 Recorded during Davis' electric period, the album captures the second of two concerts he performed on February 1, 1975, at Osaka's Festival Hall.As with the first concert (captured on the 1975 album "Agharta"), Davis led a band featuring guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas, saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, and percussionist James Mtume.Both "Pangaea" and its predecessor "Agharta" were recorded on February 1, 1975, in Osaka, Japan, at the Festival Hall.