Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay 1st June 2021

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KHARTOUM ARRIVALS W/ BASMA

Basma shares songs and stories from passings through Khartoum and beyond.

In Focus: Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten – thats pronounced Ein-stuur-zen-duh noi-bau-ten for all you non German speakers – means "Collapsing New Buildings". It's a name that will make sense to anyone familiar with the band, founded in 1980 by Blixa Bargeld and N.U. Unruh. It will make sense with regard to their sonics – often a cacophony of scrap metal, power tools and architectural detritus, ushering in an entirely new genre of industrial music. It will also make sense with regard to their outlook, which was one of ruthless iconoclasm, both for the musical lineage of the past, and the institutions of their present. This two hour mix of Einstürzende Neubauten's best music, selected by 150 Session.

Electro Techno EBM Industrial

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

NenNen
R3
Luke SlaterLuke Slater
When It Twists
Skinny PuppySkinny Puppy
Dead Lines

Alessandro AdrianiAlessandro Adriani
Control Machine (Wsb Vocal Mix)
The SpyThe Spy (CardopusherCardopusher mix)
Exterminated (Cardopusher Remix)
Adrian MarthAdrian Marth (Fabrizio MammarellaFabrizio Mammarella mix)
Disorder (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)
Pablo BozziPablo Bozzi
Efficient Accident
Luc Van AckerLuc Van Acker
Death Disco Luc Van Acker
DJ OverdoseDJ Overdose
Dinges Danges
ScopeScope
The Future (Cybotron Mix)
EquipEquip
Xxxo (Manchester England 1983)
VelodromeVelodrome
На Велодроме 141
Tv.outTv.out
Morning Light
Alessandro AdrianiAlessandro Adriani
Ecstatic Feeling
69 (Carl Craig)69 (Carl Craig)
Poi Et Pas (Original)
Low ResLow Res
Amuck
Antoni MaiovviAntoni Maiovvi
Hypervirility
Steve Rachmad (Aka Sterac)Steve Rachmad (Aka Sterac)
Liteon
Broken English ClubBroken English Club
A Quiet Furnace
Jozef KJozef K
Fallen Metropolis
QualQual
Septic Kiss
DJ OverdoseDJ Overdose
RaZor
PuritanPuritan
Over Sanctuary
TruncateTruncate
The Dawn
Alexey VolkovAlexey Volkov
Ruins
SurgeonSurgeon
Body Request
SurgeonSurgeon
Exhibit (Deep Mix)
RivetRivet
Inside Looking Out
iOiO
Station To Station
Daniel HoltDaniel Holt
Demonic City
June & A-NiJune & A-Ni
Afterlife