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Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay

Los Angeles, 14.11.23

With Silent Servant

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 he was a key member of the influential techno collective Sandwell District. Following numerous well-received underground singles, he made a major impact on the techno world with Negative Fascination, his acclaimed 2012 full-length debut. Following Mendez's co-founding of the Jealous God label in 2013, as well as several singles and collaborations with the likes of Marcel Dettmann and Phase Fatale, Silent Servant released his second album, the more overtly EBM-influenced Shadows of Death and Desire, in 2018. 2023 sees Mendez continuing to Play the US and Europe, New releases On L.I.E.S., Tresor and maintaining his sixth year of the Optimistic Decay radio show on NTS.

Tracklist

  • 0:00:08
    Mahlsdorfer Wohnstuben Orchester 
    No Future
  • --:--
    Pure Ground 
    To Severance
  • 0:06:20
    Filmmaker 
    Queen Ov Material Happiness
  • Der Plan
    Arbeit, Liebe, Brot, Einfachheit, Tod
  • Qual 
    How Many Graves?
  • Sarmiento 
    A Todos Tus Muertos
  • Haus Arafna 
    You Don't Believe Me [The Dream You Can Follow]
  • Ministry 
    Over The Shoulder (12" Version)
  • Sarmiento 
    Resistance
  • J&C Project
    Andromedia
  • Sarmiento 
    A Todos Tus Muertos
  • Liaisons Dangereuses 
    Los Ninos Del Parque
  • I-f 
    The Men Who Won't Come Back (Quest Part 2)
  • Filmmaker 
    Spycraft
  • Hoax Believers
    Hula
  • High-Functioning Flesh 
    Confuse The Call
  • General Dynamics 
    Lust & Vanity
  • The Klinik 
    Memories
  • AKTION MUTANTE 
    Controllare Il Sistema
  • Nitzer Ebb 
    Join In The Chant
  • AKTION MUTANTE 
    Decades
  • Das Ding 
    H.S.T.A.
  • Kris Baha 
    In Your Arms
  • Das Ding With Lab 80
    Das Ding + Lab 80
  • Exhibit A 
    Platform 6
  • Interlude
    Unknown Track
  • A Popular History Of Signs
    Crowds (Original 7" Version)
  • Deux 
    Decadence
  • Kraftwerk 
    Electric Cafe
  • Parade Ground 
    Retired
  • Sudeten Creche 
    Are Kisses Out Of Fashion?
  • Unhuman & Petra Fleur
    Mala Vida
  • INRI (Delarge)
    Viaje Al Sol (Silent Servant Rmx)
  • Sound Synthesis 
    Deep Within