Silent Servant (Jasper/J Mendez)

THESE mixes are brought to us by J. Mendez (aka Jasper, Silent Servant), Cytrax/Delay label co-founder. Coming from around the corner from me, i learned it all by watching this guy. The Cytrax/Delay label saw releases by (label crew member) Kit Clayton, Safety Scissors, Twerk, Oliver Ho etc.. look for his latest release under the moniker Silent Servant on the label Sandwell District. check here for a sample of that release: here

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Interface, who is looking to celebrate their 7th anniversary, throws some great minimal parties in LA.  Given that I moved out of LA exactly 7 years ago, I’ve never been able to make it to one of their parties, but you can see by their lineups and podcasts that they are worth every penny.  Definitely check their podcast for these mixes and many more.

Interface 26

This night was part of the Sandwell District label tour with sets by Regis and Function as well -  would have LOVED to have been here.  Great set from Silent Servant.

このイベントはSandwell DistrictというラベルのUS tourの一つでした。行きたかったな〜！Silent Servantのセットはばっちりです！

Silent Servant mix live @ Interface 26

Interface 22

This mix starts off a bit rough, probably first DJ of the evening technical difficulties or what have you, but 10 mins in and its good to go – typical Silent Servant goodness.

このmixの最初の１０分はちょっと不安感があるけど、それからSilent Servantぽく、ナイスmixです。

Silent Servant mix live @ Interface 22

MNML SSGS MIX 30

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TRACKS

1. Kim Rapatti (Mood EP/ Untilted II)
2. Decimal (Spatial Remedy)
3. Levon Vincent (Early Reflections)
4. Dave Hughes (From The Beginning)
5. JD power tools (B2)
6. Frozen boarder 01 (A)
7. Redshape (The Box)
8. Ben Klock (Grasp)
9. Planetary Assualt Systems (Mark Me)
10. N/A Variance (Marcel Dettmann edit)
11. Edit Select (Restrained)
12. Radio Slave (Neverending…)
13. Shena (T++ rmx)
14. Technose district ( killer record!!!)
15. Redshape (Plonk)
16. Abuser 1 (b2)
17. Silent servant (Violencia/Kalon mix)
18. Sleeparchive (Elephant Island)
19. Christian Morgenstern (Spiegelkerker)
20. Mark Broom (Black Russian)
21. Norman Nodge (Native Rhythm Electric)
22. Kirk Degiorgio (I Do Not Exist)
23. Maurizio ploy (UR mix)
24. CH-Signal Laboratories (Regis Edit/Sandwell District 12 )
25. Electromagnetic Dowsing / synth 1(Deepchord/Mike Huckaby mix)

Silent Servant mix from a while back

a lowkey nodding mix of some classic minimal goodies (basic channel/chain reaction/maurizio etc..)

j mendez mix

Cytrax Tape

this next mix is really coming out of the vaults. this was recorded from the original Cytrax cassette tape that must have come out around 97? side A Jasper (j. mendez) side B Tang. i must say that it was j. mendez and Tang playing stuff just like this at the SCI-Arc halloween party, and then later, this tape that launched me headlong into a love for techno music. this tape hits hard and in all the right places. the sound is quite low-fi (mind your speakers on the low end), but again, it’s coming from one of the most listened to cassettes that i still have.

the Cytrax tape. Side A: Jasper

live @ re_invent

(Can’t remember if this mix is from this Re_Invent party or not.  Check here for some other fliers)

The latest great selection of old and new minimal tracks. Absolutely delicious sounds as usual coming from Silent Servant. There are some Silent Servant/Jasper tracks mixed in there as well. Keep an ear out. THANKS again Mr. Mendez.

live @ re_invent mix - uploaded 07/15/08

MNML SSGS Mix 11

Next up, another great mix of minimalness from Silent Servant.  This time brought to you by mnml ssgs, a great resource for valuable mixes.  Check it and Silent Servant’s mix here: (click the image) – posted 02/10/09

Track list:

ROBERT HOOD // AND THEN WE PLANNED OUR ESCAPE
DMO // MOVEMENT
SLEEPARCHIVE // QCD
STEWART WALKER // 10 YEARS OF ANGER
JONAS BERING // UNTITLED
BANDULU // FOUNDATION SOUNDWORKS
IGNACIO // ORGANA
DAMON WILD // UNCONDITIONAL
FUNCTION // DISAFFECTED
NORMAN // GREENROOM
G-MAN // DEFO
REGIS // GAYSCENE
MARCEL DETTMANN // LATTICE
SILVER & KASH // VORTEX
CH-SIGNAL LABORATORIES (8003 LUCERNE// SCALE 1
BASIC CHANNEL // Q1.1/3
TRONIKHOUSE // SMOOTH GROOVE
SOUNDERS DEPARTMENT// COSMOPOLITAN (MIX 2)
WAX NO. 10001 // A
FUNCTION // REYKJAVIK
MILLSART (JEFF MILLS) // GAMMA PLAYER
PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS // KAT
SILENT SERVANT // DOOM DEFERRED
STEWART WALKER // JAPANESE MAPLE

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[non techno]

Juan Mendez (Silent Servant)

A~nd aGain we have some oh so goodness from J Mendez and his endless library of vinyl goodies.  The name says it all; DISTORTION.  Listen, love it, and envy the man’s record collection.

Animals and Men // Don’t Misbehave In The New Age.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // My Molly
Spider // Booze Town
Doctor Mix and The Remix //  Out Of The Question
Escapades //  I Tell No Lies
Cheap Time // Too late
Woven Bones // With You Alone
The Gun Club // Sex Beat
The Fuse // Breaker Breaker
Blank Dogs // The Threes
Vivian Girls // Tell The World
Religious Overdose // In This Century
The Crystal Stilts // Crippled Croon
The Jesus and Mary Chain //  Somethings Wrong
Suicide // Radiation
Dum Dum Girls // Put A Sock In It
The Clean // Point That Thing Somewhere Else
The Dovers // She’s Gone
Cabaret Voltaire // Messages Received
John Maus // Time To Die
NTX & Erica Thrasher ( Indian Jewlery ) // Chasing The Rats Out 7″
The Intelligence // Like Like Like Like Like
A Frames // Complications
The Models // Bend Me, Shape Me
Black Time // A Boring Day For The Boredom Boys

DISTORTION – The Mix

New Minimal Wave / Drum Machine Music mix -

**Below we have three excellent mixes from the late 70s early 80s.  If you dig on new wave, post-punk, electro…you need to hear all three.**

El Baile

El Baile – The Mix

Throbbing Gristle // Camera
Liaisons Dangereuses // Peut Etre … Pas
Oppenheimer Analysis // Devil’s Dancer
Fad Gadget // Love Parasite
Kraftwerk // Robots
Chris & Cosey // Hazey Daze
Fad Gadget // Collapsing New People
TGV // Partie 1
Ultravox // Mr. X
Experimental Products // Golden Hours (Brian Eno)
Cabaret Voltaire // Walls of Jericho
Throbbing Gristle // Distant Dreams part 2
No More // Suicide Commando
N.O.I.A. // Stop Thinking
Absolute Body Control // Automatic I
Christof Glowalla // Erde 80
April Orchestra

LaDiscoteca

Here’s one along the same lines, less vocals, dance floor ready; hence the name:

La Discoteca – The Mix

Laura Logic//Brute Fury

Dorothy//Softness

Pig Bag//Sunny Day

A Certain Ratio//Guess Who

Electric Chairs//So Many Ways

Capricorn//I need love

Simian Mobile Disco//State of Things

Alecander Robotonik//Intro for Live Performance

Padded Cell//Savage Skulls

Eddy Grant//Time Warp

Hawkeye//Born

Glass Candy//Always Say Yes

Love Fingers//Zoysia

Emperor Machine//Labocatocs (V.Markowski Remix)

Glass Candy//Computer Love

Sexual Harassment//K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Emperor Machine//Labocatocs (Original Mix)

Chaz Jankel//3,000,000 Synths

Gina X//No Gdm

Mirage//Lady Operator

80’s 80’s 80’s

let’s put on some leather, german accents, grab a cocktail, and dance

lots of old gems and euro oddities.

early electro mix

GIVE UP – Stop Dancing and Cry

This mix coming from the ever so wonderful, changing the world through sound machine, dublab.  GIVE UP – Stop Dancing and Cry is a dublab sad, slow dance party.  J. Mendez, a frequent dj at the night before moving out of LA, dropped this one for dublab a while back, and I’m bringing it to you all now.  On one of my trips back home I made it out to one of those nights – a tear jerker.  For more sad sad sounds check out the GIVE UP THEMESTREAM.

**Be sure to check more excellent sounds from the great Juan Mendez on oursoundtracks…minimal techno, new wave, electro…**

GIVE UP – J. Mendez mix

Vincent gallo – So Sad

Galaxie 500 – Ceremony

The Clientele – Porcelain

The Smiths – Death of a disco dancer

Glaxo Babies – This is you life

The Organ – Brother

Au Pairs – It’s Obvious

Joy Division – Isolation

Chris & Cosey – Misunderstandings

Nyam Nyam (New Order) – fate/hate

Kraftwerk – The Model

Ariel Pink – Helen

? And the Mysterians – 96 tears

David Bowie – Helden

Gang of four – It’s her factory

Stockholm Monsters – Fairy Tales

Kendra Smith – Wheel of the law

Spectrum – Help me please

Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain

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