#101 | Noah Pred (CA|DE)

Coaxing nuanced expression from analog machines and digital possibilities alike, @noahpred has been envisioning the future through electronic music for over twenty years – yet the story of this accomplished producer and DJ continues to unfold. Reinterpreting his signature production style anew, 2018 saw the release of two full-lengths charting the territories between deep space experimentalism, intricate polyrhythms, delicate soundscapes, evocative acid, and hypnotic dub frontiers. The breadth of Noah’s sonic worldview was espoused until September 2019 through his monthly two-hour podcast, IFS. Each episode reveals the depth of his technical approach, the sensibility of a seasoned selector, and the pedigree of a late-night veteran. A two-time Juno Award nominee in his native Canada, a music educator and technologist in his adopted hometown Berlin, an alum of Cynosure, Highgrade, and Trapez LTD, and founder of the acclaimed Thoughtless imprint, Noah is also a DJ whose past residencies at Stereobar in Montreal and Fukhouse in Toronto helped lay the framework for his dynamic yet fluid sets that continue to resonate with diverse communities. A notable newcomer in Canada’s underground scene of the early 2000s, Pred’s distinctive production style earned him a place among his peers with releases on @weareimmigrant, Intrinsic Design, and Consigned Recordings. Driven by the fuel that fired up Thoughtless, Noah relocated to Berlin in 2011, where his creative horizons continued to expand via collaborative projects with @tomclark as @alseimage on @get-physical-music, with @pablo-bolivar on @apparel-music and @biotop-label, with @timxavier on Alphahouse, and with @deepchild as @concubine-berlin. Between his recent solo EPs for @traumraum-kollektiv, @computemusic, and Biotop, his vivid sets of techno, house, and electro, the advanced sound design of his haunting atmospherics, and the ever-evolving scope of his technical capabilities, Noah’s commitment to electronic innovation remains as strong as ever – and in the face of global uncertainty, his utopian sonic narratives have never felt so vital. With a variety of custom generative sequencers constructed for his Manifest Audio sound design outlet due for release in 2020, Noah turns his focus toward the possibilities of sound installation and multimedia work. Stay Rave with #R13! Tracklist: 01 Tuomo Vaananen - Enclose - Ljudverket 02 Unspecial - Everything Melts Into Air - Milligramme 03 B. Riley - Endless Nights - Face To Face 04 Tuomo Vaananen - Strategy - Ljudverket 05 Shielding - Mossa - Wisdom Teeth 06 Dib - Pasam 001.3 - Biotop 07 Annie Hall - Promeses De Fusta - CPU 08 Tracey - Lanthana - Aus 09 Sebastian Mullaert - Dancing With Mr. K - Kontra-Musik 10 Em + Stav - Atmospheric Love - Intergraded 11 A52079 - Glimmer Of Light - DMMT 12 Em + Stav - Inner Space - Intergraded 13 A52079 - Living With It - DMMT 14 Em + Stav - Afterglow - Intergraded 15 A52079 - Everyone Knows Everything (Redemption) - DMMT 16 Sebastian Mullaert - Elegy To The Void - Kontra-Musik 17 Client_03 - Am I Reaching You? - Astrophonica 18 Unknown Artist - A1 - Unknown Untitled 19 Special Request - No Other Way To Say It - R&S 20 Unknown Artist - B2 - Unknown Untitled 21 A52079 - Distorted Views - DMMT 22 Deadbeat & Paul St. Hilaire - Check What Time It Is - Another Moon 23 Russell E.L. Butler - Why We War Dub - Self-Release 24 Zenker Brothers - Who's In Control - Ilian Tape 25 Sebastian Mullaert - Wonderphalt Reprise - Kontra-Musik