Following recent releases on Cynosure and Highgrade, Thoughtless chief Noah Pred delivers the first dedicated release for his own label since his Blind Alignments full-length three years ago. Breaking into new artistic territory while retaining his own unique voice, Pred ambitiously explores unambiguously peak-time terrain on the two tracks featured here. Majestic yet playful, Monotasking is a 9-minute love letter to the euphoric lost dance floors of the mid-90′s written in the code of today. Merging hypnotic polyrhythms with quirky swung drums, it’s the harmonically modulated chords that carry the theme, transcending their elusively simple rhythm with an evocative narrative structure that seamlessly guides the flow of the piece before evaporating into the translucent pads of the outro – while the digital-only Acid Chapter Extension reinvigorates the percussion with a sly synth bass towards the end. With an album for Electric Deluxe on the horizon, dub techno maestro Brendon Moeller delivers two remix versions that repurpose the dynamic journey of the original chord line amongst rich analog bass and juxtaposed stabs of his own, pushing the track’s Detroit-based tendencies to the fore while making full use of the narrative potential on offer. Meanwhile, Colorchasm stands as an ode to Pred’s techno roots, massive rolling sub-bass and syncopated rhythms cyclically intertwining with his own dubbed-out guitar work as gritty echoes drift beyond the edges of the short yet expansive breakdown hinted at in the title. Pulling no punches, Monotasking is likely Pred’s most fearless work to date – with no better home than here on Thoughtless…

“Awesome release. And Brendon delivers the goods on his mix – as always.” DANNY HOWELLS, Dig Deeper

“5/5 – PRIMO!!” BROTHERS’ VIBE, Mixxrecords

“Nice one! Full support.” PACO OSUNA, Mindshake

“Support – both mixes sound good.” TIMO MAAS, Rockets & Ponies

“Great dance floor moods, great quality all round!” LAURENT GARNIER, F-Comm

“Nice grooves – liking all of these. Will play, thanks!” SLAM, Soma

“Support! Thanks a lot for the music!” LUCIANO, Cadenza

“Great release. Love the melody and Brendon’s mixes are great as well.” NICK WARREN, Hope


”Buckets of win in every tasty-spoonful. Yes, I just said that.” DEEPCHILD, Trapez


”Wow, positive vibe EP! All tracks are really nice!” JOACHIM SPIETH, Affin


”Brendon Moeller mixes for me – great!” PATRICK ZIGON, Traumraum

“In the last 2 months I’m really in love with Noah’s music. Amazing release. Monotasking Acid Edit and Digital Resketch from Mr. Moeller are my picks here!” ALESSIO MEREU, Poker Flat


”Brendon’s Resketch and the Acid Chapter Edit is very good.” ANDREW GRANT, Circoloco


”Hey, nice music – the Brendon Moeller mix is the one I’ll play for sure.” CHLOE, Kill The DJ

“Monotasking original will be played for sure. Thank you.” DANZA MACABRA, Darkroom Dubs


”Great EP. All about Brendon’s Vinyl mix. Bomb.” ALLAND BYALLO, Bad Animal

“Nice stuff, my fav is Monotasking – will play!!!” JENS BOND, Highgrade

“Colorchasm = a big fuck yes. Awesome!!! Love it. Moeller mix is really nice too.” BRYAN ZENTZ, Plus 8

“Hot release. I like every mix. Very new school yet Detroity vibe. Will play lots.” RENNIE FOSTER, Rebirth

“Really cool release here from Noah. Love the Detroit-inspired take by Brendon Moeller. Entire EP is great! Thanks!” DJ STRYKE, Hallucination


”Cool release. I like the groove/programming of the hi-hats in Monotasking a lot… Colorchasm is also a groover. Well done.” AXEL BARTSCH, Kompakt

“Good tracks as always from Noah.” TYLER STADIUS, Fabric

“Brendon’s reworks are my favourite here.” DJ ISON, Non


”Deep vibes! Feelin’ the Brendon Moeller Vinyl Resketch. Thanks.” DJ NIBC, Trunkfunk


”Both Brendon Moeller remixes for my project MSMS!” MSMS (Broombeck), Plastic City

“Original Monotasking is lovely.” ADELINE, Kindisch

“Great Brendon Moeller remix! I really like the the mood of it and will definitely play it!” MARIO AUREO, Soulfooled

Photograph by Alexander Synaptic · Mastering by Jay Hodgson