Juan Mendez, the techno producer and DJ much better called Silent Servant, has died. Homeowner Consultant originally reported the information, which was validated to Pitchfork by means of Mendez’s reps. A reason of fatality has not been disclosed right now.
Mendez was birthed in Central America to Cuban and Mexican moms and dads and increased in Los Angeles. He started DJing as a young adult and would certainly take place to sign up with the significant Sandwell Area cumulative, which released documents by up-and- coming techno musicians in between 2002 and 2011. Mendez formed the cumulative together with category pillars like Regis, Feature, James Ruskin, and Peter Sutton. Mendez likewise acted as the visuals developer for Sandwell Area, crafting the raw, mostly black-and- white art work that decorated the tag’s documents.
Mendez started launching songs as Silent Servant in 2006 with his The Silent Early Morning 12″ that included the tracks “Silence,” “Death to the Traveller,” and “Murder Murder.” Over the ensuing decades he shared numerous singles, EPs, and collaborative projects. He also released two full-length solo albums, 2012’s Negative Fascination and 2018’s Shadows of Death and Desire. And, this past November, he issued his In Memoriam EP via Tresor Records.
In the wake of the collective, Mendez launched the label Jealous God with Regis and Ruskin. Their roster included Broken English Club, Varg, Marcel Dettmann, and Terence Fixmer. A number of artists have paid tribute to Mendez after learning of his death. “I once asked Silent Servant what a record was as he was playing a reliably beautiful set,” Daniel Avery wrote on X. “The next time I saw Juan he had bought me my own copy of the vinyl. An amazing artist and incredibly gentle guy. RIP to a true one.”
