Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay 26th September 2017

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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

JASSSJASSS
Cotton For Lunch
Not WavingNot Waving
Redacted 8
Led Er EstLed Er Est
Kaiyo Maru

GrauzoneGrauzone
Raum
Beta EversBeta Evers
Destination Lost
Frank (just Frank)Frank (just Frank)
The Closet Song
LilliputLilliput
DC10
Snowy RedSnowy Red
Sinkin' Down
JASSSJASSS
Weightless
Silent EmSilent Em
Serpents
Nyam NyamNyam Nyam
Fate/Hate
Diseno CorbusierDiseno Corbusier
Golpe De Amistad
Cris And CoseyCris And Cosey
Exotica (12” Mix)
Robert GörlRobert Görl
Darling Don't Leave Me
Alex StarkAlex Stark
GC 4406
DrexciyaDrexciya
Water Walker
UmweltUmwelt
Strange Attractor
Alexey VolkovAlexey Volkov
Unfreindly Nation
Paper Clip People (Carl Craig)Paper Clip People (Carl Craig)
Paper Clip Man
Faster ActionFaster Action
Unreleased D1644
Missing ChannelMissing Channel
Legion Of Hunger
DesroiDesroi
Apathy
DJ SotofetDJ Sotofet
Philip Sherburne, Your Word Should Be Worth More Than The Ignorance Of Pitchfork
DMO (Function)DMO (Function)
Fifteen
Stanislav TolkachevStanislav Tolkachev
Bring
Ben KlockBen Klock (Function, Function, Regis, Regis, David Sumner, David Sumner, Karl O'ConnorKarl O'Connor mix)
Subzero (Function-Regis Remix)
UmweltUmwelt
Nocturnal March
Code 6Code 6
Last Voyage
Liaisons DangereusesLiaisons Dangereuses
Avant Apres Mars
Robert HoodRobert Hood
Museum
Model 500Model 500
The Chase (Smooth Mix)
SurgeonSurgeon
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