{"title":"Silent Servant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn American techno DJ and producer, Silent Servant was born in Central America and raised in Los Angeles. Growing up, he was heavily influenced by bands such as The Smiths, The Cure, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, and Sonic Youth. At the age of 16, he began his journey as a DJ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, Silent Servant connected with Regis, the founder of the Birmingham-based Downwards label. This led to him becoming a member of Regis's Sandwell District collective. Throughout the 2000s, Silent Servant released a series of singles alongside Sandwell District.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAside from his music career, Silent Servant has also worked as a graphic designer and art director at a high-end eyewear company. His diverse background adds depth to his artistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-memoriam-5","title":"In Memoriam","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuan Mendez aka Silent Servant is a figure in techno history that needs little introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a member of the Sandwell District collective and the label’s art director he collaborated on works that were responsible for a global focal shift in the genre as their label adapted and challenged the paradigm of minimal techno, taking influence from other sources such as dub, post-punk, and even classical minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mendez’s relationship with music goes back much further than these seminal releases. With \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e, Silent Servant’s latest release on Tresor Records, Mendez writes a deeply personal memoir of a 30-plus year career spent exploring and absorbing the shadowy side of music; a carefully crafted elegy to people, places, and times past and the lasting effect they have on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the four tracks, Mendez pays tribute to the earliest Detroit techno and electro, the Belgian EBM movement and the wave music that followed, the monumental dub techno sound from Berlin, and the harder, abrasive sound of the UK at the turn of the last millennium ; exploring and referencing the genres that informed his later work. Each track name gives a hint to the timeframe he is revisiting and re-contextualising as the E.P. repurposes the styles that exerted an influence on him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis E.P. represents a pure distillation of Mendez’s memories whilst also cementing his place in the current and future sound of 21st century techno; aware of where we came from but focused on where we are heading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tresor","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Black","offer_id":50417167008075,"sku":"2115259","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TRESOR362_c225bdd5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726719755"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_c62c1cbe_thumbnail_4096_dd039533-01a1-434d-8911-3beab46e5a38.jpg?v=1726719735","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/silent-servant.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}