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SILENT SERVANT - Shadows Of Death & Desire - Vinyl (LP + insert)
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December 11, 2020
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information SILENT SERVANT Shadows Of Death & Desire(LP + insert) Hospital Productions US
Cat: HOS 613. Rel: 17 Dec 18
Industrial/Noise
Side 1 - Track 1. Illusion Side 1 - Track 2. Harm In Hand Side 1 - Track 3. Damage Side 2 - Track 1. Loss Response Side 2 - Track 2. 24 Hours Side 2 - Track 3. Glass Veil Side 2 - Track 4. Optimistic Decay
Given his prolific nature, we were rather surprised to find that "Shadows of Death & Desire" is actually John Juan Mendez AKA Silent Servant's second album for six years. It's an impressive set, with Mendez offering up a stony-faced, steel-eyed shuffle through industrial-fired machine chug ("Illusion"), mind-altering EBM workouts ("Damage", "Harm In Hand", the throbbing "24 Hours"), icy electronic soundscapes (the vintage Autechre style dancefloor IDM of "Loss Response"), early '80s style Cabaret Voltaire industrial funk (the brilliant "Glass Veil"), and moody compositions where razor-sharp guitars and foreboding electronics envelop particularly skittish electro drums (closing cut "Optimistic Decay").
