Juan Mendez, the techno producer and DJ higher often called Silent Servant, has died. Resident Advisor initially reported the information, which was confirmed to Pitchfork through Mendez’s representatives. A explanation for loss of life has not been revealed at the moment.
Mendez was born in Central America to Cuban and Mexican dad and mom and raised in Los Angeles. He started DJing as a young person and would go on to hitch the influential Sandwell District collective, which issued information by up-and-coming techno artists between 2002 and 2011. Mendez formed the collective alongside style mainstays like Regis, Perform, James Ruskin, and Peter Sutton. Mendez additionally served as the graphic designer for Sandwell District, crafting the stark, largely black-and-white paintings that adorned the label’s information.
Mendez started releasing music as Silent Servant in 2006 together with his The Silent Morning 12″ that included the tracks “Silence,” “Loss of life to the Traveller,” and “Homicide Homicide.” Over the following many years he shared quite a few singles, EPs, and collaborative tasks. He additionally launched two full-length solo albums, 2012’s Destructive Fascination and 2018’s Shadows of Loss of life and Want. And, this previous November, he issued his In Memoriam EP through Tresor Information.
Within the wake of the collective, Mendez launched the label Jealous God with Regis and Ruskin. Their roster included Damaged English Membership, Varg, Marcel Dettmann, and Terence Fixmer. A lot of artists have paid tribute to Mendez after studying of his loss of life. “I as soon as requested Silent Servant what a file was as he was taking part in a reliably stunning set,” Daniel Avery wrote on X. “The following time I noticed Juan he had purchased me my very own copy of the vinyl. A tremendous artist and extremely mild man. RIP to a real one.”
