Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay 16th November 2021

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ROSS ALLEN

Ross Allen knows music. Mainly new but plenty of old. The broadest range of music that moves dance floors from across the era’s and across the planet. On his regular Foundation Music Specials he invites guests to share their histories and seminal tracks…

IN FOCUS: SONIC YOUTH

Birthed in the playful amateur experimentalism of New York's 1970s no wave scene, Sonic Youth are potentially the definitive American rock band of the post-punk era. From the creative blossoming of EVOL, to their mammoth art rock masterpiece of "Day Dream Nation" to the surprising commercial victory of "Goo", the band continuously bucked convention, and remained in flux creatively up until their unofficial ceasing in 2011.

Techno Synth Pop House

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

Opfer Der HingabeOpfer Der Hingabe
The Victim
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Hrupko (The Bleak Engineers Edit & Cut)
Le Chocolat NoirLe Chocolat Noir
Revamp

Danny WolfersDanny Wolfers
Loch Ness Main Title
LunacyLunacy
Perception
Occult Orientated CrimeOccult Orientated Crime
Just A Clown On Crack
Iron CurtainIron Curtain
One December Day
Naked LunchNaked Lunch
Slipping Again
The Ne-21The Ne-21
Jack Isidore
QualQual
Take Me Higher
AdonisAdonis
Lost In The Sound (Lost Mix)
Timothy J. FairplayTimothy J. Fairplay
Messengers Of Deception
Common FactorCommon Factor
In To
ReikoReiko
Slowtrack
Diana BertiDiana Berti
Spider Pit
SimulantSimulant
The Purpose Of Simulation
Silent ServantSilent Servant
Solitude Illuminated
QualQual
Septic Kiss
Soft CrashSoft Crash
Dressed To Kill
St. TheodoreSt. Theodore
Machine Learning
Larionov, Larionov, SheepraySheepray
Fashion & Style
Tom CarruthersTom Carruthers
FX Under
Steve Rachmad (Aka Sterac)Steve Rachmad (Aka Sterac)
Liteon
Juan AtkinsJuan Atkins
I Love You
Steve PoindexterSteve Poindexter (Function, Function, Jerome SydenhamJerome Sydenham mix)
Computer Madness (Function vs. Jerome Sydenham Remix)
Sophia SazeSophia Saze
Curtains
Hector Oaks, Hector Oaks, CädencyCädency
I Learned That On The Street
ExterminadorExterminador
The Gentle Kind
Underground ResistanceUnderground Resistance
The Final Frontier (Nomadico Edit)