Taken from the arcane taoist term for ‘refined energy’ or ‘depth’, Shen is Noah Pred’s outlet for low-tempo explorations of forward-thinking computer music.
Producing dance music and performing live for the past ten years, Noah Pred emerged from Vancouver’s underground as a sought-after Techno DJ with a sophisticated sound and unique style. Devoted to authentic and soulful strains of Techno in all its permutations, Noah’s sound continues to evolve while remaining firmly driven by the dancefloor.
Shen emerged as a new production project by Noah in 2004 and has taken his music in many new directions, honing his craft through sets performed alongside the likes of Monolake, Deadbeat, Shulman, Lusine, and Bluetech, his unique interpretation of the downtempo genre rapidly evolved into a distinctly recognizable sound. incorporating elements of Electro, Dub and Minimal Techno.
Some of our favorite takes / remixes of tracks from the ill.Gates album ‘Autopirate’, including contributions from Shen / Noah Pred, Stephane Vera, Si Begg, Knowa Knowone and Ribotto.
ill.Gates is a Toronto-based composer, performer and educator. Over the past 15 years, he has established a global fanbase and a reputation as one of the most dynamic electronic music artists around. He regularly tours across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Gates has headlined at such festivals as Burning Man, Shambala, the World Electronic Music Festival and the New Orleans Jazz Festival.
His first full-length release, Autopirate (Muti Music, 2008), reached #1 on many esteemed charts; and continues to sell strongly. Many of his contemporaries cite Gates (aka The Phat Conductor) as a key artistic influence and inspiration in their music. While on tour, Gates frequently teaches workshops to grateful and attentive audiences, in which he shares his highly effective approach to producing quality finished music as well as insights into the mentality and strategies necessary to succeed in the music business.
Lost Hopes continues where his past successes left off but adds the recent influences of Glitch Hop and Dubstep into Shen’s production style. The EP is stylistically suitable for those introspective moments at home as well as a good ‘techno inspired’ bounce on the dancefloor.
Shen also has tracks that have appeared on ‘Leftcoast Liquid Vol. 1′, ‘Floating Point 3′ and Various Green Samurai Clan compilations, his previous full-length album, ‘Outlines’ was released in December 2006 on Native State Records to high acclaim.