Lights Down Low: Party Preview
On the heretofore-nonexistent shortlist of Most Important American Techno Artists Of The Last Decade,
Silent Servant ranks near, or at, the very top. The long-active producer and DJ (his techno roots run back to the late '90s, when he recorded as Jasper and ran a San Francisco-based record label, Cytrax, with local stalwart Kit Clayton) introduced his Silent Servant alias in the mid-2000s, as part of the Sandwell District collective, and helped usher in a new era for techno where mood, atmosphere, and emotion reigned supreme. Behind the decks he's a virtuoso, connecting the dots between post-punk, techno, industrial music and more, occasionally dipping into the deep wells of disco and new wave. Despite the gloomy aesthetics that pervade Silent Servant as a musical endeavor, his DJ sets are party-focused, and in his hands otherwise dreary tunes can sound remarkably joyous.
— Chris Zaldua
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