NTS regular Silent Servant has been hosting Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay since 12 November 2016. On 29 May 2016, Silent Servant was a guest on Trip Metal; on 2 August 2015 was a guest on Dekmantel 2015; and on 11 April 2014 was a guest on Melon Magic w/ Powell. Silent Servant has been played on NTS over 110 times, featured on 94 episodes and was first played on 16 October 2012.

Silent Servant is the primary pseudonym of California electronic artist Juan Mendez, who produces techno with a heavy post-punk/industrial influence. He first began releasing material as Silent Servant during the mid-2000s, when…