was the label's second release. Its title track was licensed by Stefan Betke's ~scape label for the compilation Round Black Ghosts, released the same year as the excellent "You & I" (2008), the second Pangaea single. After a single for Hotflush, McAuley issued a self-titled double pack for Hessle that incorporated alternately eerie and sweet vocal samples, highlighted by the heavily echoed diva spotlight "Sunset Yellow." From 2011 through 2013, additional singles followed on Hessle, Hemlock, and Hadal. Release, McAuley's first album, was issued during that span, and so was a dub remix of Depeche Mode's "Should Be Higher." McAuley mixed the 73rd volume of the Fabriclive series, released in January 2014. Full-length In Drum Play appeared on Hessle in October 2016. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi