Mixes that Move You(In, Out, & Sideways)

Silent Servant

Recorded in promotion of Linkwood's forthcoming set in RM2 at fabric. 

For info and tickets: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/833

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Linkwood - fabric Promo Mix

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Astral.  Jazz.

If you are a deep listener of cosmic / astral / spiritual / free / exotic etc. jazz then skip this as there probably won't be any surprises here. I don't for a minute profess to be any sort of expert with regard to this music and know I am only scratching the surface, but what I have listened to is some of thee most transcendental music I have ever heard. Listened to at the right time and the right place, there is no other music i know that will transport me to such a blissful inner space.

I guess my introduction to this music came courtesy of Soul Jazz Records and their wonderful 1995 "Universal Sounds Of America" compilation (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Universal-Sounds-Of-America/release/405103). i'd been desperate to hear Sun Ra for a long time but back then his music was very hard to get hold of. Sun Ra was a revelation, everything I'd hoped for and much more, and so was everything else on the album. At this time, FOPP records in Glasgow was one of the best record shops in the country. The owner was a jazz fanatic and sold an incredible selection of long out of print vinyl and cd jazz albums at very low prices, many of which he had licensed and had repressed specifically to stock in his chain. The prices were low enough that it was possible to risk buying albums one knew nothing about on the off chance they might be great, and most of them were. I discovered wonderful albums by Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Sharrock, Alice Coltrane, Pharaoah Sanders and many more that opened my mind in a different way from any music I had previously encountered. As a result of FOPP's super cheap vinyl policy, these records filtered around Glasgow and records that would be cult favourites in other parts of the world would be heard all over the place here. I remember one Sunday morning going to my local newsagent's to get some milk and hearing Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchidanada" rippling through the shop. Allegedly FOPP were selling as many copies of "Bitches Brew" as they were of Radiohead's "The Bends". I sometimes wonder if this had any impact on the music that was being made in Glasgow around this time? Myself and Jonnie did our first and only studio session together back then with a local act who were trying to channel Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Keiji Heino and Kim Fowley! Needless to say the results were an unlistenable mess but the spirit of adventure was definitely in the Glasgow air.

As with most music I like, this is all over the place, both in form and with regard to when it was recorded. Some of it will instantly calm your deepest woes while some of it may challenge your ears to the maximum, but, all of it is music that seems to have been beamed to its makers from a dimension the vast majority of us are not in touch with. "Deep" is a much misused and abused word with regard to music but these sonic missives are the embodiment of that word. Immerse yourself.

As usual we aren't making a track listing available for the podcast, simply because we feel that knowing the contents often precludes actually listening to it. But, if you want to know what anything is, feel free to get in touch and we will let you know. The podcast is not mixed, merely segued, contains 13 tracks, lasts 78 minutes and the download is a 192kbps mp3 (107mb).

The other Optimo podcasts are available via iTunes or from here - feed://www.optimo.co.uk/podcasts/index.xml

Optimo Podcast 10 - Astral Travelling

Richie Hawtin: DE9 | Closer To The Edit (2001) MINUS8CD

Richie Hawtin: DE9 | Transitions (2005) MINUS32

Boiler Room Berlin #010 w/ A Guy Called Gerald, Sandwell District (Live), Anika & Obi Blanche, Session Victim & Silent Servant (Live)

[Broadcast on 30th May 2012]

Tracklist & video at http://boilerroom.tv

Silent Servant live in the Boiler Room Berlin

FACT mix 349 - Silent Servant (Oct '12)

Via: 
http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/01/fact-mix-349-silent-servant/

Tracklist:
Karl And The Curbcrawlers (Karl O’Connor) – Day In Day Out – Exist
Haul – New Sewn Pocket – YTA Records
DAF – Verlieb Dich In Mich – Virgin Records
Led Er Est – Opto Five – Captured Tracks
Modern Art – Hello/Goodbye – Domestica
The KVB – Hands – Clan Destine Records
Cabaret Voltaire – A Touch Of Evil (Reprise) – Rough Trade
Snowy Red – Sinkin’ Down – Dirty Dance
No More – Suicide Commando – Wishbone Records
Silent Servant – Temptation & Desire – Hospital Productions
Public Information Film (Karl O’Connor) – Here And Now (English
Version) – Downwards
In Aeternam Vale – Dust Under Brightness – Minimal Wave
Pye Corner Audio – Electronic Rhythm Number Three – Type Records
Hard Corps – Dirty (J.Rocc Edit) – Stones Throw / Minimal Wave
Silent Servant – Invocation Of Lust (Extended 12″ Mix) – Hospital Productions
Diseño Corbusier – Golpe De Amistad – Strut 2012 / Auxilio De Cientos 1986



FACT mix 349 - Silent Servant

Amazing selection of sounds by these two. The J mix was made in support of the earthquake/ tsunami victims in Japan - please donate to the cause if you like the mix.

Cio DOr and Donato Dozzy--J

Central American born Silent Servant has performed worldwide in clubs from LA, Berlin to Osaka. A chance meeting with Karl O'Conner in 1999 would establish a friendship that would open the door to the Sandwell District label in 2006. Silent Servant's sound is a reinterpretation of early '80s post-punk electronics, paired with the deep, metallic sounds of Basic Channel and Downwards.

Silent Servant - Live at Honey Soundsystem [4-21-13]

Silent Servant Live Mix at Input @ Output NYC June 2013

A Special Night Of Mutant Sounds Brought To you by Ron Morelli (L.I.E.S), Veronica Vasicka (Minimal Wave), Traxx (Nation) and Silent Servant (Jealous God)

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