Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay 24th September 2019

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Two hours of jit and ghetto-tech anthems from one of Detroit's premier party labels.

I’m in Greece, standing at the mouth of Penteli cave. The air smells of salt and something metallic. Inside, turtles crawl along the walls and ceiling, their shells reflecting scenes from history—battles, feasts, gods laughing. One stares at me, and suddenly, I understand everything—the universe, time, why socks vanish in the wash. The ground shatters. I’m falling—no, I’m on a roller coaster, twisting through the sky. The track is made of gold and marble, looping through clouds shaped like gods’ faces, past an upside-down Parthenon floating like a balloon. The coaster dips into the Aegean Sea, skimming the surface before rocketing upward through a storm of lightning bolts hurled by an amused Zeus. A turtle in a laurel wreath appears beside me, holding a cup of ambrosia. “Drink,” it says. I take a sip—blinding light. I wake up. There’s sand in my bed, a tiny turtle-shaped stone on my pillow, and the faint scent of something ancient in the air.

Punk Techno New Wave

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

A.K.G.A.K.G.
Atombombensichere Discos
A.K.G.A.K.G.
Je T'aime
Z.O.AZ.O.A
Cry The War

Carter Tutti VoidCarter Tutti Void
T3.4
Death In JuneDeath In June
The Trigger
SuicideSuicide
Girl
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SuicideSuicide
Frankie Teardrop
Martin HannetMartin Hannet
Homage To Delia Derbyshire
AnnaAnna
Cloud Dance
Martin DupontMartin Dupont
I Met The Beast
Velvet CondomVelvet Condom
Self Injury
Electronic SuicideElectronic Suicide
ICH WOLLT
Amato, Amato, AdrianiAdriani
The Language Of Numbers
3 Miles From Here3 Miles From Here
Until Then
SM NurseSM Nurse
Heim
Electric PartyElectric Party
Polished Nails
Vomito NegroVomito Negro
Melodie Massaacre
Singal AoutSingal Aout
You Are
VelodromeVelodrome
На Велодроме 141
LahsaLahsa
Acetatechno
ScopeScope
The Future (Cybotron Mix)
VelodromeVelodrome
Glasfabrik
Mueran HumanosMueran Humanos
Los Problemas del Futuro / Problems of The Future
Boy HarsherBoy Harsher
Come Closer
JuneJune
Unreleased
DMX KrewDMX Krew
More Questions
Roy Davis, Jr.Roy Davis, Jr.
Broken Machines
InnershadesInnershades
Cocaine Voices
DMODMO
Fifteen
iOiO
Station To Station
DJ SkullDJ Skull
Don't Stop The Beat
The 4th WaveThe 4th Wave
Electroluv