Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay 4th February 2017

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Sounds of the Dawn is a monthly two hour session through new age, ambient, environmental, meditation and relaxation cassettes from the seventies to the nineties. Tune in and zone out.

In the charming village of Sinemorets on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the Veleka River flows gently into the Black Sea, creating a beach surrounded by water from three sides. We’d go there every summer for a day of sun and big waves, and on the way back we’d listen to songs like these.

Dub Techno Electro Techno Minimal Synth Acid 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

Beau WanzerBeau Wanzer
Towed Up (Live At The Hideout, Chicago 2008)
TapesTapes
Nervous Breakdown
John BenderJohn Bender
39A5 Something

SuicideSuicide
Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
ARIISKARIISK
Invasion
INTERVALINTERVAL
Wane
Cabaret VoltaireCabaret Voltaire
Western Mantra
Bakterielle InfektionBakterielle Infektion
Liquid Skies
Formal DefectFormal Defect
Believe In God
Cute HeelsCute Heels
Silence Complot (Original Mix)
Marie DavidsonMarie Davidson
Excès De Vitesse
Crash Course In ScienceCrash Course In Science
Jump Over Barrels Remix
DopplereffektDopplereffekt
Tetrahymena
Danton’s VoiceDanton’s Voice
I Hear The Bells
Die FormDie Form
Presumption (Murray CY edit)
Takeshi KouzukiTakeshi Kouzuki
Whirlwind
Japanese TelecomJapanese Telecom
The Making Of Ultraman
Croatian AmorCroatian Amor
Total Free
Code 6Code 6
Last Voyage
Broken English ClubBroken English Club
Country Life
Li'l LouisLi'l Louis
Frequency (Vocal)
Silent ServantSilent Servant
Dissociation
TapirusTapirus
I Feel You
DJ HellDJ Hell
Diese Momente Werden Nicht Verloren Sein Wie Tränen Im Regen!
KessellKessell
Pentagon
AusgangAusgang
Pteron
FunctionFunction
Isotope
Basic ChannelBasic Channel
Q1.1/III
DJ SotofettDJ Sotofett
Philip Sherburne, Your Word Should Be Worth More Than The Ignorance Of Pitchfork (Generic Mix)
DMODMO
Fifteen