With stand-out releases for the Sandwell District label and his own
Historia y Violencia imprint (co-run with
Santiago Salazar), Juan Mendez a.k.a. Silent Servant has been one of the most talked-about techno artists of 2009. The Minnesota-born resident of Long Beach, CA is however no newcomer to the scene: under his moniker Jasper he has been running his Cytrax and Delay labels since 1997, releasing music from
Kit Clayton,
Sutekh or
Geoff White.