Juan Mendez

February 2022

electronic sets 2022 (techno x house etc) part 5

Cópia de DJ Magal EBM oldschool vinyl set

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Silent Servant. "Slasher" is a dark, driving EBM infused track which comes off Georgian's Murder. The label returns with another massive V/A compilation, featuring exclusive tracks from Soft Crash, Silent Servant, Volvox, Restive Plaggona, OTHR and label boss Puritan.

Release comes in limited available high quality black & marbled (140gm 12") vinyl copy of MURDER003 with cover art by ZIMMMERIT + limited edition run of T-shirts and A3 size posters exclusively for Bandcamp. 

Out October 22nd. Pre-order now: https://murderrec.bandcamp.com/album/murder-03-various-artists

@murderrecords
@silentservant

MURDER 03 | VARIOUS ARTISTS

PREMIERE: Silent Servant - Slasher [MURDER003]

https://www.nts.live/shows/silent-servant/episodes/silent-servant-12th-january-2022

Optimistic Decay w/ Silent Servant 110122

After a 5 year hiatus, Tel Aviv based artist Naduve, returns to Cocktail d’Amore Music with Hypogeum. Each of these tracks facilitates its own special part in the life of party. Starting off on a hypnotic and forward driven note Echo Wave Bay leads dancers perfectly into hypnosis with its trance inducing melodies which wave upward and downward. Title track Hypogeum begins to pull on the heart strings with its soft synths floating over pastel textures before giving way to the aptly titled FX Jungle, a deep trip into the low lying canopies of your imagination. Ending where we began Thursday Gem explores the same cyclical themes as Echo Wave but in a subdued fashion making it a perfect choice for winding down any raucous party.

A1  Echo Wave Bay

For our 10th release and 5th anniversary, we've involved some good friends of the label whose work we greatly admire.

Greco-German power couple Local Suicide has teamed up with kindred spirit Skelesys to deliver two killer original tracks for the 'No Evidence' EP.

The title track, inspired by old detective novels, blends Local Suicide's signature dark and moody sound with Skelesys' haunting melodies and subtle grooves.

'Weird Encounters' conjures up heavy Berlin vibes (no coincidence, as all three musicians currently make the city their home), taking the listener on a girl's disorienting journey while lost at a party.

'No Evidence' gets the remix treatment from both Intergalactic Gary (Viewlexx), interpreting it as a hypnotic future classic EBM version, and Samo head honcho Facets, who offers a high-energy, arpeggiated take on the original. Anatolian Weapons (Beats in Space) deconstructs 'Weird Encounters' and transforms it into a full-on rave machine.

No Evidence is out March 4th on limited vinyl and digital. 

Mastered by: Dietrich Schoenemann
Artwork by: Nikola Sladakovic

@localsuicide & @skelesys
@intergalactic_gary
@anatolianweapons
@facets-music

PREORDER / VINYL

Local Suicide & Skelesys - No Evidence (SAM010) / Snippets / Out March 4

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* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/rees-three-eyes-original-mix-bordello-a-parigi
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tkg3oReCuw0
* Pre-order: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/rees-three-eyes-12-w-tjade-remix/?mc_cid=de65118dd0&mc_eid=46a57bf0e7

The North of England is known for its musical prowess. Middlesbrough born Rees taps into that musical history while diving deep into lost disco, obscure wave and even the Middle East for his debut for Bordello. Three Eyes is a melting pot. Setting sail on bold beats and rumbling synthlines, Rees steers the listener through cascading chords, shimmering key shifts and serenading sirens to produce a truly unique dancefloor experience. Tjade, of Koi Jaye fame, is on remix duty. The winning formula of the original is adhered to with adjustments and ablutions guiding this interpretation. BPMs rise to give a fresh burst of energy. Rees’ melody is given extra muscle with those same mesmerizing vocals being a driving force for this superb remix. Dynamic and diverse dancefloor dynamite from the Paradiso label boss.

PREMIERE: Rees - Three Eyes (Original Mix)

A Story of Italo Disco, Indie Dance, Slow Motion, New Wave, Breakbeat ...is now starting.

INCOMING : Azole - Tensioner #WhereWereWe

Release date : 2022-02-11

Buy :  https://wherewerewe.bandcamp.com/album/mr-sutherland

After the success of the first four releases, Where Were We is back with a new one. This is yet again to commemorate WWW b-day and the fact that the project is turning 4 years old this February.
Azole project hides 2 new and exciting fellas from Moscow. And their offering feels more like a complete album than just a regular EP.
Mr. Sutherland EP is an allusion to a famous Australian keyboard virtuoso with the same surname and even though keyboard solos might not be that lavish and jazzy when compared to their counterpart, they are definitely there and will take you for a dreamy ride in outer space.
Most of the track names in the album are organic and refer to the living world, so we hope that while listening to these compositions you will feel how intricately everything is interlinked not only here on planet Earth, but also in all vastness of the universe. Enjoy the trip!

☎ Connect ☎
https://soundcloud.com/azole
https://soundcloud.com/where-were-we

INCOMING : Azole - Tensioner #WhereWereWe

https://www.nts.live/shows/silent-servant/episodes/silent-servant-9th-february-2022

Optimistic Decay w/ Silent Servant 080222

Lunacy’s “Glyph” gets a brutalist industrial reboot by Silent Servant on February 25—only on Dedstrange.
 
Silent Servant drags Lunacy’s corroded, brooding post-punk through the rural Pennsylvania void and into post-apocalyptic ecstasy.
 
“Glyph (Silent Servant Remix)” counts the seconds until doomsday with clockwork electronic rhythms that illuminate the dystopian shadow figure’s cinematic synthesizer drones in a prismatic flash of post-punk inspired techno.
 
“Glyph (Silent Servant Remix)” hits DSPs on February 25.
 
Lunacy’s Echo in the Memory LP comes out April 1, 2022.

Echo In The Memory

Glyph (Silent Servant Remix)

Lunacy - Glyph (Silent Servant Remix)

LIES-178-OD-01
Silent Servant-Solitude Illuminated

Los Angeles' Silent Servant returns to the fold with his first solo offering since his 2018 "Shadows of Death and Desire" lp for Hospital Productions.

Mendez wastes no time on the opener "Cyber Luminescence" featuring Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Maillinder on vocals, with a modern take on classic synthwave displaying a heavier production style, with fluttering kr-55 hi-hats, synthesized snares, and a chaotic punk energy. This is not without melody and catchiness, as Mallinder drives the track full on; masterfully singing about a dystopian future which we very well may be living in at this moment.

"Raw Optics" is Silent Servant in true form layering an atmospheric backdrop over driving raw sequences and vicious drum programming.

"Solitude Illuminated" is the real centerpiece of the record though, as Mendez goes into a new territory finding a balance between uplifting slow house music and his signature shadowy techno. Where his classic "Lust Abandon" was more Distant Dreams pt. II, "Solitude Illuminated" is more akin to something like Dearborn's house classic "New Dimension" but taking a fresh production approach on this bassline driven seven minute anthem.  Truly a welcome return by Mendez. Each record comes with a large heavy grade paper fold out poster.

Optimistic Decay

Buy Direct

Silent Servant-Solitude Illuminated (LIES-178-OD01)

https://www.nts.live/shows/silent-servant/episodes/silent-servant-9th-march-2022

Optimistic Decay w/ Silent Servant 080322

The third radio show of my residency at @eosfrankfurt. Tracklist can be found on the EOS website.

EOS Website

EOS Radio Jasmín 19-05-2022

The Brazilian-born, New York City-based artist has been a fixture of the city’s club scene for over a decade. Known for her ability to control a room—shifting between techno, house, and breaks, with her intuitive understanding of timing and rhythm, she is also the being behind MILD FANTASY. A queer/non-binary techno record label from Bushwick, Brooklyn.

femmedecks.com/elledee

https://soundcloud.com/djelledee
https://mildfantasy.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/mildfantasy

FemmeDecks 033. x Elle Dee

Recorded by @formant-value for The Memoir, 2022.
All tracks were written, produced, and mixed by @formant-value.
Artwork by Gabriella Holmström.
Curated by @Hypnus Records.

00:00 Formant Value **
02:09 Formant Value - Liquida (forthcoming @lowless-music)
05:48 Formant Value **
11:15 Formant Value - Nucleo (forthcoming @lowless-music)
14:45 Formant Value **
16:56 Formant Value - Profondo (forthcoming @lowless-music)
20:36 Formant Value - Tribale (forthcoming @lowless-music)
21:26 Formant Value **
24:53 Formant Value **
27:38 Formant Value **
33:16 Formant Value **
36:52 Formant Value **
38:33 Formant Value - Centroide l, Centroide ll (@deliriorecordings)
41:18 Formant Value - Polycausa (@wellstreet)
46:26 Formant Value & Simone Bauer - Altair (forthcoming @lowless-music)

** = Unreleased

Love and light

Artist's Instagram

Page 87: Formant Value

Anima014 - Dj Gonz - Essential Mix

Closing set recorded b2b w/ @jessiegranqvist in the basement of Tresor during the Northern Electronics after party for the second weekend of Berlin Atonal 2023. 

There's some rough clipping going on through a few parts but we decided to put it up anyway, forgive this if you can and enjoy the ride...

≈in the dark we saw us≈

Anthony Linell & Jessie Granqvist at Berlin Atonal/Tresor September 14th 2023

On Friday 20th of November a Pi x Phormix night took place at Six D.O.G.S. This time our special guest was one of our favourite DJs and producers, Silent Servant (Juan Mendez),  widely-known for his contribution in Sandwell District and his latest imprint, Jealous God. The night was really intense, with Juan performing both a stunning live and delivering a great DJ set. For the sake of your soul we decided to give you the whole recording from his DJ set. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did!

 For more reading  and listening about Silent Servant check the following links 
Juno interview http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2015/06/22/silent-servant-steel-and-machines-and-flesh/

RA http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/silentservant/biography
SC https://soundcloud.com/silentservant
FB https://www.facebook.com/SilentServantMusicOfficial
Discogs http://www.discogs.com/artist/651504-Silent-Servant

Phormix Podcast #31 Document •7• Silent Servant

https://hypeddit.com/tojsop?fbclid=IwAR1ox__jFfv0TEv-9G7cG9-zTNjt9hN568HshK6yUj-8DZKKa79ed7yeBjE

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Billka Edit)

Boiler Room Berlin #022/ Marc Houle, Function, Adam X & Tommy Four Seven

[Broadcasted on 6th March 2013]

Tracklist & video at http://boilerroom.tv

Adam X 60 Min Boiler Room Berlin Mix

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)

Silent Servant Dj Set Output NYC June 2013

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Optimistic Decay w/ Silent Servant 080222

NTS Tuesday