NTS regular Silent Servant has been hosting Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay since 12 November 2016. NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Silent Servant on 23 January 2024. Silent Servant has been played on NTS over 160 times, featured on 118 episodes and was first played on 16 October 2012.

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…